Damon Odey (born 17 May 1971) is the former mayor of the New Zealand town of

Timaru Timaru (; mi, Te Tihi-o-Maru) is a port city in the southern Canterbury Region of New Zealand, located southwest of Christchurch and about northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru urban area is home to ...

Biography

Odey was born in 1971 in South Canterbury, New Zealand. He later moved into the town of Timaru. Odey's professional background is in engineering. His first job was as a boat builder and later he became the

managing director A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

of Parr & Co Engineering; he has been in that role since 2002. He has a wife and three children. In 2013 he ran for Timaru's mayoralty and his election opponent was Steve Earnshaw. Odey obtained 10,335 votes whilst Earnshaw received 5,799, and Odey was thus declared elected. He succeeded Janie Annear as mayor who did not stand again in 2013.

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