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Hamilton Borough and City Councillors - Chronological List

Hamilton became a Borough in 1877 with official notification being made by Gazette notice on 27th December 1877, at which time a date was fixed for the election of a Mayor and nine Councillors. Isaac Richardson Vialou, Chairman of the Hamilton West Town Board, became Hamilton's first Mayor polling ninety votes. Elections were held each year until 1901 when the first biennial election took place. From 1935 elections have been held every three years. The number of councillors was nine at first, but following amalgamation with the Frankton Borough Council the number rose to twelve and for the 1953 election it was again increased to sixteen. In more recent times the number of councillors changed to thirteen in 1992 and in 2007 was again back to twelve.

The first Hamilton Council, 1878

Name	Elected	Left office

Beale, C.C.	1878	1880
Coates, I.	1878	1878
Cox, N.R.	1878	1879
Dawson, T.	1878	1879
Gardiner, D.	1878	1879
Gaudin, F.	1878	1879
Gwynne, R.	1878	1879
Hume, J.	1878	1879
Knox, J.	1878	1880
Potter, A.	1878	1879
Cumming, W.	1879	1880
Harris, R.	1879	1880
Jones, W.	1879	1883
McDonald, J.K.	1879	1880
Peat, R.	1879	1883
Vialou, I.R.	1879	1882
Davis, W.	1880	1881
Hill, K.	1880	1882
Knox, J.	1880	1880
McGarrigle, E.	1880	1882
Mullions, J.	1880	1881
Pearce, W.H.	1880	1880
Price, W.	1880	1881
White, W.	1880	1880
Bradley, R.	1881	1884
Gaudin, F.	1881	1884
Lovett, W.	1881	1884
Sandes, R.F.	1881	1881
Tippen, C.	1881	1887
Cochrane, J.	1882	1884
McDonald, K.	1882	1884
Qualtrough, T.	1882	1882
Robson, G.	1882	1882
Von Sturmer, F.J.	1882	1884
Davey, E.T.	1883	1884
Johnson, C.R.	1883	1885
Bach, A.	1884	1886
Dey, W.	1884	1887
Frear, J.	1884	1886
Philip, A.V.	1884	1886
Scott, A.	1884	1887
Steadman, J.	1884	1885
Tucker, S.	1884	1885
Edgecumbe, G.	1885	1887
Knox, J.	1885	1889
Sandes, T.G.	1885	1886
Barton, C.J.W.	1886	1887
Bell, W.F.	1886	1893
Jones, W.	1886	1889
Von Sturmer, F.J.	1886	1889
Coates, I.	1887	1888
Hatrick, J.R.E.	1887	1887
Missen, J.	1887	1889
Salmon, H.M.	1887	1890
Sandes, R.F.	1887	1888
Smith, S.E.G.	1887	1887
Frear, J.	1888	1889
Tippen, C.	1888	1894
Wood, W.	1888	1892
Davey, E. T.	1889	1890
Dey, W.	1889	1891
Jones, W.	1889	1891
Lees, D.	1889	1889
Parr, J.	1889	1892
Scott, A.	1889	1892
Reid, J.	1890	1893
Slade, T.	1890	1903
Salmon, H.M.	1891	1894
Sandes, R.F.	1891	1900
Jones, W.	1892	1898
Qualtrough, T.	1892	1895
Salmon, D.	1892	1901
Davis, S.	1893	1896
Gwynne, R.J.	1893	1899
Bettley, J.	1894	1897
Davey, E.T.	1894	1895
Tippen, C.	1895	1901
Tristram, H.E.	1895	1900
Crawford, W.	1896	1899
Davis, S.	1897	1900
Bright, J.W.H.	1898	1901
Dyer, R.W.	1899	1901
Young, J. A.	1899	1909
Young, J. A.	1918	1919
Bond, J.S.	1900	1903
Davey, E.J.	1900	1903
Manning, A.E.	1900	1901
Coates, I.	1901	1902
Coyle, A.	1901	1903
Dey, W.	1901	1903
Hatrick, J.R.E.	1901	1901
Northcroft, E.H.	1901	1911
Parr, R.	1901	1905
Sare, G.W.	1901	1903
Barton, C.J.W.	1902	1903
Bettley, J.	1903	1905
Hardley, H.S.	1903	1905
Howden, H.H.	1903	1905
McKee, J.	1903	1905
Manning, A.E.	1903	1904
Pearson, G.S.	1903	1905
Salmon, D.	1903	1905
Davis, W.C.	1904	1910
Barton, C.J.W.	1905	1913
Brewis, A.S.	1905	1907
Coates, I.	1905	1907
Edgecumbe, G.	1905	1907
Hardley, J.W.	1905	1906
MacDiarmid, C.L.	1905	1908
Stone, G.	1905	1907
Mason, W.F.	1906	1909
Bell, A.	1907	1909
Fow, J.R.	1907	1916
Roche, H.	1907	1913
Tidd, J.E.	1907	1919
Bettley, J.	1908	1911
Furze, A.	1909	1910
Gillies, H. T.	1909	1911
Atkin, A.C.	1910	1912
Teddy, J.	1910	1911
Booth, T.B.	1911	1913
English, R.	1911	1912
Manning, A.E.	1911	1912
Tristram, H.E.	1911	1920
Hammond, J.E.	1912	1915
Hayter, G.A.	1912	1915
McKinnon, J.	1912	1917
Bond, J.S.	1913	1915
Howden, H.H.	1913	1920
Speight, C.R B.	1913	1915
Booth, T.B.	1915	1917
Mason, W.F.	1915	1919
Watts, P.H.	1915	1919
Atkin, A.C.	1916	1917
Hayter, G.A.	1916	1917
Ellis, J.W.	1917	1917
Fow, J.R.	1917	1918
Gosling, W.A.	1917	1919
Henderson, W.M.	1917	1917
Herbert, J.E.	1917	1919
Higgins, W.S.	1917	1917
Jolly, F.B.	1917	1917
Jolly, T.F.	1917	1920
Lafferty, C.	1917	1921
Sanford, A.G.	1917	1917
Smith, J.F.	1917	1920
Snell, F.A.	1917	1919
Tombs, S.T.	1917	1920
Watt, G.	1917	1917
Young, J.A.	1918	1919
Barton, C.J.W.	1919	1927
Burrow, W.E.	1919	1920
Gruar, W.	1919	1920
Hopkins, H.A.	1919	1919
Lowry, B.C.	1919	1923
McKinnon, J.	1919	1920
Scott, W.W.	1919	1921
Brind, J.A.	1920	1925
Gilbert, J.	1920	1929
Harp, J.S.	1920	1921
Johnson, T.	1920	1923
McKinnon, J.	1920	1921
Mason, W.F.	1920	1927
Snell, F.A.	1920	1921
Tidd, J.E.	1920	1923
Boyes, G.S.	1921	1921
Farrar, O.R.	1921	1928
Jenkin, H.B.	1921	1923
Rollett, W.C.	1921	1921
Tristram, H.E.	1921	1923
Denz, A.J.	1922	1938
Webb, A.E.	1922	1925
de la Mare, F.A.	1923	1925
Hay, T.D.B.	1923	1925
McKinnon, J.	1923	1925
Rollett, W.C.	1923	1925
Watts, P.H.	1923	1925
Lafferty, C.	1925	1933
Lowry, B.C.	1925	1927
Luxford, F.W.	1925	1931
Pinfold, F.D.	1925	1929
Sims, S.B.	1925	1927
Snell, F.A.	1925	1927
Tidd, J.E.	1925	1931
Bourne, W.	1927	1933
Day, E.C.	1927	1929
Farrell, F.J.	1927	1933
Field, P.T.	1927	1928
Tyler, S.V.	1927	1933
Clapham, F H.	1928	1933
Andrews, B.H.	1929	1931
Barton, C.J.W.	1929	1933
Cobbe, R.	1929	1931
Wilson, D.D.	1929	1931
Caro, H.D.	1931	1938
Curteis, W.A.	1931	1938
Dilicar, W.W.	1931	1945
Hammond, H.M.	1931	1944
Nisbet, C.	1931	1933
Best, F.	1933	1938
Bisley, A.M.	1933	1938
Day, E.C.	1933	1935
Findlay, F.	1933	1944
Lafferty, C.	1933	1944
McCaw, R.	1933	1944
Parker, T.	1933	1935
Bourne, W.	1935	1939
Tidd, J.E.	1935	1940
Cann, W.M.	1938	1944
Croall, C.	1938	1941
Fow, J.R.	1938	1943
House, F.C.	1938	1944
Reynolds, T.G.	1938	1944
Shattock, W.R.	1938	1946
Gate, G.I.	1940	1941
Parker, T.	1941	1947
Treloar, J.	1941	1945
Hunter, P.	1943	1944
Braithwaite, R.A M.	1944	1947
Denz, A.J.	1944	1965
Fow, A.L.	1944	1953
Hammond, H.M.	1944	1950
Melrose, T.H.	1944	1944
Ross, G.H.	1944	1945
Scrimshaw, E.G.	1944	1956
Street, D.C.	1944	1947
Watkins, E.J.	1944	1947
Bridges, J.A.	1945	1947
Shaw, M.M.	1945	1950
Whiting, E.J.L.	1945	1946
Hayward, E.D.	1946	1947
Shirley, J.W.	1946	1947
Blomfield, D.C.	1947	1971
Edmond, D. McL.	1947	1950
Fow, H.H.	1947	1959
Howden, L.D.	1947	1953
Milne, H.A.	1947	1956
Pinfold, F.D.	1947	1953
Purchase, E.W.	1947	1953
Exelby, E.P.	1950	1953
Griffiths, A.R.	1950	1964
Young, R.G.	1950	1953
Annett, H.E.	1953	1959
Baird, J.R.	1953	1977
Calcott, H.E.	1953	1959
Cunningham, D.	1953	1962
Menzies, D.E.	1953	1965
Pomeroy, N.	1953	1956
Robinson, A.	1953	1959
Tompkins, A.L.	1953	1958
Woodhams, B.E.	1953	1962
Yendell, F.M.	1953	1962
Heather, D.S.B.	1956	1959
Innes, H.H.	1956	1965
Rogers, D.	1956	1959
Clark, F.J.M.	1958	1965
Bedggood, L.R.	1959	1968
Caro, H.D.	1959	1962
Carruthers, A.R.	1959	1965
Grace, J.A.	1959	1965
Mills, D.B.	1959	1965
Ward, A.G.	1959	1965
Braithwaite, N.K.	1962	1974
Rangi, L.	1962	1974
Tanner, K.W.	1962	1974
Vautier, W.N.	1962	1971
Bethune, D.R.P.	1965	1974
Goddard, G.W.	1965	1968
Heather, G.S.D.	1965	1986
Heighton, P.E.	1965	1971
Jansen, R.M.	1965	1974
Minogue, M.J.	1965	1968
Sandford, R.H.	1965	1971
Simcock, D.R.	1965	1968
Woodward, F.W.	1965	1992
Bryant, A.W.	1968	1971
Gilchrist, E.L.	1968	1974
Peace, R.I.	1968	1977
Pomeroy, J.O.	1968	1971
Drabble, I.J.	1971	1975
Mills, D.B.	1971	1986
Page, R.C.	1971	1986
Prior, B.C.	1971	1977
Tait, M.	1971	1974
Taylor, D.M.	1971	1977
Grant, A .I.	1974	1980
Green, T.G.A.	1974	1977
Pullon, M.W.	1974	1980
Webb, R.J.	1974	1980
Mowbray, M.B.	1974	1992
Evans, M.A.	1974	1989
Woodcock, M.N.	1976	1986
Burkhart, B.F.	1977	1983
Armstrong, E.T.	1977	2004
Boswell, M.R.	1977	1989
Irwin, J.B.	1977	1983
Davidson, I.C.	1977	1983
Barclay, R.L.	1980	1989
Coombes, G.W.	1980	1983
Neil, E.E.	1980	1983
Gibbs, D.W.	1983	1986
McKay, S.	1983	1995
Tibble, R.T.	1983	1986
Burton, M.	1983	1986
MacDonald,B.N.	1983	1986
Hopkirk, K.E.	1983	1986
Gallagher, M.O.	1985	1994
Robinson, D.	1986	1989
Mahood, P.	1986	current
Drabble, I.J.	1986	1998
Vickridge, J.A.	1986	1998
Gallagher, J.A.	1986	1998
Kaio, P.	1986	1995
MacLachlan-Barnes, H.G.	1986	1998
Nuttall, N.C.	1986	1992
Peart, D.J.M.	1986	1992
Gallagher, R.T.	1989	1989
Impson, B.J.C.	1989	2004
Brooker, M.M.	1989	1992
McPake, L.M.	1989	1992
Heckler, G.	1989	1992
Tait, C.V.	1992	1995
Braithwaite, D.J.	1992	1998
Rimmington, R.M.	1992	1998
Summers, G.E.	1995	1998
Harris, D.	1995	1998
Thomas, G.E.	1995	2007
Garrett, J.	1995	2004
Miller, A.	1998	2001
Marshall, J.	1998	2004
MacPherson, D.	1998	current
Bos, P.	1998	current
Mallett, G.	1998	2001
Thorburn, G.	1998	2001
Farrell, B.	1998	2001
McLennan, S	1998	2001
Ward, B.	2001	2004
Gower, J.	2001	current
Hennebry, R.	2001	current
Hamilton, M.	2001	2004
Wilson, E.	2001	2007
Di Maio, J.	2004	current
Saunders, G.	2004	current
Westphal, M.	2004	current
Bell, D.	2004	current
Chesterman, G.	2004	current
Simcock, B.	2004	2007
Gregory, K.	2007	current
O'Leary, A.	2007	current

The Hamilton Council of 1917 after the amalgamation with Frankton

The list has been compiled from Astride the River : a history of Hamilton by P.J. Gibbons, the Waikato Times and Hamilton City Council annual reports. Images from Hamilton 1878-1928 : commemorating the jubilee of the Hamilton Borough by E.J. Davey.

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