Auckland City mayoral election, 1974

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Auckland City mayoral election, 1974

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  1971 12 October 1974 1977  
Turnout 39,881 (43.44%)

  Dove-Myer Robinson.jpg
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Candidate Dove-Myer Robinson Jim Anderton
Party Independent Labour
Popular vote19,76212,717
Percentage49.5531.90

Mayor before election

Dove-Myer Robinson

Elected Mayor

Dove-Myer Robinson

The Auckland City mayoral election, 1974 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1974, 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 seeing off a challenge from Labour Party candidate Jim Anderton, who won a seat on the council despite losing the mayoralty.

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.

Jim Anderton New Zealand politician

James Patrick Anderton was a New Zealand politician who led a succession of left-wing parties after leaving the Labour Party in 1989.

Mayoralty results

Auckland mayoral election, 1974 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Dove-Myer Robinson 19,762 49.55 -40.80
Labour Jim Anderton 12,71731.90
Independent Grahame Sims6,24115.64
Informal votes1,1612.91
Majority7,04517.66-67.68
Turnout 39,88143.44+7.17

Councillor results

Auckland local election, 1974 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Citizens & Ratepayers Richard Fergusson22,76158.78
Citizens & Ratepayers Harry Dansey 21,21954.80+3.46
Citizens & Ratepayers Lindsay Adams20,59953.19-1.87
Citizens & Ratepayers Colin Kay 20,50652.95+3.11
Citizens & Ratepayers Norman Ambler20,49152.92
Citizens & Ratepayers Eric Percy Salmon20,16452.07-1.41
Citizens & Ratepayers Jolyon Firth19,75951.03+2.24
Citizens & Ratepayers Sheila Marie Horton19,74951.00
Citizens & Ratepayers Mel Tronson19,34849.96-2.64
Citizens & Ratepayers Walter Stevens19,12949.40+1.59
Citizens & Ratepayers Ian McKinnon18,79248.53+0.50
Citizens & Ratepayers Paddy Walker18,51047.80
Labour Catherine Tizard 18,44047.62+2.53
Labour Jim Anderton 18,03446.57
Citizens & Ratepayers Gordon Barnaby17,92646.29+3.26
Citizens & Ratepayers Rev. Selwyn Dawson17,37444.87
Citizens & Ratepayers Kenneth Sydney Dobson17,30044.67
Citizens & Ratepayers Allan Charles Coulam16,46942.53
Citizens & Ratepayers Fred Hill16,10141.58
Citizens & Ratepayers William Clark16,02041.37
Citizens & Ratepayers Cec Field15,25039.38
Citizens & Ratepayers Nanu Lelaulu15,11639.03
Citizens & Ratepayers Reginald Rikys14,16936.59
Labour Alex Dreaver14,13836.51-7.74
Labour Helen Clark 13,92835.97
Labour John Prebble13,16934.01
Labour Richard Northey 13,16233.99+1.91
Labour Betty Wark13,06333.73+5.20
Labour David Lange 12,37031.94
Labour Barbara Devonshire11,71830.26
Labour Michael Roger Stenson11,30429.19+0.12
Labour Frank Haigh11,19028.89
Labour Titewhai Harawira 11,16128.82
Labour Brian Francis Healy10,79427.87
Labour Bruce Hucker10,73427.72
Labour Roderick Murray Carter10,66427.54
Labour Mary Nacey10,55627.26
Values Reg Clough10,32626.66
Labour Barry McLean9,86225.47
Labour Garth Houltham9,77025.23
Labour Marion McQuoid9,38724.24-0.32
Labour Christopher Pickett9,10623.51
Labour Ua Tamarua9,03523.33
Labour William Forbes-Hamilton8,99223.22
Values Elizabeth Glasgow7,59719.62
Values Raewyn Gwenith Braggins5,81215.01
Values Andrew Quail5,61414.49
Values Francis Rex Hamlin5,56214.36
Values Terry Mann5,45214.08
Independent Peter van Gessel2,9907.72
Socialist Unity Bill Andersen 2,5336.54-5.25
Socialist Unity George Jackson1,7694.56-3.72
Socialist Unity Joseph Telford1,5353.96
Socialist Unity Leonard Thomas Gale1,2323.18

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References

  1. "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald . 22 October 1974. p. 19.
  2. "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald . 23 October 1974. p. 16.