1989 Auckland City Council election

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1989 Auckland City Council election
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All 24 seats on the Auckland City Council
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Party Citizens & Ratepayers Labour Community Independents
Last election155N/A
Seats won1731
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1
1989 Auckland City Council election results.svg
Results by ward, shaded by highest polling party/sum of indepepdendent candidates

The 1989 Auckland City Council election was part of the 1989 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The polling was conducted using the first-past-the-post electoral method.

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Council

The Auckland City Council following the 1989 election consisted of a mayor and twenty-four councillors elected from ten wards (Avondale, Eastern Bays, Hauraki Gulf Islands, Hobson, Maungakiekie, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, Mount Roskill, Tamaki and Western Bays). [1]

Mayor

1989 Auckland mayoral election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Tizard 61,627 74.01 +12.46
Independent Malcolm Moses7,9099.49
Independent Dan Watson4,4625.35
Green Jack Conran4,2575.11
Independent Laurence Watkins1,9492.34
Blokes Liberation FrontChris Brady1,7942.15
McGillicuddy Serious Mark Servian1,2701.52
Majority 53,71864.51+41.40
Turnout 83,26842.09

Avondale Ward

The Avondale Ward elected two members to the Auckland City Council

Avondale Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Brian Maude3,40743.00+4.35
Labour Suzanne Sinclair 3,19640.34−14.69
Labour Lorraine Wilson2,79035.21
Citizens & Ratepayers Reg Mullins2,30629.10
Independent Frances Spence2,04625.82
Independent Dennis Scoles1,21715.36
Independent John Charles Fitton88211.13
Majority 4065.12
Turnout 7,922

Eastern Bays Ward

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

Eastern Bays Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Juliet Yates7,73362.46−7.74
Citizens & Ratepayers Phil Warren 6,66453.83
Citizens & Ratepayers Patricia Thorp5,54544.79
Independent Gray Bartlett 5,38143.46−3.87
Citizens & Ratepayers Ron Greer4,25034.33−26.22
Independent Ross Johns3,64229.42
Independent John Bryce Morton1,1919.62
Independent Joe Hawke 6985.63
Independent Des Roberts6895.56−22.33
Independent Phil Kozina5374.33
Independent Jack Rameka4553.67
Independent Patrick Byrne3502.82
Majority 1641.32
Turnout 12,379

Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward

The Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward elected one member to the Auckland City Council

Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Sandra Lee 1,87970.93
Independent Alan Murray45617.21
Independent Caroline De Latour1786.71
Independent Ian Andrews933.51
Independent John Cranstoun431.62
Majority 1,42353.71
Turnout 2,649

Hobson Ward

The Hobson Ward elected two members to the Auckland City Council

Hobson Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Barbara Goodman 6,86587.63
Citizens & Ratepayers John Strevens5,30867.75
Independent Toni Carolyn Jones1,58720.25
Independent Luke Van Ryn1,15314.71
Independent Andrew Tumahai7549.62
Majority 3,72147.49
Turnout 7,834

Maungakiekie Ward

The Maungakiekie Ward elected three members to the Auckland City Council

Maungakiekie Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Graham Mountjoy4,39452.18
Citizens & Ratepayers John Williams3,38040.14
Independent Grahame Thorne 3,36639.97
Citizens & Ratepayers Leon Leicester2,90434.48
Labour Noeline Walsh2,13525.35
Labour Joan Caulfield2,06824.56
Independent Andrew Stanley1,76620.97
Independent Mahe Tupouniua 1,33115.80
Independent David Paterson93111.05
Independent Betty Helen Church91110.81
Independent George Harding7318.68
Independent Chris Diack6027.14
Independent Alan Vessey4735.61
Independent Lou Davis2683.18
Majority 4625.48
Turnout 8,420

Mount Albert Ward

The Mount Albert Ward elected two members to the Auckland City Council

Mount Albert Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Frank Ryan 4,49661.54
Citizens & Ratepayers Alan Wood3,38246.29
Labour Jenny May Maguire2,22530.45
Labour Pat Dale1,66222.75
Independent Valda Cahill1,36918.74
NewLabour Sam Bassett78610.75
Independent Ronald Desmond Davis6909.44
Majority 1,15715.83
Turnout 7,305

Mount Eden Ward

The Mount Eden Ward elected two members to the Auckland City Council

Mount Eden Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Astrid Malcolm 3,06447.85
Citizens & Ratepayers Gordon Johns2,83444.26
Labour Kathleen Gaynor Neate1,72526.94
Independent Peter Boys1,50023.42
Labour Graham Robert McGregor1,36621.33
Independent Greg Whitecliffe79212.36
Independent Allan Llewellyn Hughes66710.41
Independent William Hardy5127.99
Independent Roderick James Leggett3465.40
Majority 1,10917.32
Turnout 6,403

Mount Roskill Ward

The Mount Roskill Ward elected two members to the Auckland City Council

Mount Roskill Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers David Hay 7,84172.48
Citizens & Ratepayers Doug Astley5,47750.63
Citizens & Ratepayers Grahame Breed4,93645.63
Independent Roly Magness4,18138.65
Independent Ernie Pinches3,85935.67
Independent Glendon Daryl Morwood2,25420.83
NewLabour Allison Lindley1,69815.69
Independent Thomas George Fenton1,23511.41
Independent Okesene Lealaiauloto9708.96
Majority 7556.97
Turnout 10,817

Tamaki Ward

The Tamaki Ward elected three members to the Auckland City Council

Tamaki Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Bean5,20061.18
Citizens & Ratepayers Bill Christian3,83545.12
Labour Albie Brown3,17937.40
Labour Alan Verrall2,90734.20
Citizens & Ratepayers Ken Graham2,72432.05
Citizens & Ratepayers Jan Welch2,47029.06
Independent Stephen Kirkwood2,35127.66−33.37
Independent Joseph Clark1,31615.48
Independent Lucy Te Awhitu6767.95
Independent Fialauia Toailoa-Amituanai4375.14
Independent Kereama Pene4014.71
Majority 2723.20
Turnout 8,499

Western Bays Ward

The Western Bays Ward elected three members to the Auckland City Council

Western Bays Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Community Ind.Bruce Hucker2,92334.78
Citizens & Ratepayers Sue Corbett2,88134.28
Citizens & Ratepayers Gordon Barnaby2,73032.48
Citizens & Ratepayers Harry Julian1,95223.22
Labour Tracey Wotherspoon1,95223.22
Labour Jim Yandall1,84621.96
Labour Hope Monroe1,77121.07
Independent Betty Wark 1,68820.08
Community Ind. Georgina Kirby 1,57718.76
Community Ind.Asenaca Uluiviti1,08112.86
Independent Richard Neil Houghton93211.09
Independent Margaret Clare Dale85110.12
Independent Ursula Paul84410.04
Independent Bob Jones7278.65
Independent Douglas Charles Owens6167.33
Independent Wycliffe Elia4645.52
Independent Harley Frederick Sandgrove3744.45
Majority 7789.25
Turnout 8,403

References

  1. ↑ Bush, Graham (1991). Advance in order: the Auckland City Council from centenary to reorganisation, 1971-1989. Auckland City Council. pp. 443–4. ISBN   0908834039.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Declaration of Result of Election − Auckland City Council". Auckland Star . 27 October 1989. p. B11.
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