Mayor of Wellington
Elected head of Wellington City Council, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mayor of Wellington is the head of the municipal government of the City of Wellington. The mayor presides over the Wellington City Council. The mayor is directly elected using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation. The current mayor is Tory Whanau, elected in October 2022 for a three-year-term.
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Mayor of Wellington | |
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Wellington City Council | |
Style | His/Her Worship |
Member of | Wellington City Council |
Seat | Wellington Town Hall |
Appointer | Electors of Wellington City |
Term length | Three years, renewable |
Inaugural holder | George Hunter |
Formation | 3 October 1842 |
Deputy | Laurie Foon |
Salary | $167,800[1] |
Website | official website |
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Whanau, a member of the Green Party who ran as an independent, won the 2022 Wellington mayoral election in a landslide. She will be inaugurated within the same month. Whanau is the first indigenous person, and therefore the first Māori woman, to ascend to the Wellington mayoralty.[2][3]