1919 Auckland City mayoral election

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1919 Auckland City mayoral election
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  1917 30 April 1919 1921  
  James Gunson.jpg
Candidate James Gunson
Party Citizens
Popular voteunopposed

Mayor before election

James Gunson

Elected Mayor

James Gunson

The 1919 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1919, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Incumbent mayor James Gunson was declared re-elected unopposed, with no other candidates emerging. [1]

Councillor results

1919 Auckland City Council election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens Andrew Entrican 5,54967.87-4.24
Citizens Ellen Melville 5,21063.42+1.65
Citizens Harold D. Heather4,89659.30-0.99
Citizens William Holdsworth4,80858.14-0.94
Labour Tom Bloodworth 4,798 58.01
Independent Ernest Davis 4,754 57.43 +4.18
Citizens Horatio Bagnall 4,68156.47+6.62
Citizens Emily Maguire 4,68056.46
Citizens George Knight4,63155.82-0.08
Citizens James Alexander Warnock4,55754.85-1.58
Citizens Patrick Nerheny 4,55154.77-7.06
Citizens Peter Mitchell Mackay4,38052.520.98
Labour Michael Joseph Savage 4,338 51.97
Citizens George Baildon 4,18850.01-5.10
Citizens John Burton4,13449.29-5.27
Citizens John Dempsey4,13349.28+7.36
Citizens John Barr Paterson4,10448.90+5.64
Citizens Alfred Hall-Skelton4,04748.15+0.11
Labour George Davis 3,781 44.65
Citizens Jonathan Trevethick 3,48840.81-4.82
Citizens Frederick Brinsden3,48640.78-12.04
Independent James Francis Hosking3,41239.81-8.89
Labour Ted Phelan 3,27538.01
Labour Robert Frederick Way 3,06735.28
Labour Oscar McBrine3,04835.03
Labour James Horace Mortenson2,81932.02
Labour William Moxsom2,80631.85
Labour Bernard Martin 2,80231.80
Citizens Paul Richardson2,78631.59
Citizens William Augustus Thompson2,78131.52-0.13
Labour James Aggers2,77131.39
Labour Peter Fraser Cooper2,68730.29
Labour Charles Arthur Watts2,67130.08
Labour John Douglas Robertson2,51928.08
Labour Jim Purtell2,46327.34
Labour James Frederick Derrick2,45227.20
Labour James Coswill2,40126.53
Labour Alfred Jackson2,37026.12
Labour George Thomas Jones2,34525.79
Independent Percy McElwain2,29625.15-12.61
Independent George William Murray2,27624.89
Labour Henry Buckler2,24824.52
Independent Arthur Rose2,13022.97-17.90
Independent Ernest George Lilly2,06322.09
Independent Thomas Buxton1,92720.30
Labour Arthur Rosser 1,83019.03
Independent James Joiner1,0088.23
Independent John Jolly Thomas8365.97
Independent Robert Richmond6163.09

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References

  1. "Election of Mayor". Vol. XXXIX, no. 34. Observer. 26 April 1919. p. 22. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  2. "Electoral". Vol. LVI, no. 17157. The New Zealand Herald. 10 May 1919. p. 12. Retrieved 6 December 2017.