Mayor of Waikato

Mayor of Waikato
Mayor of Waikato
	Incumbent; Jacqui Church; since 15 October 2022
Style	His/Her Worship
Member of	Waikato District Council
Term length	3 years

The Mayor of Waikato officiates over the Waikato District of New Zealand's North Island.^[1]

Jacqui Church is the current mayor.^[2] The previous mayor was Allan Sanson, a third generation farmer who had served on the council^[3] since 2001 and had been mayor since 2010. His predecessor was another conservative farmer, Peter Harris, who took over the job when the first mayor, another farmer, Angus Macdonald, stood down in 2001.^[4]^[5] Angus Macdonald died in 2010.^[6] The 2021 salary of the mayor was $148,500.^[7]

List of mayors

There have been 4 mayors of Waikato.

	Mayor	Term of office
1	Angus Macdonald	1989–2001^[8]
2	Peter Harris	2001–2010^[9]
3	Allan Sanson	2010–2022^[10]
4	Jacqui Church	2022–present^[11]

List of deputy mayors

Deputy	Term of office	Mayor
Peter Harris	–2001^[12]	Macdonald
Ian McLennan	–2007^[13]	Harris
Clint Baddeley	2007–2010^[14]	Harris
Dynes Fulton	2010–2019^[15]	Sanson
Aksel Bech	2019–2022^[16]	Sanson
Carolyn Eyre	2022–present^[11]	Church

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Mayor of Waikato
Incumbent Jacqui Church since 15 October 2022
Style	His/Her Worship
Member of	Waikato District Council
Term length	3 years