1913 Auckland City mayoral election

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1913 Auckland City mayoral election
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  1912 30 April 1913 1914  
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Candidate James Parr
Party Citizens
Popular voteunopposed

Mayor before election

James Parr

Elected Mayor

James Parr

The 1913 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1913, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including eighteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

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Background

James Parr was re-elected unopposed. In 1913 the Borough of Parnell was amalgamated with Auckland City which saw the number of councillors increased from fifteen to eighteen. [1]

Councillor results

1913 Auckland City Council election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens John Court 5,90476.19+0.31
Citizens Andrew Entrican 5,83075.23-0.33
Citizens James Mennie5,09265.71-5.49
Citizens Robert Tudehope4,85062.58-4.29
Citizens Patrick Nerheny 4,84462.51+8.52
Citizens Maurice Casey4,68360.43-1.89
Independent Harold D. Heather 4,265 55.03
Independent Horatio Bagnall 4,252 54.87
Citizens Frederick Gaudin4,13153.31+3.35
Citizens George Knight4,11353.07-5.00
Citizens George Read3,99251.51-3.41
Citizens Peter Mitchell Mackay3,97751.32-8.19
Citizens Jonathan Trevethick 3,88050.07-1.23
Independent Alfred Hall-Skelton 3,868 49.91
Citizens James Gleeson3,73148.14-14.98
Independent Ellen Melville 3,601 46.47
Citizens Ralph Thomas Michaels3,42944.25-6.83
Independent Richard Briggs 3,426 44.21
Independent Joseph Lyons Scott3,23341.72
Independent George Edward Davis3,18741.12
Citizens John Patterson 2,92637.75-8.87
Independent Neville Newcombe2,85036.77
United Labour Thomas Long2,82236.41
Independent Sydney Moore-Jones2,80236.15
Independent William Thompson2,73035.23-8.26
Independent George William Murray2,69334.75
Independent Joseph Francis McMahon2,52532.58
Independent William Thompson2,42931.34
Independent Charles Edgar Palmer2,41731.19
United Labour Arthur Rosser 2,37330.62
Independent Percy Spencer2,21328.55
Independent Francis Rowe1,97625.50
Independent Ernest Gilbert Skeates1,71722.15
Independent Gollan McLean Newton1,31716.99
Independent George Scarborough97612.59

Notes

  1. Bush 1971, pp. 599.
  2. "Election of Councillors". Vol. XXXIII, no. 35. Observer. 10 May 1913. p. 14. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

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