1912 Auckland City mayoral election

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Auckland City mayoral election, 1912

  1911 25 April 1912 1913  
Turnout13,636 (51.59%)
 
Candidate James Parr Alfred Hall-Skelton
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote10,0933,543
Percentage74.0125.99

Mayor before election

James Parr

Elected Mayor

James Parr

The Auckland City mayoral election, 1912 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1912, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

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Background

The mayoral contest was viewed with great interest as it followed a recent industrial dispute. Sitting mayor James Parr was challenged by Alfred Hall-Skelton, who had the endorsement of the Federation of Labour. Parr claimed not to be an opponent of Labour but was against "revolutionary agitators". [1]

Mayoralty results

Auckland mayoral election, 1912 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent James Parr 10,093 74.01
Independent Alfred Hall-Skelton3,54325.99
Majority6,55048.03
Turnout 13,63651.59

Notes

  1. "Mr. Parr Returned For Auckland". LXXXIII (98). The Evening Post. 25 April 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. Bush 1971, pp. 594.

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