Noel Pope (mayor)

Noel Pope CNZM JP
25th Mayor of Tauranga
In office 8 October 1983 – 14 October 1989
Preceded by	Ray Dillon
Succeeded by	Keith Clarke
In office 14 October 1995 – 13 October 2001
Preceded by	Keith Clarke
Succeeded by	Jan Beange
Personal details
Born	Noel Frank Pope (1931-09-28)28 September 1931 Hamilton, New Zealand[1]
Died	15 August 2019(2019-08-15) (aged 87)
Spouse	Ena Ethel Edgar ​ (m. 1953)​ [1]
Children	3[1]
Education	Tauranga College[1]
Occupation	Electrician[1]

Noel Frank Pope CNZM JP (28 September 1931 – 15 August 2019) was a New Zealand local-body politician. He served as Mayor of Tauranga from 1983 to 1989 and again in 1995 to 2001.[1]

In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours, Pope was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to local government.[2] He died on 15 August 2019.[3]

References

1. Taylor, Alister, ed. (2001). New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001. Auckland: Alister Taylor Publishers. p. 715. ISSN 1172-9813.
2. "Queen's Birthday honours list 1998". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 June 1998. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
3. "'He was a genuine visionary' – former Tauranga Mayor Noel Pope dies". Bay of Plenty Times. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.