1986 Auckland City mayoral election

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1986 Auckland City mayoral election
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Turnout42,247
  Governor-General Catherine Tizard.jpg Marie Quinn.jpg
Candidate Catherine Tizard Marie Quinn
Party Labour Independent
Popular vote 32,064 10,183
Percentage 75.89 24.11

Mayor before election

Catherine Tizard

Elected Mayor

Catherine Tizard

The 1986 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1986, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background[]

Incumbent Labour Party Mayor Catherine Tizard was re-elected for a second term with a substantial majority over former Citizens & Ratepayers councillor Marie Quinn, while the council saw a landslide result to the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket.

Electoral reforms were implemented at the 1986 municipal elections, the method of electing councillors at large which had been used for decades was replaced with a ward system of local electoral districts.[1]

Mayoralty results[]

The following table gives the election results:

1986 Auckland mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Tizard 32,064 75.89 +41.52
Independent Marie Quinn 10,183 24.11
Majority 21,881 51.79 +42.56
Turnout 42,247

Ward results[]

Candidates were also elected from wards to the Auckland City Council.

Party/ticket Councillors
Citizens & Ratepayers 15
Labour 4
Independent 1

References[]

  1. ^ "Local elections on ward basis". The Evening Post. 9 October 1984.
  2. ^ "Election 86 Results". The New Zealand Herald. 13 October 1986. p. 2.
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