1971 Auckland City mayoral election

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1971 Auckland City mayoral election
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  1968 9 October 1971 1974  
Turnout30,343 (36.27%)
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Candidate Dove-Myer Robinson Paul Wedderspoon
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote27,4171,521
Percentage90.355.01

Mayor before election

Dove-Myer Robinson

Elected Mayor

Dove-Myer Robinson

The 1971 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1971, 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.

Contents

Background

Incumbent Mayor Dove-Myer Robinson was re-elected with an overwhelming majority with an absence of a challenger from either the Citizens & Ratepayers Association's ticket or the Labour Party. Despite deciding to run full tickets for the city council and regional authority the Auckland regional council of the Labour Party resolved to support Robinson for mayor as it had in 1968 to prevent the possibility of a conservative mayor being elected. [1] Despite opposing Robinson's rapid rail proposals the Civic Action Party did not contest the election against him. Robinson's closest polling opponent was Paul Wedderspoon a university student, who campaigned as an independent on a socialist platform. [2]

Mayoralty results

1971 Auckland mayoral election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Dove-Myer Robinson 27,417 90.35 +32.82
Independent Paul Wedderspoon1,5215.01
Socialist Action Michael Goodger1,4054.63
Majority25,89685.34
Turnout 30,34336.27−8.87

Councillor results

1971 Auckland City Council election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Lincoln Laidlaw18,49160.93+1.15
Citizens & Ratepayers Winifred Delugar16,86155.56−3.79
Citizens & Ratepayers Lindsay Adams16,70855.06
Citizens & Ratepayers Max Tongue16,65654.89−1.83
Citizens & Ratepayers Arthur Kinsella 16,40454.06
Citizens & Ratepayers John Dale16,26253.59−1.43
Citizens & Ratepayers Eric Salmon16,23053.48+5.47
Citizens & Ratepayers Mel Tronson15,96352.60+3.89
Citizens & Ratepayers Harold Watts15,89652.38+0.89
Citizens & Ratepayers Wint Holland15,69051.70+3.18
Citizens & Ratepayers Harry Dansey 15,58151.34
Citizens & Ratepayers Colin Kay 15,12549.84
Citizens & Ratepayers Lindo Ferguson 15,00749.45+4.49
Citizens & Ratepayers Jolyon Firth14,80748.79+3.83
Citizens & Ratepayers Ian McKinnon14,57548.03−3.31
Citizens & Ratepayers John Strevens14,50847.81
Citizens & Ratepayers Alan Alcorn14,45647.64+3.02
Citizens & Ratepayers Bill Clark13,99546.12+1.50
Labour Michael Bassett 13,76945.37
Labour Catherine Tizard 13,68245.09
Labour Alex Dreaver 13,42844.25+1.39
Citizens & Ratepayers Roy Walker13,33143.93
Citizens & Ratepayers Peter Grayburn13,05843.03
Citizens & Ratepayers Ray La Varis 12,64041.65
Labour Jim Anderton 11,29237.21
Independent Fred Ambler 10,71535.31−11.88
Labour Sue Kedgley 10,34134.08
Labour Tom Paki9,82432.37
Labour Richard Northey 9,73732.08+6.47
Labour Maureen Dorothy Gibbons9,63331.74
Labour Nancy Cocks9,21830.37
Labour John Currie9,13430.10
Labour Michael Roger Stenson8,82129.07
Labour Roderick Murray Carter8,72428.75
Labour Betty Wark 8,65928.53
Labour Rata Shepherd8,52928.10
Labour Frederick Atiga8,45827.87
Labour Brian Robert Lythe8,40327.69
Labour Graeme Smith7,84325.84
Labour Marion McQuoid7,45324.56
Labour Donald Eric Wackrow7,32224.13
Labour David Pudney7,16523.61
Labour Leo Barry Smith7,13323.50
Independent David Dodds6,88522.69
Independent Paul Wedderspoon4,93916.27
Socialist Unity Bill Andersen 3,57911.79−2.51
Independent Gary Gotlieb3,39211.17
Socialist Unity George Jackson2,5158.28−5.54
Independent Walter Hensley2,1106.95

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References

  1. "Labour Party Supports Present Mayor". The Evening Post . 14 June 1971. p. 7.
  2. "Only One Opponent". The Press . Vol. CXI, no. 32643. 26 June 1971. p. 21.
  3. "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald . 19 October 1971. p. 13.
  4. "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald . 22 October 1971. p. 11.