The mayor of Gore officiates over the Gore District Council.^[3] Prior to local government reorganisation in 1989, the mayor of Gore officiated over the Gore Borough.

The current mayor is Ben Bell.^[4]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2021)

	Name	Portrait	Term of office	Notes
1	Thomas Green		1885–1886	[5]
2	John MacGibbon		1886–1887	[5]
3	Ian S. Simson		1887–1888	[5][6]
4	James Beattie		1888–1889	[5]
(3)	Ian S. Simson		1889–1890	[5]
5	Alfred Dolamore		1890	[5][7]
(2)	John MacGibbon		1890–1892	[5]
(3)	Ian S. Simson		1892–1893	[5]
6	William Macara		1893–1894	[5]
7	Thomas Brewer		1894–1895	[5]
8	Dugald Poppelwell		1895–1896	[5]
(4)	James Beattie		1896–1897	[5]
9	James Copland		1897–1898	[5]
10	Duncan McFarlane		1898–1899	[5][8]
11	John Ballantine		1899–1901	[5]
12	Archibald MacGibbon		1901–1902	[5][9]
(10)	Duncan McFarlane		1902–1903	[5]
(4)	James Beattie		1903–1904	[5]
(8)	Dugald Poppelwell		1904–1906	[5]
(12)	Archibald MacGibbon		1906–1910	[5]
(8)	Dugald Poppelwell		1910–1913	[5]
13	David McDougall		1913–1914	[5]
(10)	Duncan McFarlane		1914–1915	[5]
(13)	David McDougall		1915–1919	[5]
14	Andrew Martin		1919–1921	[5]
(13)	David McDougall		1921–1923	[5]
(8)	Dugald Poppelwell		1923–1927	[5]
(13)	David McDougall		1927–1929	[5]
(8)	Dugald Poppelwell		1929–1931	[5]
15	Alexander Newman		1931–1956	[5]
16	Wilson C. Campbell		1956–1959	[10]
17	W. G. Mackay		1959–	[11]
	Hans Charles Hankey
	J. C. Barron		?–1965	[12]
	J. C. McLeod		1965–?	[12]
	Ivan Elder		–1980	[13][14]
	Hallam Smith		1980–1986	[15]
	Gabriel Farry		1986–1989	[16]

	Name	Portrait	Term of office
1	Ian Tulloch		1989–1995[17]
2	Mary Ogg		1995–2001[18]
3	Owen O'Connor		2001–2004[19]
4	Tracy Hicks		2004–2022[20]
5	Ben Bell		2022–present[4]