title: Rodney County, New Zealand
text: # Rodney County, New Zealand
  
  Rodney County was one of the counties of New Zealand in the North Island, from 1876 until 1989. It came into existence in November 1876, when the provinces were abolished. In the 1989 local government reforms, it merged with Helensville Borough to create Rodney District.
  
  ## List of county chairmen
  
  The Rodney County Council was presided over by a chairman. The following is a complete list of officeholders:
  
  | | Name | Term of office |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Nathaniel Wilson | 1877–1878 |
  | 2 | Henry Palmer | 1878–1881 |
  | (1) | Nathaniel Wilson | 1881–1885 |
  | 3 | Josiah Hill Hudson | 1885–1887 |
  | 4 | Edward Browne | 1885–1892 |
  | 5 | George Moor | 1892 |
  | 6 | John Morison King | 1892–1893 |
  | 7 | Thomas Adams Gubb | 1893–1899 |
  | (1) | Nathaniel Wilson | 1899–1905 |
  | 8 | Lewis Philip Becroft | 1905–1911 |
  | 9 | George Wyatt Thompson | 1911–1917 |
  | 10 | John Alfred Shepherd | 1917–1920 |
  | 11 | John Morison | 1920–1923 |
  | 12 | Frederick Hodgson | 1923–1926 |
  | 13 | William John Schollum | 1926–1932 |
  | 14 | Walter Kenneth Becroft | 1932–1938 |
  | 15 | William Robinson Grant | 1938–1947 |
  | (13) | William John Schollum | 1947–1953 |
  | 16 | Thomas Oliver Llewellyn Jenkins | 1953–1963 |
  | 17 | John James Granville | 1963–1973 |
  | 18 | Gordon Mason | 1973–1989 |
  