1947 Auckland City mayoral election

1947 Auckland City mayoral election

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Turnout	46,710
Candidate John Allum Bill Schramm Party Citizens & Ratepayers Labour Popular vote 25,968 19,498 Percentage 55.59 41.74
Mayor before election John Allum Elected mayor John Allum

The 1947 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1947, 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.

Mayoralty results

1947 Auckland mayoral election ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	John Allum	25,968	55.59	−7.74
	Labour	Bill Schramm	19,498	41.74
	Independent	George Mullenger	908	1.94
Informal votes			336	0.71	−0.14
Majority			6,470	13.85	−3.42
Turnout			46,710

Councillor results

1947 Auckland local election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Leonard Coakley	26,076	58.33	+3.02
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Fred Ambler	25,147	56.25	+3.86
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Arthur Bailey	23,705	53.02	+2.99
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Jack Garland	23,188	51.87
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Joan Rattray	23,108	51.69	+5.41
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Roy McElroy	22,918	51.26	+4.39
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Mary Wright	22,807	51.02
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Archibald Ewing Brownlie	22,741	50.87	+7.74
	Citizens & Ratepayers	John W. Kealy	22,391	50.08	+1.56
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Barbara Roche	22,375	50.05
	Citizens & Ratepayers	William Mackay	22,039	49.30
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Max Tongue	22,030	49.28
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Sidney Takle	21,899	48.98	+0.47
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Reginald Stanley Harrop	21,895	48.97	+1.98
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Joyce William Hyland	21,872	48.92	−4.72
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Keith Buttle	21,739	48.63	−0.97
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Bob Beechey	21,421	47.91
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Horace Kirk	21,135	47.27
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Howard Edward Gray Matthews	21,032	47.04	+2.85
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Frederick George Lintott	20,993	46.96
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Aubrey Tronson	20,615	46.11
	Labour	Bill Butler	19,681	44.02
	Labour	Don Armishaw	18,731	41.90
	Labour	Elizabeth Wynn	18,293	40.92	+6.98
	Labour	Albert Berry	18,104	40.49	+10.85
	Labour	Paul Richardson	17,848	39.92	−5.52
	Labour	Catherine Kelleher	17,824	39.87
	Labour	Harold Callagher	17,791	39.79
	Labour	William Duncan	17,763	39.73
	Labour	George Forsyth	17,681	39.55
	Labour	Pat Curran	17,630	39.43
	Labour	Harold S. Callagher	17,625	39.42
	Labour	Denis Brophy	17,569	39.30
	Labour	John Thomas Jennings	17,536	39.22
	Labour	Norman Finch	17,291	38.68
	Labour	Martin Charles Conroy	17,086	38.22
	Labour	Frederick Johnston	16,671	37.29
	Labour	Richard Wrathall	16,670	37.29
	Labour	Thomas Tucker	16,560	37.04
	Labour	Frank Williams	16,246	36.34	+6.66
	Labour	Lyndon Peoples	16,226	36.29
	Labour	Eric Williamson	16,097	36.00
	Communist	Vic Wilcox	3,369	7.53
	Communist	George Jackson	3,362	7.52	−11.51
	Independent	George Mullenger	3,338	7.46
	Communist	Arthur Jackson-Thomas	2,870	6.42
	Independent	Amy Milburn	2,536	5.67

References

1. "Mr Allum and Citizens' Ticket Win". The New Zealand Herald . 20 November 1947. p. 8.
2. "Election of Mayor". Auckland Star . 29 November 1947. p. 9.
3. "City of Auckland". Auckland Star . 29 November 1947. p. 9.