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1983 Auckland City mayoral election

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1983 Auckland City mayoral election

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Turnout34,035
 
Candidate Catherine Tizard Colin Kay
Party Labour Independent
Popular vote 11,701 8,559
Percentage 34.37 25.14

 
Candidate John Horrocks Dove-Myer Robinson
Party Citizens & Ratepayers Independent
Popular vote 7,393 3,823
Percentage 21.72 11.23

Mayor before election

Colin Kay

Elected Mayor

Catherine Tizard

The 1983 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1983, 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.

Background

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Incumbent Mayor Colin Kay was defeated by Labour Party candidate Catherine Tizard who became Auckland's first female Mayor and first from the Labour Party, while the council saw a landslide result to the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket who picked up all but one council seat.

It also marked the last time in Auckland where local body elections elected councillors at large.

Mayoralty results

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1983 Auckland mayoral election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Tizard 11,701 34.37 +2.93
Independent Colin Kay 8,559 25.14 −11.35
Citizens & Ratepayers John Horrocks 7,393 21.72
Independent Dove-Myer Robinson 3,823 11.23 −20.03
Independent Michael Hart 2,416 7.09
Independent Malcolm Moses 78 0.22
Independent William Peter Bradley 65 0.19
Majority 3,142 9.23
Turnout 34,035

Councillor results

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1983 Auckland City Council election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Tizard[nb 1] 19,923 58.53 +2.19
Citizens & Ratepayers Harold Goodman 17,332 50.92 −9.55
Citizens & Ratepayers Elizabeth Currey 15,313 44.99
Citizens & Ratepayers Denese Henare 14,837 43.59
Citizens & Ratepayers Phil Warren 14,664 43.08 −1.72
Citizens & Ratepayers Marie Quinn 14,642 43.02 −8.17
Citizens & Ratepayers John Strevens 14,229 41.80 −13.88
Citizens & Ratepayers Gordon Barnaby 13,620 40.01 −7.47
Citizens & Ratepayers Clive Edwards 12,907 37.92 −13.02
Citizens & Ratepayers Juliet Yates 12,748 37.45
Citizens & Ratepayers Bill Clark 12,639 37.13 −7.15
Citizens & Ratepayers Barrie Hutchinson 12,382 36.38
Citizens & Ratepayers Patricia Thorp 12,303 36.14 −15.13
Citizens & Ratepayers Trevor Rogers 12,203 35.85 −7.45
Citizens & Ratepayers Sefulu Ioane 11,852 34.82
Citizens & Ratepayers Patricia Tauroa 11,772 34.58
Citizens & Ratepayers Stephen Kirkwood 11,728 34.45
Citizens & Ratepayers Bob Johnson 11,669 34.28 −7.87
Citizens & Ratepayers Ian McKinnon 11,547 33.92
Citizens & Ratepayers Ross Johns 11,099 32.61
Citizens & Ratepayers Douglas Ross 10,863 31.91
Labour Richard Northey 10,668 31.34 −5.86
Citizens & Ratepayers Winsbury Robinson 10,520 30.90
Citizens Independent Mel Tronson 10,450 30.70
Independent Olly Newland 9,634 28.30 −14.09
Labour Audrey Evans 9,458 27.78
Labour Janice Scott 9,312 27.36
Labour Elsa Kaye 9,097 26.72
Labour James Cullen 8,231 24.18
Labour Graham Baird 8,182 24.03
Labour John Clarke 8,116 23.84
Labour Robin Tulloch 8,049 23.69
Independent Selwyn Dawson 8,024 23.57 −12.00
Citizens Independent Herb Dyer 7,975 23.43 −20.69
Labour John Collyns 7,923 23.27
Labour John Buckingham 7,693 22.60
Labour Tepare Kavana 7,471 21.95
Labour Alan Graham 7,412 21.77
Labour Anthony Daly 7,215 21.19
Labour Chris Eichbaum 7,188 21.11
Labour Garth Houltham 7,093 20.84
Labour John King 7,052 20.71
Labour Neil Morris 6,782 19.92
Labour Gene Leckey 6,744 19.81
Labour Harry Manaman 6,725 19.75
Labour Bute Hewes 6,612 19.42
Labour Gordon Welsh 6,605 19.40
Independent David Christie 5,903 17.34
Independent Peter Boys 5,634 16.55
Independent Conway McCarthy 5,588 16.41
Independent Des Roberts 5,329 15.65
Independent Ratu Danieia 5,247 15.41
Independent Malcolm Moses 4,728 13.89
Citizens Alternative Cec Field 4,658 13.68
Independent Alister MacDonald 4,170 12.25
Independent Bradley Stanford 3,751 11.02 −7.56
Independent William Peter Bradley 2,571 7.55
Socialist Unity Bill Andersen 2,025 5.94
Socialist Unity Peter Devlin 1,256 3.69

Table footnotes:

  1. ^ As Tizard won the Mayoralty her election to the council was voided and her seat was awarded to the highest polling unsuccessful candidate.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Local Authority Results". The New Zealand Herald. 10 October 1983. p. 2.