Auckland City mayoral election, 1977

Auckland City mayoral election, 1977
Turnout	41,659 (40.32%)
Mayor before election; Dove-Myer Robinson ;	Elected Mayor; Dove-Myer Robinson ;

Last updated March 12, 2019

The Auckland City mayoral election, 1977 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1977, 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.

Background

Incumbent Mayor Dove-Myer Robinson was re-elected seeing off a challenges from Labour Party candidate Jim Anderton, former councillor Colin Kay and Citizens & Ratepayers nominee Mel Tronson.

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.

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, 1977^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Dove-Myer Robinson	17,773	42.66	-6.89
	Labour	Jim Anderton	12,140	29.14	-2.76
	Independent	Colin Kay	7,340	17.61
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Mel Tronson	4,266	10.24
	Independent	Matthew Connor	150	0.36
Majority			5,633	13.52
Turnout			41,659	40.32	-3.12

Councillor results

Auckland local election, 1977^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Citizens & Ratepayers	Norman Ambler	23,073	55.38	+2.46
Citizens & Ratepayers	Sue Picot	22,891	54.94
Citizens & Ratepayers	Sheila Marie Horton	22,780	54.68	+3.68
Citizens & Ratepayers	Paddy Walker	22,161	53.19	+5.39
Citizens & Ratepayers	Jolyon Firth	22,092	53.03	+2.00
Citizens & Ratepayers	Harold Goodman	21,981	52.76
Citizens & Ratepayers	Walter Stevens	21,140	50.74	+1.34
Citizens & Ratepayers	Ian McKinnon	20,736	49.77	+1.24
Citizens & Ratepayers	Clive Edwards	20,642	49.54
Labour	Catherine Tizard	20,576	49.39	+1.77
Citizens & Ratepayers	Rev. Selwyn Dawson	20,056	48.14	+3.27
Citizens & Ratepayers	Gordon Barnaby	20,039	48.10	+1.81
Citizens & Ratepayers	Hilton James Barrett	20,029	48.07
Citizens & Ratepayers	Max Tongue	19,356	46.46
Citizens & Ratepayers	Emmett Charles Keenan	18,909	45.38
Citizens & Ratepayers	Trevor Rogers	18,721	44.93
Citizens & Ratepayers	Herbert Dyer	18,687	44.85
Citizens & Ratepayers	Maxwell Johnson	18,594	44.63
Citizens & Ratepayers	Cec Field	18,348	44.04	+4.86
Citizens & Ratepayers	Bob Johnson	17,701	42.49
Citizens & Ratepayers	Roland Edward Barnes	16,580	39.79
Citizens & Ratepayers	William Clark	16,580	39.79	-1.58
Labour	Helen Clark	16,475	39.54	+3.57
Labour	Alex Dreaver	15,297	36.71	+0.20
Labour	Margaret Wilson	15,084	36.20
Labour	Richard Northey	14,294	34.31	+0.32
Labour	Maisie Fitton	13,750	33.00
Labour	Glenda Joy Fryer	13,684	32.84
Labour	Felicity Christine Lynch	13,475	32.34
Labour	Brian Francis Healy	13,122	31.49	+3.62
Labour	Sofi Pua	13,081	31.40
Labour	Audie Cooke-Pennefather	12,911	30.99
Labour	Helena Rae Philson	12,872	30.89
Labour	Elsa J. Smith	12,790	30.70
Labour	John Clearwater	12,563	30.15
Labour	Audrey Marion Sharp	12,512	30.03
Labour	Michael Roger Stenson	12,364	29.67	+0.48
Labour	Michael Joseph Gourley	12,351	29.64
Labour	Graeme Mark Hansen	12,344	29.63
Labour	Sydney Jackson	12,040	28.90
Labour	Cecil David Vinson Perkins	11,395	27.35
Independent	Matthew Connor	7,429	17.83
Socialist Unity	Bill Andersen	3,513	8.43	+1.89

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References

↑ "Mayor back by 5633". The New Zealand Herald . 24 October 1977. p. 2.
↑ "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald . 24 October 1977. p. 11.

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[Results-1] "Mayor back by 5633". The New Zealand Herald . 24 October 1977. p. 2.

[2] "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald . 24 October 1977. p. 11.