1907 Auckland City mayoral election

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1907 Auckland City mayoral election
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  1906 24 April 1907 1908  
Turnout6,260 (39.19%)
  Arthur Mielziner Myers.jpg Roland William St Clair.jpg William Richardson, 1910.jpg
Candidate Arthur Myers Roland St. ClairWilliam Richardson
Party Independent Independent Independent
Popular vote4,568930673
Percentage72.9714.8510.75

Mayor before election

Arthur Myers

Elected Mayor

Arthur Myers

The 1907 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1907, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Contents

Background

Incumbent mayor Arthur Myers was re-elected with a huge majority over two challengers.

Three extra seats on the Auckland City Council were to be filled than at last municipal elections after the Council having by special order increased the membership from 12 to 15.

Mayoralty results

1907 Auckland mayoral election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Arthur Myers 4,568 72.97 -21.09
Independent Roland William St. Clair93014.85
Independent William Richardson67310.75
Informal votes891.42+0.77
Majority3,63858.11-30.66
Turnout 6,26039.19+28.26

Councillor results

Advertisement of Labour candidates City Council elections, April 1907. Plump for Labour. 1907. (21448009530).jpg
Advertisement of Labour candidates
1907 Auckland City Council election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Charles Grey 4,09665.43+2.18
Progressive Andrew Entrican 3,92862.74+8.49
Progressive Lemuel Bagnall 3,47855.55+3.59
Progressive Albert Glover 3,39154.16+14.89
Progressive James Parr 3,36753.78+3.86
Progressive John Court 3,36753.78-1.91
Progressive William Hutchinson3,34953.49+6.51
Progressive Robert Farrell3,31152.89+11.79
Progressive George Knight3,29452.61+8.39
Progressive Robert Tudehope3,11849.80+9.83
Progressive Peter Mitchell Mackay2,97147.46
Progressive Maurice Casey2,96647.38-7.25
Ind. Labour League Robert Stopford 2,913 46.53
Progressive Herbert Smeeton2,90746.43+8.66
Independent William Christopher Somers 2,475 39.53
Progressive John Patterson 2,15234.37+2.54
Independent James Jamieson2,12934.00+3.34
Progressive Gerald Peacocke1,94331.03
Independent William Richardson1,76828.24
Ind. Labour League Arthur Rosser 1,70427.22
Independent George Gregory1,64126.21-2.07
Independent Joseph Becroft1,58625.33-4.19
Ind. Labour League Bob Way 1,41322.57+8.93
Independent Robert Thompson Graham1,29520.68
Independent John Henry Hannan1,29320.65-4.46
Ind. Labour League James Aggers1,19219.04+2.67
Ind. Labour League George Davis 1,16718.64
Ind. Labour League Thomas Beaston1,01316.18
Ind. Labour League Henry Banfield1,09917.55
Independent Thomas Prosser1,06016.93
Ind. Labour League Frederick Thomas Harding96615.43
Ind. Labour League William Rowland87914.04
Ind. Labour League William Pearce78812.58

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References

  1. "Annual Election of Mayor". The New Zealand Herald . Vol. XLIV, no. 13471. 25 April 1907. p. 8. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. "Biennial Election of Councillors". The Observer . Vol. XXVII, no. 33. 4 May 1907. p. 9. Retrieved 25 December 2018.