1901 Auckland City Council election

1901 Auckland City Council election

← 1900 24 April 1901 1902 →

Mayoral election

Candidate John Logan Campbell Daniel Arkell Party Independent Independent Popular vote 3,517 895 Percentage 79.71 20.29

Mayor before election David Goldie Independent Elected mayor John Logan Campbell Independent

Council election

16 seats on the Auckland City Council 9 seats needed for a majority

Party Seats +/– Liberal-Labour 9 Independents 5 Independent Liberals 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Popular vote of elected councillors by ward Margin of victory by ward for mayoral candidates

The 1901 Auckland City Council election was a local election held on 24 April in Auckland, New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Auckland City for a one year term and 15 city councillors for a two year term. ^[1] In person voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.

Background

For Auckland Council, elections were held in three wards: South (3 positions; 5 candidates), Ponsonby (3 positions; 4 candidates), and Grafton (3 positions; 5 candidates). ^[2] In the North and East wards, there were three candidates in each ward, which matched the number of positions available, and these candidates were therefore declared elected unopposed. ^[3] In total, 15 positions were available and 20 candidates stood in the various wards.

Campaign

The Liberal and Labour Federation ran 9 candidates and endorsed Campbell for mayor. ^{[4] [5]} Frederick Baume was elected as an independent but was a member of the Liberal Association. ^[6]

The Workers' Municipal Reform League endorsed Arthur Rosser, a Liberal–Labour candiate, in the South ward. ^[7]

Results

Mayor

Main article: 1901 Auckland City mayoral election § Results

John Logan Campbell defeated Daniel Arkell in an overwhelming landslide victory.

Council

East ward

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Liberal	Frederick Baume	unopposed
	Independent	Charles Grey	unopposed
	Liberal–Labour	Alfred Kidd	unopposed

North ward

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Peter Dignan	unopposed
	Independent	John Henry Hannan	unopposed
	Independent	Thomas Masefield	unopposed

South ward

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes [8]	%
	Liberal–Labour	Albert Glover	1,343	92.68
	Liberal–Labour	John Thomas Julian	1,081	74.60
	Liberal–Labour	Arthur Rosser	572	39.48
	Independent	Thomas Tudehope	567	39.13
	Independent	Robert Farrell	560	38.65
Informal			5	0.35
Turnout			1,449
Registered			2,969

Ponsoby ward

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes [8]	%
	Liberal–Labour	James Parr	897	93.83
	Liberal–Labour	James Stichbury	842	88.08
	Independent	John Court	802	83.89
	Independent	John Beecroft	318	33.26
Informal			9	0.94
Turnout			956
Registered			2,015

Grafton ward

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes [8]	%
	Liberal–Labour	John Patterson	813	68.96
	Liberal–Labour	Henry Thomas Garralt	711	60.31
	Liberal–Labour	John William Hewson	620	52.59
	Independent	James Jamieson	591	50.13
	Independent	Maurice Casey	537	45.55
Informal			14	1.19
Turnout			1,179
Registered			2,081

By-election

Kidd's election as mayor caused a vacancy. A by-election held in the Grafton ward on 21 August 1901 returned John McLeod as the new city councillor. ^[9]

References

1. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19010423.2.68
2. "The municipal elections". The New Zealand Herald . Vol. XXXVIII, no. 11635. 24 April 1901. p. 5. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
3. "The nominations: City". Auckland Star . Vol. XXXII, no. 89. 16 April 1901. p. 5. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
4. "Municipal Elections". Auckland Star . Vol. 32, no. 92. 19 April 1901. p. 8.
5. "Liberal and Labour Federation – City Councillors Entertained". Auckland Star . Vol. 32, no. 127. 30 May 1901. p. 2.
6. "Hole and Corner Politics". The New Zealand Observer . Vol. 18, no. 1091. 25 November 1899. p. 2.
7. "Municipal Elections – Auckland City". The New Zealand Herald . Vol. 38, no. 11631. 19 April 1901. p. 5.
8. "Size of the Poll". The New Zealand Herald . Vol. 38, no. 11636. 25 April 1901. p. 6.
9. "East ward election". The New Zealand Herald . Vol. XXXVIII, no. 11739. 22 August 1901. p. 5. Retrieved 21 November 2020.