1913 Auckland City mayoral election

The 1913 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1913, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including eighteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

1913 Auckland City mayoral election

30 April 1913
 
Candidate James Parr
Party Independent
Popular vote Unopposed

Mayor before election

James Parr

Elected Mayor

James Parr

Background

James Parr was re-elected unopposed. In 1913 the Borough of Parnell was amalgamated with Auckland City which saw the number of councillors increased from fifteen to eighteen.[1]

Councillor results

1913 Auckland local election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens John Court 5,904 76.19 +0.31
Citizens Andrew Entrican 5,830 75.23 -0.33
Citizens James Mennie 5,092 65.71 -5.49
Citizens Robert Tudehope 4,850 62.58 -4.29
Citizens Patrick Nerheny 4,844 62.51 +8.52
Citizens Maurice Casey 4,683 60.43 -1.89
Independent Harold D. Heather 4,265 55.03
Independent Horatio Bagnall 4,252 54.87
Citizens Frederick Gaudin 4,131 53.31 +3.35
Citizens George Knight 4,113 53.07 -5.00
Citizens George Read 3,992 51.51 -3.41
Citizens Peter Mitchell Mackay 3,977 51.32 -8.19
Citizens Jonathan Trevethick 3,880 50.07 -1.23
Independent Alfred Hall-Skelton 3,868 49.91
Citizens James Gleeson 3,731 48.14 -14.98
Independent Ellen Melville 3,601 46.47
Citizens Ralph Thomas Michaels 3,429 44.25 -6.83
Independent Richard Briggs 3,426 44.21
Independent Joseph Lyons Scott 3,233 41.72
Independent George Edward Davis 3,187 41.12
Citizens John Patterson 2,926 37.75 -8.87
Independent Neville Newcombe 2,850 36.77
United Labour Thomas Long 2,822 36.41
Independent Sydney Moore-Jones 2,802 36.15
Independent William Thompson 2,730 35.23 -8.26
Independent George William Murray 2,693 34.75
Independent Joseph Francis McMahon 2,525 32.58
Independent William Thompson 2,429 31.34
Independent Charles Edgar Palmer 2,417 31.19
United Labour Arthur Rosser 2,373 30.62
Independent Percy Spencer 2,213 28.55
Independent Francis Rowe 1,976 25.50
Independent Ernest Gilbert Skeates 1,717 22.15
Independent Gollan McLean Newton 1,317 16.99
Independent George Scarborough 976 12.59

Notes

  1. Bush 1971, pp. 599.
  2. "Election of Councillors". XXXIII (35). Observer. 10 May 1913. p. 14. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

References

  • Bush, Graham W. A. (1971). Decently and in Order: The Government of the City of Auckland 1840-1971. Auckland: Collins.
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