1912 Auckland City mayoral election

Auckland City mayoral election, 1912

←  1911 25 April 1912 1913  →
Turnout	13,636 (51.59%)
Candidate James Parr Alfred Hall-Skelton Party Independent Independent Popular vote 10,093 3,543 Percentage 74.01 25.99
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.

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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	James Parr	10,093	74.01
	Independent	Alfred Hall-Skelton	3,543	25.99
Majority			6,550	48.03
Turnout			13,636	51.59

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.

References

• Bush, Graham W. A. (1971). Decently and in Order: The Government of the City of Auckland 1840-1971. Auckland: Collins.