Mayoral elections take place in the Chatham Islands every 3 years, as part of the wider local elections in New Zealand. Under section 10 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, a "general election of members of every local authority or community board must be held on the second Saturday in October in every third year" from the date the Act came into effect in 2001.[14]
2001 Chatham Islands mayoral election
This was the first election held following the Local Electoral Act 2001. Patrick Smith won re-election, retaining the mayoralty.
On 31 January 2010, Patrick Smith resigned from the mayoralty, and was immediately succeeded as acting mayor by his deputy, Alfred Preece.[1] Preece ran for the 2010 election and retained the mayoralty on 9 October, defeating challenger Joseph Tapara.[17]
Croon successfully ran for re-election. Although the election was officially non-partisan,[22] it was analysed within the wider context of polarised public opinion regarding the Sixth Labour Government's Three Waters reform programme. Croon was one of three elected mayors to strongly support Three Waters (in contrast, 6 mayors gave it soft support, 14 were on the fence, 30 gave it soft opposition and 13 gave it strong opposition).[23] After her election victory, Croon gave an interview on Te Ao Māori News.[24]
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^"Meet the Team". www.cic.govt.nz. Chatham Islands Council. 18 July 2019. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^"Meet the Team". cic.govt.nz. Chatham Islands Council. 14 January 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2022.