2007 Invercargill mayoral election

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2007 Invercargill mayoral election
Invercargill CoA (shield only).svg
  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 began on Saturday, 13 October 2007. It was conducted under the First Past the Post system using postal voting, and 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
Majority 12,45766.35−3.67
Turnout 18,773

References

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