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Mark Bell-Booth
Mark Rex Bell-Booth was Mayor of Palmerston North for one term, from 2001 to 2004. He became known through his "Save the Avenue" campaign. He is best known for the redevelopment of The Square, which happened during his mayoralty. In the 2004 local elections he lost the mayoralty to Heather Tanguay. He made headlines when it became known that he lent his wife's car to a known gang member. His time at the council was described by a political commentator as being more akin to that of a chief executive than a mayor. He contested the mayoralty again in the 2010 local elections and came a distant second against incumbent Jono Naylor Jonathan Mark Naylor (born 1966), commonly known as Jono Naylor, is a New Zealand politician from Palmerston North. He was Mayor of Palmerston North from 2007 until 2014, when he was elected to the House of Representatives in the as a list M ..., with 2,229 votes against 16,717. From 2004 to 2008 Bell-Booth was chief executive of Assetta, a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill White
Jacqueline Jill White (born 22 February 1941) is a former New Zealand Labour Party politician, and a registered nurse. Early life and career White was born in Feilding in 1941. She attended Manchester Street Primary School and Feilding Agricultural High School before attending Victoria University of Wellington where she gained a Bachelor of Science and then Canterbury Teachers' College. She later completed a Bachelor of Arts at Massey University. She first worked as a secondary school teacher in New Zealand from 1965, and later Samoa via Volunteer Service Abroad, before becoming a nurse in 1972. White also worked in the United Kingdom as a nurse before returning to New Zealand in 1979 where she became a community and public nurse before retiring in 1988. Local body politics White was a councillor on Palmerston North City Council from 1983 to 1992. This was followed by some years in Parliament, a role from which she resigned in 1998 to become Mayor of Palmerston North. She held t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Tanguay
Heather Leigh Tanguay (née Black; born 17 September 1944) is a New Zealand politician who served for twelve years on the Palmerston North City Council, being Mayor from 2004 to 2007. She takes a leading role in the community, has served in many official positions and received national awards for taking the lead in initiating social programmes to build diversity and support those who are disadvantaged. Early life and family Tanguay was born in Napier on 17 September 1944, the daughter of Marjory Emily Black (née Bell) and Gavin Charles "Charlie" Black, and was educated at Napier Girls' High School. She married Jerry Harry Tanguay, and the couple had three children, moving from Masterton to Manawatu in 1987. Tanguay's oldest child, Gavin, has followed in her political footsteps by being elected on to the Troms and Finnmark county council in the 2019 Norwegian election. Political career Tanguay served a total of twelve years for Palmerston North City Council, becoming Mayor i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Palmerston North
The Mayor of Palmerston North is the head of the municipal government of Palmerston North, New Zealand, and presides over the Palmerston North City Council. The current mayor is Grant Smith, who became mayor in a February 2015 by-election. This resulted from the resignation of Jono Naylor in October 2014 after his election to the House of Representatives. Since the 2013 election, Palmerston North is one of the few councils that uses the single transferable vote electoral system for the election of mayor. Voting system Council elections were annually at first, and biennial since 1914. The mayor is directly elected using a single transferable vote electoral system, starting with the 2013 election, and with a first past the post system earlier. History The Borough Council was established on 12 July 1877. At the time, Palmerston North was an isolated village in the midst of a native forest that covered inland Manawatu. The population was approximately 800 people. The first electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmerston North
Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the Manawatu River, from the river's mouth, and from the end of the Manawatu Gorge, about north of the capital, Wellington. Palmerston North is the country's eighth-largest urban area, with an urban population of The official limits of the city take in rural areas to the south, north-east, north-west and west of the main urban area, extending to the Tararua Ranges; including the town of Ashhurst at the mouth of the Manawatu Gorge, the villages of Bunnythorpe and Longburn in the north and west respectively. The city covers a land area of . The city's location was once little more than a clearing in a forest and occupied by small communities of Māori, who called it ''Papa-i-Oea'', believed to mean "How beautiful it is". In the mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 New Zealand Local Elections
The 2010 New Zealand local elections were triennial elections to select local government officials and district health board members. All elections are conducted by postal ballot, with election day being Saturday 9 October 2010. Elected were: * Mayors and councillors for all 67 territorial authority councils * Councillors for 10 regional councils, (all regional councils had elections except Canterbury Regional Council, and the Auckland Regional Council which will be replaced by the Auckland Council) * Members of all 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) * Members for all 21 local boards of the Auckland Council * Various local and community boards and licensing trusts. Except for all DHBs and six territorial authorities, officials were elected by the First Past the Post system. Members of DHBs and mayors and councillors in six territorial authorities, including Wellington City and Dunedin City, were elected using the Single Transferable Vote system. Dates Under section 10 of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jono Naylor
Jonathan Mark Naylor (born 1966), commonly known as Jono Naylor, is a New Zealand politician from Palmerston North. He was Mayor of Palmerston North from 2007 until 2014, when he was elected to the House of Representatives in the as a list MP for the National Party. He did not stand for re-election as an MP in 2017. In 2018 he was elected to Horizons Regional Council in the by-election following the death of Councillor Pat Kelly. He was re-elected to Horizons in the 2019 local election and was appointed as Horizons deputy chair. Early life Naylor was born in Upper Hutt and raised in Wellington, Auckland, and Masterton before moving to Palmerston North to study at Massey University in 1985. In 1997, he earned a Bachelor of Social Work. He is married with three children. Political career Naylor became a member of the city council in 2001 and was elected mayor in 2007, defeating incumbent Heather Tanguay. Naylor sought the nomination of the National Party for candida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayors Of Palmerston North
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated. Depending on the system chosen, a mayor may be the chief executive officer of the municipal government, may simply chair a multi-member governing body with little or no independent power, or may play a solely ceremonial role. A mayor's duties and responsibilities may be to appoint and oversee municipal managers and employees, provide basic governmental services to constituents, and execute the laws and ordinances passed by a municipal governing body (or mandated by a state, territorial or national governing body). Options for selection of a mayor include direct election by the public, or selection by an elected governing council or board. The term ''mayor'' shares a linguistic or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Palmerston North City Councillors
Palmerston may refer to: People * Christie Palmerston (c. 1851–1897), Australian explorer * Several prominent people have borne the title of Viscount Palmerston ** Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston (c. 1673–1757), Irish nobleman and British politician ** Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (1739–1802), British politician ** Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865), British foreign minister and Prime Minister * Charles P. Anderson (1865–1930), Canadian bishop Places Australia *County of Palmerston, a cadastral division in the Northern Territory * Palmerston, the name used for Darwin, Northern Territory prior to 1911 * Palmerston, Northern Territory, a city near Darwin in Australia * Palmerston, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra, Australia * Palmerston, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Australia ** East Palmerston, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Australia * Cape Palmerston, Queenslan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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