1992 Auckland City local elections

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1992 Auckland City local elections
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  1989 10 October 1992 1995  

All 24 seats on the Auckland City Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Citizens & Ratepayers Alliance Labour
Last election17N/A3
Seats won1751
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 2

The 1992 Auckland local elections were part of the 1992 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, health 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-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

1992 Auckland mayoral election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Les Mills 53,407 61.54 +34.95
Alliance Sue Corbett21,71125.01
Independent Tim Shadbolt 5,3796.19+1.65
Independent Stephen Kirkwood2,6253.02
Independent Laurence Watkins2,2682.61+1.92
McGillicuddy Serious Katerina Jane Julian1,0491.20
Communist League Brigid Rotherham3430.39
Majority31,69636.52+25.85
Turnout 86,782

Avondale Ward

The Avondale Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Avondale Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Suzanne Sinclair 3,07937.26-3.08
Citizens & Ratepayers Brian Maude3,06837.12-5.88
Alliance Jim Gilbert2,91535.27
Alliance Veronica Egan2,84434.41
Citizens & Ratepayers Dawn Persson2,58131.23
Independent Max Constable1,46217.69
Independent Brian Constable5776.98
Majority1531.85
Turnout 8,263

Eastern Bays Ward

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

Eastern Bays Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Juliet Yates8,91474.59+12.13
Citizens & Ratepayers Gray Bartlett 8,48370.98+27.52
Citizens & Ratepayers Ross Johns7,16159.92+30.50
Alliance Alison Clark3,61130.21
Alliance Richard Green3,37028.20
Alliance Alice Rivers2,86023.93
Independent Joe Hawke 9057.57+1.94
Independent Grant Pakihana Hawke5464.56
Majority3,55029.70
Turnout 11,950

Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward

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

Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Sandra Lee 2,13573.87+2.94
Independent John Cranstoun75526.12+24.50
Majority1,38047.75
Turnout 2,890

Hobson Ward

The Hobson Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Hobson Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Barbara Goodman 6,12878.02-9.61
Citizens & Ratepayers John Strevens5,08064.68-3.07
Alliance Jan Riddick2,49731.79
Alliance Wayne John Hope2,00325.50
Majority2,58332.88
Turnout 7,854

Maungakiekie Ward

The Maungakiekie Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Maungakiekie Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Ken Graham5,74768.66+30.96
Citizens & Ratepayers John Williams5,05460.38+20.24
Citizens & Ratepayers Mahe Tupouniua4,06548.56
Alliance Sue Pockett3,86746.20
Alliance Keith Park3,47641.52
Alliance Matt Robson 2,90134.65
Majority1982.36
Turnout 8,370

Mount Albert Ward

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

Mount Albert Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Frank Ryan 4,05752.94-8.60
Alliance Jennie Walker3,34743.67
Alliance Phil Amos 3,31743.28
Citizens & Ratepayers Alan Wood2,90737.93-8.36
Independent Helen McIvor1,69722.14
Majority300.39
Turnout 7,663

Mount Eden Ward

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

Mount Eden Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Astrid Malcolm 3,74559.73+11.88
Citizens & Ratepayers Gordon Johns3,35553.51+9.25
Alliance Peter Richard Davies2,86245.65
Alliance Tom Newham2,57641.09
Majority4937.86
Turnout 6,269

Mount Roskill Ward

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

Mount Roskill Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers David Hay 6,89866.75-5.73
Citizens & Ratepayers Doug Astley5,49153.14+2.51
Citizens & Ratepayers Grahame Breed4,97248.11+2.48
Alliance Marilyn York4,47843.33
Alliance Barry Gribben3,86237.37
Alliance Douglas James McGee3,58834.72
Independent Douglas B. Brebner1,71016.54
Majority4944.78
Turnout 10,333

Tamaki Ward

The Tamaki Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Tamaki Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Bill Christian3,75944.01-1.11
Alliance Trevor Barnard3,29638.59
Labour Ian Shaw3,27038.29
Alliance Bryan Bennett3,16737.08
Labour Sherryl McKelvie3,02635.43
Labour Albie Brown2,90934.06-3.34
Alliance Fialau'a Amituanai-Toailofa2,27226.60
Citizens & Ratepayers Karen Remetis2,07624.30
Citizens & Ratepayers Owen Higgins1,84521.60
Majority1031.20
Turnout 8,540

Western Bays Ward

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

Western Bays Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Bruce Hucker6,67571.43+36.65
Alliance Sue Corbett6,08565.12+30.84
Citizens & Ratepayers Penny Whiting4,49548.10
Alliance Poumau Papali'i4,49048.05
Citizens & Ratepayers Gordon Barnaby3,79740.63
Citizens & Ratepayers Merril Lee Thompson2,48926.63
Majority50.05
Turnout 9,344

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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 "Auckland City Council - Declaration of Results of Elections". The New Zealand Herald . 19 October 1992. p. 11.