{{Short description|Former county of New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox former subdivision |conventional_long_name = County |common_name = Ohinemuri County |subdivision = County |nation = New Zealand |p1 = |s1 = |flag_s1 = |year_start = 1885 |event_end = |year_end = 1989 |date_end = |image_coat = |image_map = |capital = |stat_area1 = |stat_pop1 = |stat_year1 = |category = |today = |footnotes = }} [[File:Ohinemuri_CC_Paeroa_council_chamber_1912.jpg|alt=|thumb|Ohinemuri CC Paeroa council chamber 1912]] '''Ohinemuri County''' was one of the counties of New Zealand of the North Island.
The Ohinemuri County Council first met on 17 November 1885.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ohinemuri County Diamond Jubilee 1885–1945|url=http://www.ohinemuri.org.nz/ohinemuri_county/ohinemuri_c_frames.htm|publisher=ohinemuri.org.nz|accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref> It was formed from a portion of Thames County.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THA18840527.2.8.2|title=THE SEPARATION MOVEMENT. THAMES ADVERTISER|date=27 May 1884|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=2 January 2019}}</ref> A 1919 petition<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OG19190811.2.8|title=HAURAKI PLAINS COUNTY, OHINEMURI GAZETTE|date=11 August 1919|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=3 January 2019}}</ref> resulted in loss of the western part of the area<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/hptoapca191910gv1919n21582/|title=Hauraki Plains, Thames, Ohinemuri, and Piako Counties Act 1919 (Local) (10 GEO V 1919 No 21)|website=www.nzlii.org|access-date=3 January 2019}}</ref> to a new Hauraki Plains County in 1920.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS19200403.2.21|title=HAURAKI PLAINS COUNTY, THAMES STAR|date=3 April 1920|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=3 January 2019}}</ref>
The county was abolished through the 1989 local government reforms.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cemetery Information|url=http://www.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/services/Cemeteries/cemeteries.htm |publisher=Hauraki District Council |accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref>
The population was 1,516 in 1891,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www3.stats.govt.nz/New_Zealand_Official_Yearbooks/1893/NZOYB_1893.html?_ga=2.15943478.1023943320.1546467902-32768069.1543379220|title=THE NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL YEAR – BOOK 1893}}</ref> 3,056 in 1945<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www3.stats.govt.nz/New_Zealand_Official_Yearbooks/1946/NZOYB_1946.html?_ga=2.48258086.1023943320.1546467902-32768069.1543379220|title=THE NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL YEAR-BOOK, 1946}}</ref> and 5,579 in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www3.stats.govt.nz/New_Zealand_Official_Yearbooks/1988-89/NZOYB_1988-89.html?_ga=2.84626073.1023943320.1546467902-32768069.1543379220|title=New Zealand Official Yearbook 1988 • 1989}}</ref>
In 1923 Ohinemuri County covered {{Convert|253|mi2|abbr=on}} and had a population of 2,678, with {{Convert|66|mi|abbr=on}} of gravel roads, {{Convert|55|mi|abbr=on}} of mud roads and {{Convert|50|mi|abbr=on}} of tracks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 August 1923|title=KAWHIA SETTLER AND RAGLAN ADVERTISER Main Highways – Conference at Hamilton|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/KSRA19230803.2.27|access-date=16 October 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref>
The 1911 Italianate county offices at 41 Belmont Road, Paeroa, were used by the county until 1986. They are now used by Hauraki Māori Trust Board and protected by an A Category listing in Hauraki District Plan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historic Heritage Inventory – Ohinemuri County Council building|url=https://www.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/assets/council_documents/HistoricHeritage/HistoricHeritageSiteHAU195-OhinemuriCountyCouncil.pdf}}</ref> thumb|1886 Ohinemuri map
==County leadership== {| class="wikitable" ! !County Chairman !Term ! colspan="2" |Affiliation |- !1 | Mr. F. Cock | 1885–1887 | {{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !2 | Mr. W. Nicholls | 1887–1889 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !3 | Mr J. Moore | 1889–1890 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !4 | Mr. J. Phillips | 1890–1891 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !5 | Mr. E. Edwards (Snr) | 1891–1893 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !6 | Mr. H. Barrry | 1893–1901 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !7 | Mr. H. Poland | 1901–1905 |{{Party color cell|New Zealand Liberal Party}} |Liberal |- !8 | Mr. W. Nicholls | 1905–1908 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !9 | Mr. P. Grace | 1908–1911 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !10 | Mr. H. Corbett | 1911–1916 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !11 | Mr. C. Lloyd | 1916-1916 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !12 | Mr. P. Grace | 1916–1920 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !13 | Mr. A. Robinson | 1920–1925 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !14 | Mr. W. Johnstone | 1925–1926 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !15 | Mr. H. Corbett | 1926–1929 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !16 | Mr. C. Mason | 1929–1932 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !17 | Mr. W. Marshall | 1932–1944 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !13 | Mr. T. Barrett | 1944–? |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- |}
{| class="wikitable" ! !Mayor of Paeroa !Term ! colspan="2" |Affiliation |- !1 | Mr. Towers | 1915–1919 | {{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !2 | Mr. P. Brenan | 1919–1923 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !3 | Mr W. Marshall | 1923–1941 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !4 | Mr. E. Edwards | 1941–1950 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !5 | Mr. N. C. Davies | 1950–1955 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !6 | Mr. L. J. Shaw | 1955–1959 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !7 | Mr. E. W. Lee | 1959–1965 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- |}
{| class="wikitable" ! ! Mayor of Waihi ! Term ! colspan="2" |Affiliation |- !1 | Mr W. Phillips | 1902–1904 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !2 | Mr T. Gilmour | 1904–1908 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !3 | Mr J. Newth | 1908–1913 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !4 | Mr M. Power | 1913–1915 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !5 | Mr D. Donaldson | 1915–1923 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !6 | Mr W. Walnutt | 1923–1947 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !7 | Mr S. Bonnici | 1947–1947 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !8 | Mr H. Pickett | 1947–1956 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !9 | Mr C. Christensen | 1956–1965 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !10 | Mr A. Thomas | 1965–1971 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !11 | Mr A. Dean | 1971–1977 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |- !12 | Mr O. Morgan | 1977–1989 |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |Independent |} == See also == * List of former territorial authorities in New Zealand § Counties
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TAN18851121.2.9 Te Aroha News report of first meeting]
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