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Kaiapoi was officially proclaimed a town in 1857 by ordinance of the Provincial Council.
The Provincial Government maintained responsibility of Kaiapoi until the election of the Kaiapoi Road Board in 1864. In October 1864 Kaiapoi was proclaimed a municipal district; the newly elected municipal council first met on 1 December 1864.
Borough status was granted to Kaiapoi in June 1868, and the election of the Mayor took place at a meeting of the 'Town Council' on the morning of 11 June. Two candidates were nominated – Matthew Hall and Dr Charles Dudley. Voting was tied, but Matthew Hall, as Chairman of the Kaiapoi Town Council, exercised his casting vote and became the town’s first Mayor. Dudley became the first Town Clerk. The members of the first Kaiapoi Borough Council were Messrs Hall (Mayor), Oram, Kerr, Buddle, Newnham, Dudley, Porter, Middleton and Birch.
Kaiapoi Borough Council remained the governing body until local government amalgamations in 1989, when the Waimakariri District Council was formed. Kaiapoi Borough Council reluctantly had to accept the amalgamation. The last Mayor of Kaiapoi Borough Council was Hector McAllister and the last Town Clerk was Gary Saunders.
1868 Matthew Hall 1869 J C Porter 1870 T Newnham 1870 - 1871 Dr C Dudley 1872 - 1876 E G Kerr 1877 - 1888 J W Ellen 1879 - 1881 G H Blackwell 1882 C Smith 1883 E Parnham 1884 - 1887 R Moore 1888 - 1890 C Hansen 1891 R Blakeley 1982 - 1893 W Doubleday 1984 - 1896 E Feldwick 1897 W Doubleday 1898 J L Wilson 1899 - 1901 E Feldwick 1902 - 1904 J Daley 1905 - 1906 A Pearce 1907 - 1911 J H Blackwell 1912 - 1914 R Wylie 1915 J W Barnard 1916 - 1923 J H Blackwell 1924 - 1927 H McIntosh 1928 - 1929 H C Revell 1930 - 1941 W H A Vickery 1942 - 1944 E Gray 1945 - 1947 W H A Vickery 1948 - 1950 C M Williams 1951 - 1953 H O Hills 1954 - 1957 N E Kirk 1957 - 1959 C T Williams 1960 - 1965 O M Williams 1965 - 1971 H O Hills 1971 - 1980 B O Williams 1960 - 1986 H Cumberland 1986 - 1989 H G McAllister
Ward, Patricia B - The first century; Kaiapoi Borough Council. Kaiapoi : Kaiapoi Borough Council, 1968.
Woods, Pauline - Kaiapoi : a search for identity. Rangiora : Waimakariri District Council, c. 1993.
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