1986 Auckland City local elections

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1986 Auckland City local elections
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← 198311 October 1986 1989  →
All 21 seats on the Auckland City Council
 First partySecond party
 
Party Citizens & Ratepayers Labour
Last election201
Seats won155
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 4

The 1986 Auckland local elections were part of the 1986 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Auckland elections covered one regional council (the Auckland Regional Council), city council, hospital board, and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

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Auckland City Council

The Auckland City Council consisted of a mayor and twenty-one councillors elected from ten wards (Avondale, Blockhouse Bay, Central, Eastern Bays, Grey Lynn, Meadowbank, Point Chevalier, Ponsonby, Remuera and Tamaki).

Mayor

1986 Auckland mayoral election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Tizard 32,390 61.55 +27.18
Independent Marie Quinn20,22838.44
Majority12,16223.11+13.88
Turnout 52,618

Avondale Ward

The Avondale Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Avondale Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Suzanne Sinclair 2,55955.03
Citizens & Ratepayers Barry Donovan2,49653.67
Citizens & Ratepayers Murray Laloli2,13345.87
Labour Rae Philson2,11145.39
Majority3637.80
Turnout 4,650

Blockhouse Bay Ward

The Blockhouse Bay Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Blockhouse Bay Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Patricia Thorp2,50148.86
Labour Lorraine Wilson2,21343.23
Citizens & Ratepayers Sefulu Ioane1,92037.51
Labour Rosalie Vodanovich1,90137.14
Independent Philip Waterhouse1,15822.62
Independent Winifred Waterhouse54210.59
Majority2935.72
Turnout 5,118

Central Ward

The Central Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Central Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Harold Goodman 3,56963.03
Citizens & Ratepayers Clive Edwards 2,97452.52
Citizens & Ratepayers Trevor Rogers 2,97052.45
Labour Judith Tizard 2,34441.39
Labour Neil Morris1,62828.75
Labour John Antonio1,44325.48
Independent Raymond Hyams1,24822.04
Independent Graeme Burgess5299.34
Socialist Unity Stephen Bradley2814.96
Majority62611.05
Turnout 5,662

Eastern Bays Ward

The Eastern Bays Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Eastern Bays Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Juliet Yates5,92070.20
Citizens & Ratepayers Ron Greer5,10760.55
Citizens & Ratepayers Bob Johnson4,68455.54
Independent Gray Bartlett 3,99247.33
Independent Bill Clark3,24438.46
Independent Des Roberts2,35227.89
Informal votes6928.20
Turnout 8,433

Grey Lynn Ward

The Grey Lynn Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Grey Lynn Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Holloway2,29858.93
Labour Jim Yandall2,06753.01
Citizens & Ratepayers Patricia Tauroa1,56440.11
Citizens & Ratepayers Arthur Anae 1,28933.05
Independent James Ransfield57914.84
Majority50312.90
Turnout 3,899

Meadowbank Ward

The Meadowbank Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Meadowbank Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Phil Warren 3,34469.47
Citizens & Ratepayers Barrie Hutchinson 3,23567.21
Independent Michael Hart3,04763.30
Majority1883.90
Turnout 4,813

Point Chevalier Ward

The Point Chevalier Ward elects one member to the Auckland City Council

Point Chevalier Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Gordon Barnaby1,40644.94
Labour Terry Ryan1,18537.88
Independent Peter Anich53717.16
Majority2217.06
Turnout 3,128

Ponsonby Ward

The Ponsonby Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Ponsonby Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Betty Wark 2,10248.63
Labour Bruce Hucker2,01046.50
Labour Anne Andrews1,95045.11
Citizens & Ratepayers Ann Gluckman1,46133.80
Citizens & Ratepayers Laurence Johnstone1,12125.93
Majority601.38
Turnout 4,322

Remuera Ward

The Remuera Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Remuera Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers John Strevens3,07161.76
Citizens & Ratepayers Elizabeth Currey2,82456.79
Independent Marie Quinn1,98739.96
Independent Dove-Myer Robinson 1,07721.66
Independent Luke Van Ryn98519.81
Majority83716.83
Turnout 4,972

Tamaki Ward

The Tamaki Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Tamaki Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Stephen Kirkwood2,65261.03
Citizens & Ratepayers Reg Mullins2,18750.33
Labour Robyn Northey2,06547.52
Labour Chris Hayward1,78541.08
Majority1222.80
Turnout 4,345

Auckland Harbour Board

City of Auckland and Waiheke Ward

The City of Auckland and Waiheke Ward elects four members to the Auckland Harbour Board

City of Auckland and Waiheke Ward [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Harry Julian23,38647.10
Citizens & Ratepayers Ian McKay19,61339.50
Citizens & Ratepayers Richard Holden18,68237.62
Tim's Team Colin Bower18,16136.58
Tim's Team Diedre Nehua17,79335.83
Citizens & Ratepayers Miller Mason17,77435.80
Tim's Team George Robertson17,27234.78
Tim's Team David Wickham16,83133.90
Labour Hamish Keith 16,71733.67
Labour James Baxter9,99620.13
Labour Andrew Turnbull8,45017.02
Labour Harry Palmer8,37616.87
Independent Charles Price5,53711.15
Majority3680.74
Turnout 49,647

Auckland Hospital Board

City of Auckland and Waiheke Ward

The City of Auckland and Waiheke Ward elects two members to the Auckland Hospital Board

City of Auckland and Waiheke Ward [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Bill Manchester26,73654.10
Citizens & Ratepayers John Seabrook26,15852.93
Independent Alan Spence15,01530.38
Labour John Harre11,93124.14
Labour Eru Potaka-Dewes 10,88122.01
Independent Ida Cargill8,11616.42
Majority11,14322.54
Turnout 49,419

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References

  1. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Election - City of Auckland". Auckland Star . 24 October 1986. p. B7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Declaration of Result of Election - City of Auckland". Auckland Star . 24 October 1986. p. B7.
  3. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Election - Auckland Harbour Board". Auckland Star . 24 October 1986. p. B7.
  4. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Election - Auckland Hospital Board". Auckland Star . 24 October 1986. p. B7.
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