1938 Auckland City mayoral election
Appearance
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Turnout | 40,718 (61.50%) | |||||||||||||||
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The Auckland City mayoral election, 1938 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1938, 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.
Mayoralty results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Citizens & Ratepayers | Ernest Davis | 26,176 | 64.28 | +25.97 | |
Labour | Joe Sayegh | 13,689 | 33.61 | -3.75 | |
Independent | James William Payne | 369 | 0.90 | ||
Informal votes | 484 | 1.18 | -0.15 | ||
Majority | 12,487 | 30.66 | +29.69 | ||
Turnout | 40,718 | 61.50 | +1.14 |
Councillor results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Citizens & Ratepayers | Arthur Bailey | 22,996 | 56.47 | ||
Labour | Joe Sayegh | 21,310 | 52.33 | -7.49 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Leonard Coakley | 21,018 | 51.61 | +3.83 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | John Allum | 20,356 | 49.99 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Ellen Melville | 19,982 | 49.07 | +6.71 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Reginald Judson | 19,756 | 48.51 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | James Donald | 19,642 | 48.23 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Sir George Richardson | 19,540 | 47.98 | +2.43 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Harold Percy Burton | 19,310 | 47.42 | +5.33 | |
Labour | Mary Dreaver | 19,225 | 47.21 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | William J. Campbell | 18,793 | 46.15 | ||
Labour | Bill Anderton | 18,694 | 45.91 | -7.68 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Howey Walker | 18,237 | 44.78 | ||
Labour | Jeremiah James Sullivan | 18,187 | 44.66 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | William R. Fee | 17,900 | 43.96 | ||
Labour | Richard Armstrong | 17,849 | 43.83 | ||
Labour | Ernest Frank Andrews | 17,839 | 43.81 | -5.47 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Roy McElroy | 17,642 | 43.32 | ||
Labour | Peter Carr | 17,621 | 43.27 | -2.63 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Alan St. Clair Brown | 17,513 | 43.01 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | John W. Kealy | 17,407 | 42.75 | +12.12 | |
Labour | John Albert Mason | 17,268 | 42.40 | -12.04 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Arthur Watkins | 17,261 | 42.39 | ||
Labour | Fred Young | 17,230 | 42.31 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Harry Butcher[nb 1] | 17,211 | 42.26 | ||
Labour | Bernard Martin | 17,032 | 41.82 | -2.31 | |
Labour | Norman Douglas | 16,934 | 41.58 | -0.55 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Harry Merritt | 16,672 | 40.94 | ||
Labour | John Stewart | 16,364 | 40.18 | -3.47 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Wynn | 16,352 | 40.15 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Ada McNair | 15,999 | 39.29 | ||
Labour | James Purtell | 15,973 | 39.22 | -2.04 | |
Labour | Thomas Long | 15,782 | 38.75 | ||
Labour | Charles James Matthew | 15,602 | 38.31 | ||
Labour | Joseph Glen Kennerley | 15,536 | 38.15 | ||
Labour | James Jude | 15,344 | 37.68 | ||
Labour | Harry Gordon Staley | 14,955 | 36.72 | -1.96 | |
Labour | Charles Bailey | 14,239 | 34.96 | -15.41 | |
Independent | Thomas Bloodworth | 10,788 | 26.49 | -17.84 | |
Independent | Amy Kasper | 8,625 | 21.18 | ||
Independent | Alice Basten | 8,193 | 20.12 | -21.49 | |
Independent | Arthur Rosser | 6,920 | 16.99 | -36.71 | |
Independent | John Barr Patterson | 5,647 | 13.86 | -23.51 | |
Independent | Jessie Darlow | 5,007 | 12.29 | ||
Independent | Ernest Cross | 3,663 | 8.99 | ||
Independent | James Haslam | 3,162 | 7.76 | ||
Independent | Gerald Bell | 3,042 | 7.47 | ||
Independent | Walter Davis | 2,737 | 6.72 | ||
Independent | Sydney James Ryan | 2,441 | 5.99 | ||
Independent | Maungatai Babbington | 2,408 | 5.91 | -1.71 | |
Independent | Charles Edward Phillips | 2,231 | 5.47 |
Table footnotes:
- ^ Butcher was appointed in September 1940 to fill a vacancy on the council
References
- ^ a b "Election of Mayor". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXXV, no. 23040. 18 May 1938. p. 5.