Auckland City mayoral election, 1995

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Auckland City mayoral election, 1995
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  1992 14 October 1995 1998  
Turnout 102,588 (49.0%)

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Candidate Les Mills Pam Corkery
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 52,205 42,618
Percentage 50.88 41.54

Mayor before election

Les Mills

Elected Mayor

Les Mills

The Auckland City mayoral election, 1995 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1995, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-four city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

The Mayor of Auckland City was the directly elected head of the Auckland City Council, the municipal government of Auckland City, New Zealand. The office existed from 1871 to 2010, when the Auckland City Council and mayoralty was abolished and replaced with the Auckland Council and the Mayor of Auckland.

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Mayoralty results

The following table gives the election results:

Auckland mayoral election, 1995 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Les Mills 52,205 50.88 -10.55
Independent Pam Corkery 42,618 41.54
Independent Robert Rakete 1,756 1.71
Independent Sue Henry 1,490 1.45
Christians Against Abortion Phil O'Connor 1,449 1.41
Independent S. J. Atwood 1,113 1.08
McGillicuddy Serious Marc de Boer 558 0.54
Blokes Liberation Front Chris Brady 502 0.48
Independent Victor Bryers 420 0.40
STD Party Laurence Watkins 249 0.24 -2.43
Communist League James Robb 228 0.22
Majority 9,587 9.34 -27.15
Turnout 102,588 49.00

Ward results

Candidates were also elected from wards to the Auckland City Council.

Auckland City Council

Auckland City Council was the local government authority for Auckland City, New Zealand, from 1871 to 1 November 2010, when it and Auckland's six other city and district councils were amalgamated to form the Auckland Council. It was an elected body representing the 404,658 residents of the city, which included some of the Hauraki Gulf islands, such as Waiheke Island and Great Barrier Island. It was chaired by the Mayor of Auckland City.

Party/ticket Councillors
Citizens & Ratepayers 17
Labour 2
Alliance 2
Independent 3

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References

  1. "Voters give verdict". The New Zealand Herald. 16 October 1995. p. 20.