| Year | Name |
| 1862 to 1863 | John Hall |
| 1863 to 1864 | John Ollivier |
| 1865 | Isaac Luck |
| 1866 | E B Bishop |
| 1867 | W Wilson |
Reflect on the past Chair, Mayors and Deputy Mayors of Christchurch City Council.
From 1862 to 1868, the Chairs were voted in annually to lead the Council. The role of Mayor began in 1868, and they continued to be voted in annually, every 2 years from 1908 and every 3 years from 1935.
Chair
Mayor
| Year | Name |
| 1868 | W Wilson |
| 1869 | J Anderson |
| 1870 | A Duncan |
| 1871 | J P Jameson |
| 1872 | H Sawtell |
| 1873 | E B Bishop |
| 1874 | M B Hart |
| 1875 to 1876 | F Hobbs |
| 1877 | J Gapes |
| 1878 | H Thomson |
| 1879 to 1880 | C T Ick |
| 1881 | J Gapes |
| 1882 to 1883 | J G Ruddenklau |
| 1884 to 1885 | C P Hulbert |
| 1886 to 1887 | A Ayers |
| 1888 to 1889 | C Louisson |
| 1890 | S Manning |
| 1891 | C M Gray |
| 1892 | W Prudhoe |
| 1893 | Eden George |
| 1894 | T Gapes |
| 1895 | W H Cooper |
| 1896 | H J Beswick |
| 1897 | W H Cooper |
| 1898 to 1899 | C Louisson |
| 1900 | W Reece |
| 1901 | A E G Rhodes |
| 1902 to 1903 | H F Wigram |
| 1904 to 1905 | C M Gray |
| 1906 | Hon Sir John Hall KCMG |
| 1907 | George Payling |
| 1908 to 1910 | C Allison |
| 1911 | T E Taylor |
| 1911 to 1912 | J J Dougall |
| 1912 to 1919 | H Holland CBE |
| 1919 to 1923 | H T J Thacker |
| 1923 to 1925 | J A Flesher OBE |
| 1925 to 1931 | J K Archer MLC |
| 1931 to 1936 | D G Sullivan MP |
| 1936 to 1938 | J W Beanland |
| 1938 to 1941 | Sir Robert Macfarlane CMG |
| 1941 to 1950 | Sir Ernest Andrews CBE |
| 1950 to 1958 | Sir Robert Macfarlane CMG |
| 1958 to 1968 | Sir George Manning CMG |
| 1968 to 1971 | Ron Guthrey OBE MC |
| 1971 to 1974 | Neville Pickering MBE |
| 1974 to 1989 | Sir Hamish Hay |
| 1989 to 1998 | Vicki Buck |
| 1998 to 2007 | Garry Moore CNZM |
| 2007 to 2013 | Sir Bob Parker KNZM |
| 2013 to 2022 | Lianne Dalziel CNZM |
| 2022 to present | Phil Mauger |
Deputy Mayor
| Year | Name |
| 1917 to 1919 | A Williams |
| 1919 to 1921 | J W Beanland |
| 1921 to 1923 | J A Flesher |
| 1923 to 1925 | A McKellar |
| 1925 to 1927 | C P Agar |
| 1927 to 1929 | D G Sullivan |
| 1929 to 1931 | H T J Thacker |
| 1931 to 1935 | J K Archer |
| 1935 to 1936 | J W Beanland |
| 1936 to 1938 | E H Andrews |
| 1938 to 1941 | J S Barnett |
| 1941 to 1947 | M E Lyons |
| 1947 to 1950 | J N Clarke |
| 1950 to 1958 | G Manning |
| 1958 to 1959 | L G Amos |
| 1971 to 1974 | Hon Sir Robert Macfarlane KCMG |
| 1974 to 1980 | P J R Skellerup, CBE |
| 1980 to 1983 | R Lester |
| 1983 to 1989 | Maurice R Carter, OBE |
| 1989 to 1998 | Morgan Fahey, OBE |
| 1998 to 2004 | Lesley Keast |
| 2005 to 2007 | Carole Evans |
| 2008 to 2010 | Norm Withers |
| 2011 to 2013 | Ngaire Button |
| 2013 to 2016 | Vicki Buck |
| 2016 to 2022 | Andrew Turner |
| 2022 to present | Pauline Cotter |