2010 Rangitikei local elections

The 2010 Rangitikei local elections were held across the Rangitikei District of Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand, for the offices of Mayor of Rangitikei and eleven members of the Rangitikei District Council on 9 October 2010. They were held as part of the 2010 New Zealand local elections. Postal ballots were issued to 10,068 registered voters, and were returned from 17 September to 9 October. Across the district, 3,619 people cast votes, a voter turnout of 47%.

Chalky Leary was re-elected as mayor unopposed, becoming the first mayor in 21 years to be re-elected without a challenge. First past the post (FPP) was used to elect the eleven members of the Rangitikei District Council—four from the Marton ward, three from the Taihape ward, two from the Bulls ward and one each from the Hunterville and Turakina wards.

The previous local elections took place in October 2007 and the following elections in October 2013.

Mayor

Rangitikei mayoral election, 2010

9 October 2010

Candidate Chalky Leary Party Independent Popular vote Unopposed Percentage 100.00

Mayor before election Chalky Leary Elected mayor Chalky Leary

As there were no other candidates, Chalky Leary was re-elected unopposed.

Rangitikei mayoral election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Chalky Leary	Unopposed	100.00	+69.03
Total valid votes			N/A	100.00
Informal votes			N/A	0.00
Turnout			N/A

District council

Bulls ward

The two candidates with the most votes were elected, shown in the table below by a green tick. Candidates shown with a cross lost their seats as incumbent councillors.

Rangitikei District Council election, 2010 – Bulls Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Sarah Harris	481	42.98	−57.02
	Independent	Y Michelle Fox	434	38.78	—
	Independent	N Jill Strugnell	204	18.23	−81.77
Total valid votes			1,119	100.00
Informal votes			0	0.00
Turnout			1,124

Hunterville ward

The candidate with the most votes was elected, shown in the table below by a green tick. Candidates shown with a cross lost their seats as incumbent councillors.

Rangitikei District Council election, 2010 – Hunterville Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Dean McManaway	448	83.90	—
	Independent	N Grant Collie	86	16.10	−2.67
Total valid votes			534	100.00
Informal votes			N/A	0.00
Turnout			537

Marton ward

The four candidates with the most votes were elected, shown in the table below by a green tick. Candidates shown with a cross lost their seats as incumbent councillors.

Rangitikei District Council election, 2010 – Marton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Andy Watson	1,408	18.85	−3.14
	Independent	Y Lynne Sheridan	1,119	14.98	−4.82
	Independent	Y Mike Jones	1,048	14.03	−2.31
	Independent	Y Richard Peirce	771	10.32	−4.07
	Independent	N Kathleen Murphy	707	9.46	−6.45
	Independent	Anne George	701	9.38	—
	Independent	Michelle Bisset	605	8.10	—
	Independent	Belinda Howard	569	7.62	—
	Independent	Sharon Brosnan	542	7.26	—
Total valid votes			7,470	99.91
Informal votes			7	0.09
Turnout			7,491

Taihape ward

As there were no other candidates, all three candidates were elected unopposed.

Rangitikei District Council election, 2010 – Taihape Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Richard Aslett	Unopposed	100.00	—
	Independent	Y Jan Byford	Unopposed	100.00	—
	Independent	Y Ed Cherry	Unopposed	100.00	—
Total valid votes			N/A	100.00
Informal votes			N/A	0.00
Turnout			N/A

Turakina ward

The candidate with the most votes was elected, shown in the table below by a green tick.

Rangitikei District Council election, 2010 – Turakina Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Soraya Peke-Mason	230	61.17	+16.34
	Independent	Andrew Stewart	146	38.83	—
Total valid votes			376	100.00
Informal votes			0	0.00
Turnout			380

See also

• Rangitikei local elections, 2013
• New Zealand local elections, 2010