The mayor of Southland is the head of the municipal government of

Southland District Southland District is a Districts of New Zealand, territorial authority district in New Zealand that covers the south of the South Island as well as Stewart Island, Stewart Island/Rakiura. History Southland District was formed through the 1989 lo ...

, New Zealand. The mayor is directly elected using the

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. The current mayor is Rob Scott, who was elected in 2022.

History

Southland District was established as part of the 1989 local government amalgamation.

Frana Cardno Frana Grace Cardno (née Srhoy, 29 January 1941 – 23 April 2015) was a New Zealand local-body politician. She served as Mayor of Southland, Mayor of Southland District from 1992 until 2013, becoming the longest-serving female mayor in New Zeal ...

joined the Southland District as a councillor in 1989, before being elected mayor in 1992. She retired from that role in October 2013 prior to that year's

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, and was New Zealand's longest-serving female mayor ever.

List of office holders

Southland District has had four mayors:

References

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Southland Southland may refer to: Places Canada * Dunbar–Southlands, Vancouver, British Columbia New Zealand * Southland Region, a region of New Zealand * Southland County, a former New Zealand county * Southland District, part of the wider Southland Reg ...

Mayors of places in Southland, New Zealand