Auckland City mayoral election, 1971

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Auckland City mayoral election, 1971

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  1968 9 October 1971 1974  
Turnout 30,343 (36.27%)

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Candidate Dove-Myer Robinson Paul Wedderspoon
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote27,4171,521
Percentage90.355.01

Mayor before election

Dove-Myer Robinson

Elected Mayor

Dove-Myer Robinson

The Auckland City mayoral election, 1971 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1971, 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 Dove-Myer Robinson was re-elected with an overwhelming majority with an absence of a challenger from either the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket or Labour Party.

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".

The New Zealand Labour Party, or simply Labour, is a centre-left political party in New Zealand. The party's platform programme describes its founding principle as democratic socialism, while observers describe Labour as social-democratic and pragmatic in practice. It is a participant of the international Progressive Alliance.

Mayoralty results

Auckland mayoral election, 1971 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Dove-Myer Robinson 27,417 90.35
Independent Paul Wedderspoon1,5215.01
Socialist Action Michael Goodger1,4054.63
Majority25,89685.34
Turnout 30,34336.27-8.87

Councillor results

Auckland local election, 1971 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Citizens & Ratepayers Lincoln Laidlaw18,49160.93+1.15
Citizens & Ratepayers Winifred Delugar16,86155.56-3.79
Citizens & Ratepayers Lindsay Adams16,70855.06
Citizens & Ratepayers Max Tongue16,65654.89-1.83
Citizens & Ratepayers Arthur Kinsella 16,40454.06
Citizens & Ratepayers John Dale16,26253.59-1.43
Citizens & Ratepayers Eric Percy Salmon16,23053.48+5.47
Citizens & Ratepayers Mel Tronson15,96352.60+3.89
Citizens & Ratepayers Harold Watts15,89652.38+0.89
Citizens & Ratepayers Winifred Holland15,69051.70+3.18
Citizens & Ratepayers Harry Dansey 15,58151.34
Citizens & Ratepayers Colin Kay 15,12549.84
Citizens & Ratepayers Lindo Ferguson15,00749.45+4.49
Citizens & Ratepayers Jolyon Firth14,80748.79+3.83
Citizens & Ratepayers Ian McKinnon14,57548.03-3.31
Citizens & Ratepayers Walter Stevens14,50847.81
Citizens & Ratepayers Alan Alcorn14,45647.64+3.02
Citizens & Ratepayers William Clark13,99546.12+1.50
Labour Michael Bassett 13,76945.37
Labour Catherine Tizard 13,68245.09
Labour Alex Dreaver13,42844.25+1.39
Citizens & Ratepayers Roy Walker13,33143.93
Citizens & Ratepayers Peter Grayburn13,05843.03
Citizens & Ratepayers Ray La Varis 12,64041.65
Labour Jim Anderton 11,29237.21
Independent Fred Ambler10,71535.31-11.88
Labour Sue Kedgley 10,34134.08
Labour Tom Paki9,82432.37
Labour Richard Northey 9,73732.08+6.47
Labour Maureen Dorothy Gibbons9,63331.74
Labour Nancy Cocks9,21830.37
Labour John Currie9,13430.10
Labour Michael Roger Stenson8,82129.07
Labour Roderick Murray Carter8,72428.75
Labour Betty Wark8,65928.53
Labour Rata Shepherd8,52928.10
Labour Frederick Atiga8,45827.87
Labour Brian Robert Lythe8,40327.69
Labour Graeme Smith7,84325.84
Labour Marion McQuoid7,45324.56
Labour Donald Eric Wackrow7,32224.13
Labour David Pudney7,16523.61
Labour Leo Barry Smith7,13323.50
Independent David Dodds6,88522.69
Independent Paul Wedderspoon4,93916.27
Socialist Unity Bill Andersen 3,57911.79-2.51
Independent Gary Gotlieb3,39211.17
Socialist Unity George Jackson2,5158.28-5.54
Independent Walter Hensley2,1106.95

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References

  1. "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 19 October 1971. p. 13.
  2. "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 22 October 1971. p. 11.