Len Brown | |
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| 1st Mayor of Auckland | |
| In office 1 November 2010 – 8 October 2016 | |
| Deputy | Penny Hulse |
| Preceded by | Office created Himself (as Mayor of Manukau City) John Banks (as Mayor of Auckland City) Bob Harvey (as Mayor of Waitakere City) Andrew Williams (as Mayor of North Shore City) Calum Penrose (as Mayor of Papakura District) Penny Webster (as Mayor of Rodney District) Mark Ball (as Mayor of Franklin District) |
| Succeeded by | Phil Goff |
| Majority | 65,945[1] |
| Mayor of Manukau City | |
| In office October 2007 – 31 October 2010 | |
| Deputy | William Sio |
| Preceded by | Barry Curtis |
| Succeeded by | Office Abolished |
| Majority | 14,777[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leonard Charles Brown 1 October 1956[3] Taumarunui, New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Shirley Inglis |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Leonard Charles Brown[4] (born 1 October 1956)[5] is a former mayor of Auckland, New Zealand, and former head of the Auckland Council. He won the 2010 Auckland mayoral election on 9 October 2010 and was sworn in as Mayor of Auckland on 1 November 2010, being the first to hold that title for the amalgamated Auckland "Super City", and was re-elected in 2013.[6] Brown had previously been elected mayor of Manukau City in October 2007, the second time he ran for that office. Brown is married to Shirley Anne "Shan" Inglis, and has three daughters.[5][7] As Mayor of Auckland, Brown was a vocal advocate for the City Rail Link and helped pass the city's first Unitary Plan.[8][9]
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- ^ "Final results for elections 2007 Archived 26 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine". Manukau City Council.
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- ^ a b Udanga, Romy (1 September 2009). "Brown goes for top job". North Shore Times. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.)
- ^ New Zealand Herald: Super City elections 2013: Brown to wield the knife
- ^ Taylor, Phil (28 February 2009). "Mayor Len Brown – life after the last rites". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ "What will Len Brown's legacy be?". RNZ. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Mood of the Boardroom: CEOs praise Len Brown's legacy". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 October 2020.