Calum Penrose is a New Zealand politician who was Mayor of Papakura from 2007 to 2010, and an
Auckland Council
Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is ...
lor from 2010 to 2016.
Political career
In 2007 Penrose was elected the
Mayor of Papakura
The Mayor of Papakura was the head of the municipal government of Papakura, New Zealand, and presided first over Papakura Borough (1938–1975), then Papakura City (1975–1989), and finally Papakura District (1989–2010). The mayor was directly ...
, defeating incumbent
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In the
2010 Auckland Council elections Penrose won a seat in the
Manurewa-Papakura ward
Manurewa-Papakura Ward is an Auckland Council ward which elects two councillors and covers the Manurewa and Papakura Local Boards. The two councillors are currently Angela Dalton and Daniel Newman.
Demographics
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standing under the Manurewa-Papakura First Action ticket. He was re-elected in 2013. He stood in the 2016 election but failed to be re-elected.
References
External links
Papakura First website
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Living people
Auckland Councillors
Mayors of Papakura
Year of birth missing (living people)