Environment Southland elections 2022

Nicol Horrell was reelected as chairman for a third term by Environment Southland councillors at the inaugural meeting of council in October, following the 2022 local government elections.

Chairman Horrell says he looks forward to working with all the councillors to build a strong team.

There are five new councillors: Paul Evans for Fiordland constituency; Alastair Gibson for Eastern-Dome constituency; Jon Pemberton for Southern constituency; and Maurice Rodway and Phil Morrison for the Invercargill-Rakiura constituency.

Chairman Nicol Horrell was re-elected unopposed in the Western constituency.

The other councillors won contested seats: Deputy chairman Jeremy McPhail (Eastern- Dome); Peter McDonald (Hokonui); Eric Roy, Lyndal Ludlow, Neville Cook and Robert Guyton (Invercargill-Rakiura).

Farewells

Lloyd McCallum

Southern Constituency

Lloyd represented the Southern constituency for three terms from 2013 until 2022. He was elected deputy chairman in his second and third terms and served on many committees, including chairing the Regional Transport Committee in his last term. Lloyd was not re-elected in 2022.

David Stevens

Eastern-Dome Constituency

David represented the Eastern-Dome constituency for two terms from 2016, retiring in 2022. He was the chair of the South Port Sub-committee during his last term and also a judge of the Environment Southland Community Awards.

Allan Baird

Fiordland Constituency

Allan represented the Fiordland constituency from 2019 until 2022. He was the deputy chair of the Regional Transport Committee and a member of several other committees – Strategy and Policy, Regulatory, and Organisational Performance and Audit. Allan was not re-elected in 2022.

Bonnie Mager

Invercargill-Rakiura Constituency

Bonnie represented the Invercargill- Rakiura constituency for one term from 2019 and didn’t seek re-election in 2022.

Lloyd Esler