2007 Invercargill mayoral election

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2007 Invercargill mayoral election
Invercargill Coat of Arms.jpg
  2004 13 October 2007 2010  
Turnout18,773
  Mayor Shadbolt.jpg No image.png
Candidate Tim Shadbolt Corey Vreugdenhil
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote15,6153,158
Percentage83.1716.83

Mayor before election

Tim Shadbolt

Elected Mayor

Tim Shadbolt

The 2007 Invercargill mayoral election commenced on Saturday, 13 October 2007 and was conducted under the First Past the Post system using the postal voting system. It was held as part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections.

The incumbent mayor Tim Shadbolt was comfortably returned to his position with 83% of the vote. [1]

Results

The following table gives the election results:

2007 Invercargill mayoral election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Tim Shadbolt 15,615 83.17 -1.48
Independent Corey Vreugdenhil3,15816.83
Majority12,45766.35-3.67
Turnout 18,773

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References

  1. "Election results". 13 October 2007 via Stuff.co.nz.