1950 Christchurch mayoral election

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1950 Christchurch mayoral election
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  1947 18 November 1950 1953  
Turnout36,075 (37.08%)
  Robert Macfarlane (crop).jpg William Smith MacGibbon.jpg
Candidate Robert Macfarlane Bill MacGibbon
Party Labour Citizens'
Popular vote16,38515,129
Percentage45.4141.91

Mayor before election

Ernest Andrews

Elected Mayor

Robert Macfarlane

The 1950 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1950, election were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government positions. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Contents

Background

Sitting mayor Ernest Andrews did not seek re-election, and former mayor Robert Macfarlane won the position against Bill MacGibbon, who for many years was the chairman of the Tramway Board. The Labour Party gained a majority on the city council, winning twelve seats to the seven won by the Citizens' Association.

Mayoral results

The following table gives the election results:

1950 Christchurch mayoral election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Macfarlane 16,385 45.41
Citizens' Bill MacGibbon 15,12041.91
Independent Jim Clarke4,17611.57
Informal votes3941.09+0.68
Majority1,2653.50
Turnout 36,07537.08-9.12

Council results

1950 Christchurch local election [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Manning 20,458 56.70 +4.99
Labour Mabel Howard 18,824 52.18
Labour Teresa Green 18,722 51.89 +4.21
Citizens James Hay 18,67651.76-6.26
Labour Terry McCombs 18,654 51.70
Labour James Barr 17,584 48.74
Labour John Mathison 17,579 48.72 +5.74
CitizensLeslie George Amos17,57648.72-3.52
Labour Lyn Christie 17,481 48.45 +6.01
CitizensMary McLean17,11047.42-3.93
CitizensBill Glue16,73346.38-1.35
Labour John Edward Jones 16,246 45.03 +3.58
Labour Arthur John Smith 15,964 44.25
CitizensJohn Edward Tait15,91444.11-2.71
CitizensClyde Sheppard15,90944.09-2.18
Labour Charles Baldwin 15,877 44.01
Labour William Percy Warner 15,564 43.14
Citizens Ron Guthrey 15,52443.03-3.84
Labour Norman Reginald Forbes 15,358 42.57 +3.52
Labour Percy Malcolm Velvin15,29042.38
Labour James Sturrock15,21442.17
Citizens'Reginald Gilbert Brown15,17542.06
Citizens'Percey Samuel Turnbull15,06641.76
Citizens'Robert Reuel Livingstone15,00541.59
Labour James Shankland Sr.14,91541.34+3.01
Citizens'William James Cowles14,89141.27-1.18
Labour Robert Newman14,87841.24
Citizens'Frank Llewellyn Brandt14,71340.78-1.46
Labour Jack Leslie Laby14,66540.65+7.16
Citizens'George Griffiths14,56140.36-3.10
Citizens'Noel David Bowman14,47040.11
Labour John Gordon Wilson Power14,43540.01+2.65
Citizens'Harold Smith14,12139.14
Labour Herman Tritt14,10139.08
Citizens'Arthur Norman Stone13,99638.79-2.79
Citizens'William Barty Gray13,73238.06
Citizens'James B. Jenkins13,18236.54
Citizens'James Ronald Smith13,03336.12
Independent Edith Ann Coomes3,3959.41
Independent Oliver Moody2,4476.78
Communist Ian Robert Carruthers1,7934.97
Independent Ernest Samuel Marshall1,6884.67
Communist Geoffrey Ley Empson1,6234.49
Independent William Henry Davies1,6044.44
Communist Elsie Locke 1,5864.39
Communist Arnold James Cox1,4714.07
Communist Ronald Taylor1,4363.98
Communist Mavis Taylor1,4113.91
Communist Alec Ostler1,3023.60-4.27
Communist Alison Mary Ostler1,2663.50
Communist Frank McNulty1,1703.24
Independent George Alexander Beukes1,1363.14
Independent Arthur Edward Lyes1,0022.77
Communist James B. Moses6441.78

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References

  1. "Christchurch Mayoralty - Minority Win By Mr Macfarlane". The Press . Vol. LXXXVI, no. 26274. 20 November 1950. p. 8.
  2. "City Council Election - Labour's Majority Maintained". The Press . Vol. LXXXVI, no. 26283. 30 November 1950. p. 2.
  3. "Christchurch City Council". The Press . Vol. LXXXVI, no. 26287. 5 December 1950. p. 11.