1998 Auckland City mayoral election

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1998 Auckland City mayoral election
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  1995 10 October 1998 2001  
Turnout117,794 (51.20%)
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Candidate Christine Fletcher Les Mills
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote47,46242,542
Percentage40.2936.11

Mayor before election

Les Mills

Elected Mayor

Christine Fletcher

The 1998 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1998, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including nineteen 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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Mayoralty results

The following table gives the election results:

1998 Auckland mayoral election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Christine Fletcher 47,462 40.29
Independent Les Mills 42,54236.11-14.77
Independent Richard Holden12,26810.41
Independent Lynda Topp 4,4203.75
Green Sue Bradford 3,7843.21
Independent Bill Christian1,9841.68
Independent Robert Rakete1,4051.19-0.52
Christians Against AbortionPhil O'Connor1,0850.92-0.49
Independent Sue Henry9160.77-0.68
McGillicuddy Serious Derek Craig5480.46
Independent Phill Matthias4920.41
Independent Tui McLeod3930.33
Communist League Felicity Coggan3120.26
Independent Peter Ralph1830.15
Majority4,9204.17
Turnout 117,79451.20+2.20

Ward results

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

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.

Party/ticketCouncillors
Citizens & Ratepayers 7
City Vision 5
Labour 2
Auckland Now2
Independent 3

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References

  1. "Voters give verdict". The New Zealand Herald. 12 October 1998. p. B4.