Auckland City mayoral election, 1968

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Auckland City mayoral election, 1968

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  1965 12 October 1968 1971  
Turnout 32,128 (45.14%)

  Dove-Myer Robinson.jpg Roy McElroy (crop).jpg
Candidate Dove-Myer Robinson Roy McElroy
Party Independent Citizens & Ratepayers
Popular vote18,48412,512
Percentage57.5338.94

Mayor before election

Roy McElroy

Elected Mayor

Dove-Myer Robinson

The Auckland City mayoral election, 1968 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1968, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one 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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Background

Incumbent Mayor Roy McElroy of the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket was defeated by his predecessor Dove-Myer Robinson. Labour Party councillor George Forsyth ran again for a second time, however he was refused official party endorsement as Labour officials preferred Robinson as Mayor to McElroy and thought fielding their own candidate would allow McElroy to be re-elected on a split vote. Robinson's promise of a "rapid rail" system to ease Auckland's mounting traffic problems was a major talking point. A new ticket, the Civic Action Party was set up as an anti-rapid rail group, some of whose members were former local body politicians. [1]

Roy McElroy New Zealand politician

Roy Granville McElroy was a New Zealand lawyer and politician, who served as mayor of Auckland City from 1965 to 1968.

Dove-Myer Robinson New Zealand mayor

Sir Dove-Myer Robinson was Mayor of Auckland City from 1959 to 1965 and from 1968 to 1980, the longest tenure of any holder of the office. He was a colourful character and became affectionately known across New Zealand as "Robbie". He was one of several Jewish mayors of Auckland, although he rejected Judaism as a teenager and became a lifelong atheist. He has been described as a "slight, bespectacled man whose tiny stature was offset by a booming voice and massive ego".

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Mayoralty results

Auckland mayoral election, 1968 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Dove-Myer Robinson 18,484 57.53
Citizens & Ratepayers Roy McElroy 12,51238.94
Independent Labour George Forsyth1,1323.53
Majority5,97218.58
Turnout 32,12845.14

Councillor results

Auckland local election, 1968 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Citizens & Ratepayers Eric Armishaw20,81764.79+22.62
Citizens & Ratepayers Arapeta Awatere 20,27163.09+2.08
Citizens & Ratepayers Sir Keith Park 20,21862.92+3.48
Citizens & Ratepayers Lincoln Laidlaw19,20859.78
Citizens & Ratepayers Winifred Delugar19,07159.35+8.08
Citizens & Ratepayers Alfred Glasse18,44357.40+1.28
Citizens & Ratepayers Max Tongue18,22656.72+5.61
Citizens & Ratepayers John Dale17,67855.02-1.58
Citizens & Ratepayers Winifred Holland17,63554.88
Citizens & Ratepayers Harold Watts16,54351.49-0.97
Citizens & Ratepayers Ian McKinnon16,49751.34-5.87
Citizens & Ratepayers Mel Tronson15,65248.71-2.37
Citizens & Ratepayers Eric Percy Salmon15,42748.01
Independent Fred Ambler15,16447.19+0.94
Citizens & Ratepayers George Russell Tutt14,58345.39-1.99
Citizens & Ratepayers Lindo Ferguson14,44644.96
Citizens & Ratepayers Jolyon Firth14,35744.68
Citizens & Ratepayers Alan Alcorn14,33744.62
Labour Alex Dreaver13,77242.86+5.91
Citizens & Ratepayers William Clark13,68742.60-6.13
Citizens & Ratepayers Thomas Roy Sussex13,37441.62-0.11
Civic ActionAllan Tattersfield13,34741.54
Citizens & Ratepayers Raymond George Watkins12,77839.77
Civic ActionNgapere Hopa11,45135.64
Citizens & Ratepayers Matiu te Hau11,39635.47
Civic ActionPaul Cavanagh11,39335.46
Labour Graham Neil Caldwell10,77133.52
Labour Roy Turner10,72133.36
Civic ActionMichael Hart10,70133.30
Independent Labour George Forsyth10,44432.50
Civic ActionWarwick Watts10,30232.06
Civic ActionCharles Harris10,00231.13
Labour Thomas Edward Price9,47929.50
Civic ActionTerrence Way9,08528.27
Labour Richard Northey 8,22825.61
Labour Edward Arthur Scott7,68823.92
Independent Albert Edward Bailey7,62023.71
Citizens & Ratepayers Ante Mate Katavich7,38022.97
Civic ActionJoseph Stanley6,99321.76
Labour Graeme Philip Peters6,84621.30
Civic ActionHerbert Romaniuk6,71620.90
Civic ActionNonu Lelaulu6,44120.04
Socialist Unity Rita Smith 4,93715.36
Socialist Unity Bill Andersen 4,59614.30
Socialist Unity George Jackson4,44313.82
Socialist Unity Harry Alexander Ostler2,8398.83

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References

Notes

  1. Edgar 2012.
  2. "Massive Win for ex-Mayor of Auckland". The New Zealand Herald. 14 October 1968. p. 1.
  3. "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 22 October 1971. p. 11.