2004 Christchurch mayoral election

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2004 Christchurch mayoral election
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  2001 9 October 2004 [1] 2007  
Turnout91,102 (38.61%)
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Candidate Garry Moore Aaron KeownJamie Gough
Party Christchurch 2021 Independent Independent
Popular vote61,17011,4767,200
Percentage69.7013.088.20

Mayor before election

Garry Moore

Elected mayor

Garry Moore

The 2004 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the 2004 New Zealand local elections. On 9 October of that year, elections were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government roles. Incumbent Garry Moore successfully contested a third term in office with a decisive majority. The second-placed candidate, Aaron Keown, received almost 50,000 fewer votes than Moore. [1] Keown ran as an Independent, but contested the 2008 general election for ACT New Zealand, standing in the Waimakariri electorate. [2] The third-placed candidate, Jamie Gough, was only 18 years old at the time. [3]

Contents

Both Keown and Gough were elected Christchurch City Councillors at the 2010 local elections. [4] [5]

Results

2004 Christchurch mayoral election [1] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Christchurch 2021 Garry Moore 61,17069.70+27.15
Independent Aaron Keown11,47613.08+9.09
Independent Jamie Gough7,2008.20
Independent Bob Nimmo2,3782.71
National Front Kyle Chapman 1,6651.90
Independent Paul Telfer1,5601.78+1.51
Independent Blair Anderson8230.94
Anti-Capitalist Alliance Sam Kingi7190.82
Communist League Annalucia Vermunt3950.45+0.12
Independent Michael Hansen3720.42+0.24
Informal votes255
Rejected ballots3,3443.67
Majority 49,69456.63
Turnout 91,10238.61−9.71

Voting statistics

Participation in local elections has been falling for years. In the 2004 local election, only 38.6% of registered voters cast their vote. The following table shows the voting statistics since the 1989 local elections: [6]

198919921995199820012004
Electors on rolls200,915208,533215,621223,832227,793235,930
Voters121,680105,982107,450116,511110,06891,0271
Percentage voted60.56%50.82%49.83%52.05%48.32%38.58%

Table notes: 1 Note that the number of voters reported in the summary report differs by 75 compared to the declaration of results of election.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Robertson, Max (20 October 2004). "Declaration of Results of Elections" (PDF). Christchurch City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  2. "Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties (2008)". Elections New Zealand. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  3. "Three rivals for Christchurch mayor". The New Zealand Herald . 16 August 2004. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  4. Gates, Charlie (29 January 2011). "'Lord Gough's' brush with the bogans". The Press . Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  5. "Carter goes top of Christchurch council class". The Press . 29 July 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  6. 1 2 Robertson, Max (20 October 2004). "Report of the Electoral Officer" (PDF). Christchurch City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2013.