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| Turnout | 19,846 (51.68%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seats | 13 Independents | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 19,846 (51.68%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Tasman District Council election was held on 12 October 2019 as part of the wider 2019 New Zealand local elections to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. One mayor and thirteen district councillors were elected in Tasman District,as well as the members of two community boards.
The incumbent mayor,Richard Kempthorne,announced in March 2019 that he would not stand for re-election. Kempthorne had first been elected as a district councillor in the 2001 local election and after serving two terms as a councillor,he had been mayor since winning the 2007 local election. [1] [2] Tim King,who had been Tasman's deputy mayor since 2001 [1] and had first been elected to Tasman District Council as a councillor in the 1998 local elections, [3] was elected to succeed Kempthorne in the mayoralty. Brent Maru,who was the incumbent chairperson of the Motueka Community Board,came in second place. Dean McNamara came third;this was his third mayoral election. McNamara was re-elected as a Moutere-Waimea ward councillor. Maxwell Clark came fourth in the mayoral contest. [4]
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | Tim King | 8,034 | 39.80 |
| None | Brent Maru | 5,841 | 28.94 |
| None | Dean McNamara | 3,417 | 16.93 |
| None | Maxwell Clark | 2,514 | 12.45 |
| Informal | 25 | 0.12 | |
| Blank | 355 | 1.76 | |
| Turnout | 20,186 | ||
| Ward | Incumbent [6] | Elected [5] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Bay | Sue Brown | Chris Hill | ||
| Golden Bay | Paul Sangster | Celia Butler | ||
| Lakes–Murchison | Stuart Bryant | |||
| Moutere–Waimea | Tim King | Christeen MacKenzie | ||
| Moutere–Waimea | Anne Turley | |||
| Moutere–Waimea | Dean McNamara | |||
| Motueka | David Ogilvie | |||
| Motueka | Peter Canton | Trindi Walker | ||
| Motueka | Paul Hawkes | Claire Hutt | ||
| Richmond | Dana Wensley | |||
| Richmond | Trevor Tuffnell | |||
| Richmond | Kit Maling | |||
| Richmond | Mark Greening | |||
The two incumbents in the Golden Bay ward, Sue Brown and Paul Sangster, were both defeated. Chris Hill and Celia Butler were elected with large majorities. Sangster came third, receiving about half the votes of Hill. Brown came fifth in the contest that had six candidates. [6] [5]
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | Chris Hill | 1,555 | |
| None | Celia Butler | 1,303 | |
| None | Paul Sangster | 734 | |
| None | Kaya Blown | 480 | |
| None | Sue Brown | 417 | |
| None | Reg Turner | 376 | |
| Informal | 4 | ||
| Blank | 9 | ||
| Turnout | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | David Ogilvie | 2,492 | x |
| None | Trindi Walker | 2,463 | x |
| None | Clair Hutt | 2,172 | x |
| Independent | Barry Dowler | 2,148 | x |
| Independent | Trevor Norriss | 1,940 | x |
| Independent | Paul Dixon-Didier | 1,104 | x |
| Informal | 25 | x | |
| Blank | 71 | x | |
| Turnout | x | ||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | Anne Turley | 2,040 | x |
| None | Dean McNamara | 2,033 | x |
| Independent | Christeen MacKenzie | 1,881 | x |
| None | Julie Nevin | 1,672 | x |
| None | Don Everitt | 1,590 | x |
| None | Richard Johns | 1,397 | x |
| None | Elisabeth Siegmund | 980 | x |
| None | Jennifer Beatson | 949 | x |
| None | Julian Eggers | 916 | x |
| None | Hayden Stevenson | 680 | x |
| Informal | 8 | x | |
| Blank | 179 | x | |
| Turnout | x | ||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | Dana Wensley | 3,856 | x |
| None | Kit Maling | 3,464 | x |
| None | Trevor Tuffnell | 3,090 | x |
| None | Mark Greening | 2,673 | x |
| None | Stan Holland | 2,040 | x |
| None | Maxwell Clark | 2,030 | x |
| None | Gary Watson | 1,677 | x |
| None | Peter Lynch | 1,348 | x |
| None | Maurie White | 1,010 | x |
| Informal | 7 | x | |
| Blank | 90 | x | |
| Turnout | x | ||
In the Lakes–Murchison ward, Stuart Bryant was declared elected unopposed. [5]
| Board | Incumbent [5] | Elected [5] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motueka | Brent Maru | |||
| Motueka | Richard Horrell | |||
| Motueka | Claire Hutt | David Armstrong | ||
| Motueka | Barry Dowler [a] | Joni Tomsett | ||
| Golden Bay | Lynne Ensor | Averill Grant | ||
| Golden Bay | Abbie Langford | |||
| Golden Bay | Grant Knowles | |||
| Golden Bay | Dave Gowland | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | Averill Grant | 1,616 | x |
| None | Abbie Langford | 1,560 | x |
| None | Grant Knowles | 1,470 | x |
| None | Dave Gowland | 1,316 | x |
| None | Robert Hewison | 1,283 | x |
| None | Wendy Andrews | 737 | x |
| Informal | 1 | x | |
| Blank | 75 | x | |
| Turnout | x | ||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | Brent Maru | 3,916 | x |
| None | Trindi Walker [b] | 3,020 | x |
| None | Richard Horrell | 2,492 | x |
| None | David Armstrong | 2,059 | x |
| None | Joni Tomsett | 1,938 | x |
| None | Charmaine Petereit | 1,055 | x |
| None | Jon Taylor | 675 | x |
| Informal | 3 | x | |
| Blank | 94 | x | |
| Turnout | x | ||
