1971 Auckland City mayoral election
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The 1971 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1971, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
Background[]
Incumbent Mayor Dove-Myer Robinson was re-elected with an overwhelming majority with an absence of a challenger from either the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket or Labour Party.
Mayoralty results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Dove-Myer Robinson | 27,417 | 90.35 | +32.82 | |
Independent | Paul Wedderspoon | 1,521 | 5.01 | ||
Socialist Action | Michael Goodger | 1,405 | 4.63 | ||
Majority | 25,896 | 85.34 | |||
Turnout | 30,343 | 36.27 | -8.87 |
Councillor results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Citizens & Ratepayers | Lincoln Laidlaw | 18,491 | 60.93 | +1.15 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Winifred Delugar | 16,861 | 55.56 | -3.79 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Lindsay Adams | 16,708 | 55.06 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Max Tongue | 16,656 | 54.89 | -1.83 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Arthur Kinsella | 16,404 | 54.06 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | John Dale | 16,262 | 53.59 | -1.43 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Eric Salmon | 16,230 | 53.48 | +5.47 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Mel Tronson | 15,963 | 52.60 | +3.89 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Harold Watts | 15,896 | 52.38 | +0.89 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Wint Holland | 15,690 | 51.70 | +3.18 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Harry Dansey | 15,581 | 51.34 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Colin Kay | 15,125 | 49.84 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Lindo Ferguson | 15,007 | 49.45 | +4.49 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Jolyon Firth | 14,807 | 48.79 | +3.83 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Ian McKinnon | 14,575 | 48.03 | -3.31 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | John Strevens | 14,508 | 47.81 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Alan Alcorn | 14,456 | 47.64 | +3.02 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Bill Clark | 13,995 | 46.12 | +1.50 | |
Labour | Michael Bassett | 13,769 | 45.37 | ||
Labour | Catherine Tizard | 13,682 | 45.09 | ||
Labour | Alex Dreaver | 13,428 | 44.25 | +1.39 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Roy Walker | 13,331 | 43.93 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Peter Grayburn | 13,058 | 43.03 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Ray La Varis | 12,640 | 41.65 | ||
Labour | Jim Anderton | 11,292 | 37.21 | ||
Independent | Fred Ambler | 10,715 | 35.31 | -11.88 | |
Labour | Sue Kedgley | 10,341 | 34.08 | ||
Labour | Tom Paki | 9,824 | 32.37 | ||
Labour | Richard Northey | 9,737 | 32.08 | +6.47 | |
Labour | Maureen Dorothy Gibbons | 9,633 | 31.74 | ||
Labour | Nancy Cocks | 9,218 | 30.37 | ||
Labour | John Currie | 9,134 | 30.10 | ||
Labour | Michael Roger Stenson | 8,821 | 29.07 | ||
Labour | Roderick Murray Carter | 8,724 | 28.75 | ||
Labour | Betty Wark | 8,659 | 28.53 | ||
Labour | Rata Shepherd | 8,529 | 28.10 | ||
Labour | Frederick Atiga | 8,458 | 27.87 | ||
Labour | Brian Robert Lythe | 8,403 | 27.69 | ||
Labour | Graeme Smith | 7,843 | 25.84 | ||
Labour | Marion McQuoid | 7,453 | 24.56 | ||
Labour | Donald Eric Wackrow | 7,322 | 24.13 | ||
Labour | David Pudney | 7,165 | 23.61 | ||
Labour | Leo Barry Smith | 7,133 | 23.50 | ||
Independent | David Dodds | 6,885 | 22.69 | ||
Independent | Paul Wedderspoon | 4,939 | 16.27 | ||
Socialist Unity | Bill Andersen | 3,579 | 11.79 | -2.51 | |
Independent | Gary Gotlieb | 3,392 | 11.17 | ||
Socialist Unity | George Jackson | 2,515 | 8.28 | -5.54 | |
Independent | Walter Hensley | 2,110 | 6.95 |
References[]
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 19 October 1971. p. 13.
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 22 October 1971. p. 11.
Categories:
- Mayoral elections in Auckland
- 1971 elections in New Zealand
- Politics of the Auckland Region
- 1970s in Auckland
- October 1971 events in New Zealand