1989 Auckland City mayoral election

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1989 Auckland City mayoral election
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  1986 14 October 1989 1990  
Turnout80,917 (40.91%)
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Candidate Catherine Tizard Malcom Moses
Party Labour Independent
Popular vote58,6897,581
Percentage72.529.36

Mayor before election

Catherine Tizard

Elected Mayor

Catherine Tizard

The 1989 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1989, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-four 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

The 1989 local elections were the first following a major overhaul of local government in New Zealand. The existing Auckland City Council remained in place but greatly expanded, absorbing several surrounding borough councils. Incumbent Mayor Catherine Tizard, a Labour Party backed candidate, was re-elected with a huge majority while the council saw a strong performance by the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket.

Auckland City Council territorial authority for Auckland, New Zealand (1871-2010)

Auckland City Council was the local government authority for Auckland City, New Zealand, from 1871 to 1 November 2010, when it and Auckland's six other city and district councils were amalgamated to form the Auckland Council. It was an elected body representing the 404,658 residents of the city, which included some of the Hauraki Gulf islands, such as Waiheke Island and Great Barrier Island. It was chaired by the Mayor of Auckland City.

Catherine Tizard Viceroy, academic, public administrator

Dame Catherine Anne Tizard is a New Zealand politician who served as Mayor of Auckland City from 1983 to 1990, and the 16th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1990 to 1996. She was the first woman to hold either office.

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

The following table gives the election results:

1989 Auckland mayoral election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Catherine Tizard 58,689 72.52 -3.37
Independent Malcolm Moses7,5819.36
Independent Don Watson4,2725.27
Green Jack Conran4,1835.16
Independent Laurence Watkins2,8593.53
Blokes Liberation FrontChris Brady1,8572.29
McGillicuddy Serious Mark Servian1,4761.82
Majority51,10863.16+11.37
Turnout 80,91740.91

Ward results

Candidates were also elected from wards to the Auckland City Council.

Party/ticketCouncillors
Citizens & Ratepayers 18
Labour 3
Auckland Community Team1
Community Independent1
Independent 1

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References

  1. "Winners and losers in the new deal". The New Zealand Herald. 16 October 1989. p. 12.