The mayor of Carterton is the mayor of the Carterton District, which is administered by Carterton District Council, and earlier the office oversaw the Carterton Borough from 1887 until 1989, when Carterton Borough and Wairarapa South County were amalgamated to form Carterton District.

The current mayor of Carterton is Steve Cretney who was elected in 2025.

Georgina Beyer, New Zealand's first transgender mayor, held the office from 1995 to 1999.

List of mayors NamePortraitTermMayor of Carterton Borough1Richard Fairbrother 1887–18912Alfred Booth 1891–18923George Deller 1892–19014James Baillie 1901–19045George Augustus Fairbrother 1904–19056James Brown 1905–19077Willie Moore 1907–19098Adam Armstrong 1909–19109J. A. Dudson 1910–191110Frank Feist 1911–191411M. D. Hornsby 1914–191512J. T. Marryat Hornsby1916–191713Gordon Hughan 1917–191914William Howard Booth 1919–192315William Fisher 1923–193616D. L. Taverner 1936–194717Ron Wakelin 1947–197118W. P. Chisholm 1971–198419Barry Keys 1984–1989Mayor of Carterton District19Barry Keys 1989–199520Georgina Beyer 1995–2000 –Brian Cameron (acting) 200021Martin Tankersley 2000–200422Gary McPhee 2004–201023Ron Mark 2010–2014–John Booth (acting)201424John Booth 2014–201925Greg Lang 2019–2022(23)Ron Mark2022–202526Steve Cretney2025–present

List of deputy mayors

+NameTermMayorDeputy mayor of Carterton BoroughAdam Armstrong–BrownWilliam FisherBoothUnknown–1923–Gordon Hughan1923–FisherUnknown–D. L. Taverner 1934–1936W. CM. Sorensen1936–1938TavernerEdward McKenzie1938–1944Herbert Mortenson1944–1950Taverner WakelinC. J. Churchouse1950–?WakelinUnknown–1988–Eion Clarke1988KeysDeputy mayor of Carterton DistrictNeil Wilson Monk1989–?KeysUnknown––Brian Cameron?–2000BeyerPosition vacant (April 2000)Cameron (acting)Richard Booth?–2004TankersleyBill Knowles2004–2007McPheeRuth Carter2007–2010Elaine Brazendale2010–2013MarkJohn Booth2013–2014Position vacant (September–October 2014)Booth (acting)Elaine Brazendale2014–2016BoothRussell Keys2016–2019Rebecca Vergunst2019–2022LangDale Williams2022–2024MarkSteve Cretney2024–2025Grace Ayling2025–presentCretney

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