1968 Auckland City mayoral election
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The 1968 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1968, 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 Roy McElroy of the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket was defeated by his predecessor Dove-Myer Robinson. Labour Party councillor George Forsyth ran again for a second time, however he was refused official party endorsement as Labour officials preferred Robinson as Mayor to McElroy and thought fielding their own candidate would allow McElroy to be re-elected on a split vote. Robinson's promise of a "rapid rail" system to ease Auckland's mounting traffic problems was a major talking point. A new ticket, the Civic Action Party was set up as an anti-rapid rail group, some of whose members were former local body politicians.[1]
Mayoralty results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Dove-Myer Robinson | 18,484 | 57.53 | +13.71 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Roy McElroy | 12,512 | 38.94 | −7.99 | |
Independent | George Forsyth | 1,132 | 3.53 | −5.72 | |
Majority | 5,972 | 18.58 | |||
Turnout | 32,128 | 45.14 | −2.09 |
Councillor results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Citizens & Ratepayers | Eric Armishaw | 20,817 | 64.79 | +22.62 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Arapeta Awatere | 20,271 | 63.09 | +2.08 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Sir Keith Park | 20,218 | 62.92 | +3.48 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Lincoln Laidlaw | 19,208 | 59.78 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Winifred Delugar | 19,071 | 59.35 | +8.08 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Fred Glasse | 18,443 | 57.40 | +1.28 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Max Tongue | 18,226 | 56.72 | +5.61 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | John Dale | 17,678 | 55.02 | −1.58 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Winifred Holland | 17,635 | 54.88 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Harold Watts | 16,543 | 51.49 | −0.97 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Ian McKinnon | 16,497 | 51.34 | −5.87 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Mel Tronson | 15,652 | 48.71 | −2.37 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Eric Percy Salmon | 15,427 | 48.01 | ||
Independent | Fred Ambler | 15,164 | 47.19 | +0.94 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | George Russell Tutt | 14,583 | 45.39 | −1.99 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Lindo Ferguson | 14,446 | 44.96 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Jolyon Firth | 14,357 | 44.68 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Alan Alcorn | 14,337 | 44.62 | ||
Labour | Alex Dreaver | 13,772 | 42.86 | +5.91 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Bill Clark | 13,687 | 42.60 | −6.13 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Thomas Roy Sussex | 13,374 | 41.62 | −0.11 | |
Civic Action | Allan Tattersfield | 13,347 | 41.54 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Raymond George Watkins | 12,778 | 39.77 | ||
Civic Action | Ngapere Hopa | 11,451 | 35.64 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Matt Te Hau | 11,396 | 35.47 | ||
Civic Action | Paul Cavanagh | 11,393 | 35.46 | ||
Labour | Graham Neil Caldwell | 10,771 | 33.52 | ||
Labour | Roy Turner | 10,721 | 33.36 | ||
Civic Action | Michael Hart | 10,701 | 33.30 | ||
Independent | George Forsyth | 10,444 | 32.50 | ||
Civic Action | Warwick Watts | 10,302 | 32.06 | ||
Civic Action | Charles Harris | 10,002 | 31.13 | ||
Labour | Thomas Edward Price | 9,479 | 29.50 | ||
Civic Action | Terrence Way | 9,085 | 28.27 | ||
Labour | Richard Northey | 8,228 | 25.61 | ||
Labour | Edward Arthur Scott | 7,688 | 23.92 | ||
Independent | Albert Edward Bailey | 7,620 | 23.71 | ||
Civic Action | Ante Mate Katavich | 7,380 | 22.97 | ||
Civic Action | Joseph Stanley | 6,993 | 21.76 | ||
Labour | Graeme Philip Peters | 6,846 | 21.30 | ||
Civic Action | Herbert Romaniuk | 6,716 | 20.90 | ||
Civic Action | Nonu Lelaulu | 6,441 | 20.04 | ||
Socialist Unity | Rita Smith | 4,937 | 15.36 | ||
Socialist Unity | Bill Andersen | 4,596 | 14.30 | +5.70 | |
Socialist Unity | George Jackson | 4,443 | 13.82 | ||
Socialist Unity | Alec Ostler | 2,839 | 8.83 | +4.23 |
References
- Edgar, John (2012). Urban Legend: Sir Dove-Meyer Robinson. Hodder Moa.
Notes
- ^ Edgar 2012.
- ^ "Massive Win for ex-Mayor of Auckland". The New Zealand Herald. 14 October 1968. p. 1.
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 24 October 1968. p. 15.