The first meeting of the Queenstown Lakes District Council took place in October 1986.

In 1972 the Lake County Council upgraded its Ballarat Street of offices/chambers complex and the Queenstown Borough at the invitation of the County and agreed to share these offices jointly. In 1975, the Borough Town Clerk resigned with the then County Clerk (Guy H. Bleakley) being appointed to the dual position of Clerk to the two Councils.

In 1985 the Government of the day legislated for a complete review of all Local Government throughout New Zealand — the material date being October 1989 for all new authorities to take effect. However because of the fact the Lake County/Queenstown Borough had virtually amalgamated in all but the individually elected Members, the Local Government Commission steered the two councils to merge in October 1986. The Arrowtown Borough Council fought unsuccessfully to remain independent but finally the Commission directed it to become part of the Queenstown Lakes District Council from October 1989.

Contact the Local Government Commission to find out more.

Email: info@lgc.govt.nz 

Phone: 04 460 2200

 

Past Mayors of the Queenstown Lakes District

Arrowtown Borough Council

D M Mackay (Acting Mayor)
Samuel Goldston (First Mayor)	27 February 1874
Alexander Innes	1 August 1874
Robert Pritchard	21 July 1875
Alexander Innes	17 November 1877
E Gruber	18 December 1878
William Jenkins	17 December 1879
Robert Pritchard	22 December 1880
Henry Graham	21 December 1881
John Thomas Burrell	20 December 1882
Henry B Smith	19 December 1883
Thomas Patchett (Mayor elect)	Illness struck December 1884
Robert Pritchard	20 January 1885
George Heller	16 December 1885
Henry Donaldson	19 December 1888
Henry Graham	5 January 1891
William Butler	20 December 1893
James Reid	20 December 1894
Henry Graham	23 December 1895
L H Preston	16 December 1896
D Richardson	12 July 1904
Henry McKibbin	3 May 1905
Thomas Connor	4 May 1910
Henry McKibbin	27 May 1913
William Penglase	April 1919
	resigned 3 June 1919
John Reid	29 July 1919
H G Bruce	29 May 1923
Leonard Adams	30 June 1925
	resigned 15 August 1927
James Shaw	30 August 1927
William Milne	18 May 1931
W H James	28 May 1935
W B Gibb	7 November 1944
E L Thompson	26 March 1946
W J Shaw	9 November 1951
G Henderson	20 November 1956
W J Shaw	August 1957
R G Ramshaw	19 October 1971
J D Reid ( Last Mayor)	14 October 1980

Lake County Council Chairpersons

J.O. McArdell	1877-1878
John Edgar	1878-1879
F.H. Daniel	1879-1884
C.C. Boyes	1884-1887
J O'Meara	1887-1890
J. Elliott	1890-1891
J. George	1891-1893
J. Fox	1893-1894
B. Rogers	1894-1895
J. George	1895-1896
J. Fox	1896-1899
H. Graham	1899-1900
William Reid	1900-1913
John Cockburn	1913-1914
William Reid	1914-1929
Leo Lee	1929-1939
William Gordon	1939-1940
David H. Cockburn	1940-1953
John B Hamilton	1953-1963
Thomas J. Thomson	1963-1968
Cyril J. Allan	1968-1971
Alexander S. Robins	1971-1973
George K. Tayler	1973-1975
Thomas J. Thomson	1975-1986

Queenstown Borough Council

J W Robertson	1866-1869
Bendix Hallenstein	1869-1872
Michael Malaghan	1872-1874
Thomas G Betts	1874-1877
William Warren	1877-1878
Fred H Daniel	1878-1880
Louis Hotop	1880-1881
William Warren	1881-1882
James Reid	1882-1887
Francis St. Omer	1887-1891
Louis Hotop	1891-1894
Francis St. Omer	1894-1903
Louis Hotop	1903-1906
M J Gavin	1906-1908
John Edgar Snr	1908-1913
Donald F Sutherland	1913-1917
Andrew Simson	1917-1927
W H Overton	1927-1939
W A Anderson	1939-1950
D W Thomson	1950-1952
R C Robins (Acting Mayor)	1952-1953
W A Anderson	1953-1956
R C Robins	1956-1962
George D Cochrane	1962-1968
Warren Cooper	1968-1975
Jim Grant	1975-1983
John Davies	1983-1986

Queenstown Lakes District Council

John Davies	1986-1989
David Bradford	1989-1995
Warren Cooper	1995-2001
Clive Geddes	2001-2010
Vanessa van Uden	2010-2016
Jim Boult	2016 (current)