Auckland City mayoral election, 1974

Auckland City mayoral election, 1974
12 October 1974
Turnout 39,881 (43.44%)

 
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Candidate Dove-Myer Robinson Jim Anderton
Party Independent Labour
Popular vote 19,762 12,717
Percentage 49.55 31.90
Mayor before election

Dove-Myer Robinson

 Elected Mayor

Dove-Myer Robinson

The Auckland City mayoral election, 1974 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1974, 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 seeing off a challenge from Labour Party candidate Jim Anderton, who won a seat on the council despite losing the mayoralty.

Mayoralty results

Auckland mayoral election, 1974[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Dove-Myer Robinson 19,762 49.55 -40.80
Labour Jim Anderton 12,717 31.90
Independent Grahame Sims 6,241 15.64
Informal votes 1,161 2.91
Majority 7,045 17.66 -67.68
Turnout 39,881 43.44 +7.17

Councillor results

Auckland local election, 1974[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Citizens & Ratepayers Richard Fergusson 22,761 58.78
Citizens & Ratepayers Harry Dansey 21,219 54.80 +3.46
Citizens & Ratepayers Lindsay Adams 20,599 53.19 -1.87
Citizens & Ratepayers Colin Kay 20,506 52.95 +3.11
Citizens & Ratepayers Norman Ambler 20,491 52.92
Citizens & Ratepayers Eric Percy Salmon 20,164 52.07 -1.41
Citizens & Ratepayers Jolyon Firth 19,759 51.03 +2.24
Citizens & Ratepayers Sheila Marie Horton 19,749 51.00
Citizens & Ratepayers Mel Tronson 19,348 49.96 -2.64
Citizens & Ratepayers Walter Stevens 19,129 49.40 +1.59
Citizens & Ratepayers Ian McKinnon 18,792 48.53 +0.50
Citizens & Ratepayers Paddy Walker 18,510 47.80
Labour Catherine Tizard 18,440 47.62 +2.53
Labour Jim Anderton 18,034 46.57
Citizens & Ratepayers Gordon Barnaby 17,926 46.29 +3.26
Citizens & Ratepayers Rev. Selwyn Dawson 17,374 44.87
Citizens & Ratepayers Kenneth Sydney Dobson 17,300 44.67
Citizens & Ratepayers Allan Charles Coulam 16,469 42.53
Citizens & Ratepayers Fred Hill 16,101 41.58
Citizens & Ratepayers William Clark 16,020 41.37
Citizens & Ratepayers Cec Field 15,250 39.38
Citizens & Ratepayers Nanu Lelaulu 15,116 39.03
Citizens & Ratepayers Reginald Rikys 14,169 36.59
Labour Alex Dreaver 14,138 36.51 -7.74
Labour Helen Clark 13,928 35.97
Labour John Prebble 13,169 34.01
Labour Richard Northey 13,162 33.99 +1.91
Labour Betty Wark 13,063 33.73 +5.20
Labour David Lange 12,370 31.94
Labour Barbara Devonshire 11,718 30.26
Labour Michael Roger Stenson 11,304 29.19 +0.12
Labour Frank Haigh 11,190 28.89
Labour Titewhai Harawira 11,161 28.82
Labour Brian Francis Healy 10,794 27.87
Labour Bruce Hucker 10,734 27.72
Labour Roderick Murray Carter 10,664 27.54
Labour Mary Nacey 10,556 27.26
Values Reg Clough 10,326 26.66
Labour Barry McLean 9,862 25.47
Labour Garth Houltham 9,770 25.23
Labour Marion McQuoid 9,387 24.24 -0.32
Labour Christopher Pickett 9,106 23.51
Labour Ua Tamarua 9,035 23.33
Labour William Forbes-Hamilton 8,992 23.22
Values Elizabeth Glasgow 7,597 19.62
Values Raewyn Gwenith Braggins 5,812 15.01
Values Andrew Quail 5,614 14.49
Values Francis Rex Hamlin 5,562 14.36
Values Terry Mann 5,452 14.08
Independent Peter van Gessel 2,990 7.72
Socialist Unity Bill Andersen 2,533 6.54 -5.25
Socialist Unity George Jackson 1,769 4.56 -3.72
Socialist Unity Joseph Telford 1,535 3.96
Socialist Unity Leonard Thomas Gale 1,232 3.18

References

  1. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 22 October 1974. p. 19.
  2. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 23 October 1974. p. 16.
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