1962 Auckland City mayoral election

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1962 Auckland City mayoral election
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  1959 13 October 1962 1965  
Turnout37,370
  Dove-Myer Robinson, 1959.jpg No image.png
Candidate Dove-Myer Robinson Edgar Faber
Party Independent Citizens & Ratepayers
Popular vote19,12118,249
Percentage51.1748.83

Mayor before election

Dove-Myer Robinson

Elected Mayor

Dove-Myer Robinson

The 1962 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1962, 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.

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Background

Incumbent Mayor Dove-Myer Robinson was re-elected against past president of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce Edgar Faber, who despite possessing a low public profile and comparative lack of local body experience did better than expected. The election also saw the Labour Party split from the Civic Reform ticket. [1] To assist in publicity it was thought that the Labour ticket should include a mayoral candidate as well. The MP for Onehunga (and former Minister of Works from 1957 to 1960) Hugh Watt was speculated as Labour's likely candidate. However, Watt ruled himself out stating he felt he could make a greater contribution to the city's development by remaining in national politics and that he wished to do so by serving in the cabinet of the next Labour government. [2]

Faber was a reluctant candidate from the beginning, who was only persuaded to run for the mayoralty after a group of Citizens & Ratepayers (C&R) councillors (Fred de Malmanche, Charlie Passmore and Reg Savory) told him exaggerated stories of Robinson's personal conduct and his behaviour during council business. During the campaign Faber began to regret his candidacy and when it began to adversely affect his health he planned to withdraw from the contest, but the C&R trio were insistent that he stay in the race. Shortly after the election ended Faber discovered that he was in fact dying of cancer and confided to Robinson that the C&R councillors had used him against Robinson for "purely mercenary ends". [1]

Mayoralty results

1962 Auckland mayoral election [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Dove-Myer Robinson 19,121 51.17 +0.10
Citizens & Ratepayers Edgar Faber18,24948.83
Majority8722.33-0.46
Turnout 37,370

Councillor results

1962 Auckland City Council election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Tom Bloodworth 19,67252.64+3.56
Citizens & Ratepayers Max Tongue19,44952.04+4.36
Citizens & Ratepayers Winifred Delugar19,16351.27+3.27
Citizens & Ratepayers Sir Keith Park 18,04648.29
Citizens & Ratepayers Harold Watts17,47846.77+5.22
Citizens & Ratepayers John Dale17,26646.20+1.98
Citizens & Ratepayers Winifred Horton17,08245.71
Independent Fred Ambler 16,76344.85-1.79
Citizens & Ratepayers Fred Glasse 16,40843.90-0.64
Citizens & Ratepayers Fred de Malmanche 16,40543.89+2.73
Civic Reform Eric Armishaw 16,29143.59-9.58
Citizens & Ratepayers Bob Beechey15,96642.72-1.67
Citizens & Ratepayers George Russell Tutt15,54241.58-0.27
Labour Alex Dreaver 15,49341.45-3.17
Citizens & Ratepayers Albert Edward Bailey15,17140.59
Citizens & Ratepayers Norman Speer14,88639.83-0.33
Citizens & Ratepayers Charlie Passmore14,66339.23-2.85
Civic Reform Arapeta Awatere 14,59139.04
Citizens & Ratepayers Tom Pearce 13,74536.78
Labour George Forsyth 13,59036.37-7.11
Civic Reform Alfred Shone13,58336.34-14.68
Civic Reform Val Chapman 13,41135.88
Citizens & Ratepayers Clifton Trevor Keegan13,09835.04
Citizens & Ratepayers Frederick Grant12,87334.44
Civic Reform William Grant-Mackie12,42333.24
Citizens & Ratepayers Basil Roy Arnott12,34733.03
Citizens & Ratepayers Robert Alfred Heaney11,50830.79
Civic Reform Bruce Barnett10,34027.66
Citizens & Ratepayers Bernard William Keam9,99226.73
Labour Annie Elizabeth Beresford9,75126.09
Citizens & Ratepayers Laurence Andersen9,52725.49
Civic Reform Frank Perkins9,41425.19
Labour Howard Jeffereys9,39725.14-8.70
Civic Reform Charles Belton9,10024.35-13.01
Labour Bill Mason8,43222.56
Independent Sidney Edward Langstone8,40522.49
Labour Henry Robinson8,39022.45
Labour Frederick Johnston8,09021.64-13.58
Civic Reform Evelyn Maud Harrison8,07421.60
Labour Isabella Stancliff7,89721.13-12.56
Labour Anita Rona Von Zalinski7,58320.29
Labour Irene Margaret Offen7,52020.12-13.21
Independent Graham Caldwell7,29519.52
Communist Bill Andersen 7,23219.35+10.05
Labour Dave Isbey 7,17319.20-11.05
Labour Thomas Price7,16719.17
Civic Reform Glassford Glover Walter Gray7,11019.02-17.42
Labour Robert Elsender6,91518.50-13.54
Civic Reform Lewis Rose5,96815.97
Communist George Jackson3,3598.98-0.12
Independent Jennie Bickler3,1558.44
Communist Donald McEwan3,0578.18+0.41
Communist Rita Smith 2,9978.01
Communist Dick Wolf2,7917.46-1.71
Communist Alec Ostler2,0895.59
Communist Peter McAra1,7804.76-0.61

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Edgar 2012.
  2. "Auckland Mayor - Mr Watt Will Not Stand". The Press . Vol. CI, no. 29790. 5 April 1962. p. 14.
  3. "Mayor is back by 872 votes". The New Zealand Herald . 20 October 1962. p. 1.
  4. "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald . 20 October 1962. p. 14.
  5. "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald . 27 October 1968. p. 10.