2007 Invercargill mayoral election

The 2007 Invercargill mayoral election commenced on Saturday, 13 October 2007 and was conducted under the First Past the Post system using the postal voting system. It was held as part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections.

2007 Invercargill mayoral election
13 October 2007
Turnout18,773
 
Candidate Tim Shadbolt Corey Vreugdenhil
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 15,615 3,158
Percentage 83.17 16.83
Mayor before election

Tim Shadbolt

 Elected Mayor

Tim Shadbolt

The incumbent mayor Tim Shadbolt was comfortably returned to his position with 83% of the vote.[1]

Results

The following table gives the election results:

2007 Invercargill mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tim Shadbolt 15,615 83.17 -1.48
Independent Corey Vreugdenhil 3,158 16.83
Majority 12,457 66.35 -3.67
Turnout 18,773

References
  1. "Election results". 13 October 2007 – via Stuff.co.nz.


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