1959 Christchurch mayoral election

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1959 Christchurch mayoral election
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  1958 21 November 1959 1962  
Turnout30,108 (32.47%)
  George Manning, 1938.jpg No image.png
Candidate George Manning Harold Smith
Party Labour Citizens'
Popular vote15,63514,197
Percentage51.9247.15

Mayor before election

George Manning

Elected Mayor

George Manning

The 1959 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1959, 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 George Manning was re-elected for a full term, with a decreased majority, opposed only by Harold Smith of the Citizens' Association. Smith was successful in winning a seat on the council and was appointed deputy mayor. [1] The Citizens' Association won every council seat leaving Manning (who was also elected to the Harbour Board) as the only Labour Party elected representative in Christchurch. [2] The overall anti-Labour vote (which was consistent nationwide) was attributed to the unpopularity of the then Labour government. [3] Prime Minister Walter Nash commented simply "We seem to have held the mayoralties" in reference that in Christchurch (as well as in Wellington and Lower Hutt) Labour mayors were re-elected despite voters electing majority centre-right councils. [4]

Mayoralty results

The following table gives the election results:

1959 Christchurch mayoral election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Manning 15,635 51.92 -5.41
Citizens'Harold Smith14,19747.15
Informal votes2760.91+0.33
Majority1,4384.77-10.48
Turnout 30,10832.47+7.36

Councillor results

Councillors were elected at large and 19 positions were available. All councillors were from the Citizens' ticket. [6]

1959 Christchurch local election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens' Hamish Hay 18,06560.00
Citizens' Ron Guthrey 17,61058.48+10.65
Citizens'Mary McLean17,52158.19+6.30
Citizens'Bill Glue17,46958.02+6.89
Citizens' Peter Skellerup 16,96556.34+4.77
Citizens'Reginald George Brown16,81555.84+10.95
Citizens' Maurice Carter 16,44354.61+7.76
Citizens'Harold Smith16,37954.40+3.69
Citizens' Bill MacGibbon 16,28254.07+2.20
Citizens'William James Cowles15,62551.89+5.28
Citizens'William Ernest Olds15,55051.64-7.28
Citizens'Alma Schumacher15,51751.53+8.37
Citizens'George Griffiths15,11550.20+8.34
Citizens'Tom Flint14,82249.22
Citizens'Gordon Denis Hattaway14,72148.89
Citizens'James Ronald Smith14,67948.75
Citizens'Walter Raymond Campbell14,67048.72+6.47
Citizens'Gordon Alison Guy Connal14,63748.61
Citizens'Alvan Samuel Hollander14,46548.04
Labour Robert Macfarlane [nb 1] 13,83745.95-9.21
Labour Lyn Christie12,97943.10-6.19
Labour Reg Stillwell12,59041.81-1.32
Labour Harold Denton12,01239.89-3.79
Labour Mick Connelly 11,97439.77-5.59
Labour Arthur John Smith11,02036.60-5.57
Labour Norman Reginald Forbes10,91736.25-7.02
Labour Gertrude Cree10,61435.25
Labour James Shankland Sr.10,36734.43-7.02
Labour Clarence Hall10,18433.82
Labour John Palmer10,00433.22-4.78
Labour Walter William Browne9,94033.01
Labour Archibald Galbraith9,84332.69-7.02
Labour John Gordon Power9,79232.52
Labour John Athol Gregor9,56431.76-7.22
Labour Eric Leach9,57031.78
Labour Lyell Charles John Southon9,16230.43
Labour Richard Leach8,96829.78
Labour James Quickenden8,86429.44
Independent George Maxwell Edmonds4,82316.01
Independent Charles E. Cullen2,6108.66
Communist Jack Locke1,8005.97+1.14

Table footnotes:

  1. Macfarlane was appointed to the council on 13 May 1961 to fill a vacancy caused by William James Cowles' death

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References

  1. "Mayors Opponent To Become Deputy-Mayor". The Press . Vol. XCVIII, no. 29059. 23 November 1959. p. 14.
  2. "Mayoral Poll – Mr Manning Succeeds". The Press . Vol. XCVIII, no. 29059. 23 November 1959. p. 14.
  3. "Anti-Labour Trend Was General". The Evening Post . 23 November 1959. p. 10.
  4. "Have Held the Mayoralties—P.M.". The Evening Post . 23 November 1959. p. 10.
  5. "Election of Mayor". The Press . Vol. XCVIII, no. 29066. 1 December 1959. p. 28.
  6. 1 2 "Christchurch City Council". The Press . Vol. XCVIII, no. 29066. 1 December 1959. p. 28.