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The Christchurch mayoral election, 2001 was part of the 2001 New Zealand local elections. Incumbent Garry Moore beat talk back radio and television host George Balani.
Garry Anthony Moore is a former Mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, serving from 1998 to 2007. Subsequently, he was a board member of the NZ Transport Agency. He is a 'South Island enthusiast'.
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live conversations between the host and listeners who "call in" to the show. Listener contributions are usually screened by a show's producers in order to maximize audience interest and, in the case of commercial talk radio, to attract advertisers. Generally, the shows are organized into segments, each separated by a pause for advertisements; however, in public or non-commercial radio, music is sometimes played in place of commercials to separate the program segments. Variations of talk radio include conservative talk, hot talk, liberal talk and sports talk.
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Moore's main challenger, Balani, had a high profile as a talk back radio and television host; for many years, Balani had a show on Canterbury Television (CTV). A total of 14 candidates contested the 2001 mayoralty in Christchurch. [3] Freeman was a city councillor for 15 years until he stood for mayor only in the 1998 mayoralty. Booth went into the election as a sitting member of Christchurch City Council. [4]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Christchurch 2021 | Garry Moore | 47,142 | 42.55 | ||
Independent | George Balani | 30,149 | 27.21 | ||
Independent Citizens | Gordon Freeman | 14,213 | 12.83 | ||
True Independent | Robin Booth | 6,421 | 5.80 | ||
Independent | Aaron Keown | 4,422 | 3.99 | ||
Independent | Penny Hargreaves | 2,036 | 1.84 | ||
Somebody Who Cares | Bill Greenwood | 1,327 | 1.20 | ||
Criminal Reform in Motion | Shane Turner | 971 | 0.88 | ||
The Party Party | Andrew Brown | 461 | 0.42 | ||
Independent | Sugra Morley | 429 | 0.39 | ||
Communist League | Annalucia Vermunt | 368 | 0.33 | ||
Libertarianz | Robin McCarthy | 321 | 0.29 | ||
www.chchratepayers.com | Paul Telfer | 297 | 0.27 | ||
Economic Euthenics | Michael Hansen | 195 | 0.18 | ||
Informal votes | 2,050 | 1.85 | |||
Majority | 16,993 | 15.34 | |||
Turnout | 110,802 |
Moore, Balani and Freeman stood for mayor only. Robin Booth also stood for city councillor in the two-representative Shirley Ward, but came third and was thus defeated. [5] Aaron Keown, who came fifth in the election, was later a Christchurch City Councillor from 2010 for one three-year term. [6] [7] Moore remained mayor until the 2007 election, when he decided not to stand again. [8]
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