1941 Auckland City mayoral election

New Zealand mayoral election August 2018 August 2018 1941 Auckland City mayoral election New Zealand Coat of arms of Auckland.svg Presidential no 1938 Auckland City mayoral election 1938 1944 Auckland City mayoral election 1944 17 May 1941 32,969 (50.19%) 150x150px John Allum Citizens & Ratepayers 16,353 49.60 150x150px Joe Sayegh New Zealand Labour Party 15,010 45.52 Mayor Sir Ernest Davis John Allum The 1941 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1941, 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. The election saw deputy-mayor John Allum defeating the Labour nominee Joe Sayegh who suffered defeat for the third time in succession. Sayegh did not stand for the council as an inducement to vote for him as mayor, but he was elected to the Harbour Board and Hospital Board. The only successful Labour candidate for the council was Mary Dreaver, with the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket winning all other council seats. Background Citizens & Ratepayers The incumbent mayor Sir Ernest Davis declined to seek a further term. After Davis' retirement the deputy mayor John Allum and councillor Arthur Bailey were seen as likely replacements as the Citizens & Ratepayers Association nominee for mayor.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19410212.2.97 Probable Candidates The New Zealand Herald 12 February 1941 LXXVIII 23888 11 At a meeting chaired by James Donald the Citizens & Ratepayers Association committee selected Allum as the mayoral candidate.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19410225.2.119 City Election - Candidates Chosen The New Zealand Herald 25 February 1941 LXXVIII 23899 9 Labour The Labour Party had six people nominated for the mayoralty: Bill Anderton, MP for Eden since 1935 and former city councillor (1935–41) Mary Dreaver, a Hospital Board member since 1931 city councillor since 1938 Jim Purtell, secretary of the Trades and Labour Council and former city councillor (1936–38) Joe Sayegh, Labour's mayoral candidate at the previous two elections and former city councillor (1933–41) Bill Schramm, MP for Auckland East since 1931 John Stewart, former city councillor (1935–38) Sayegh was elected as the Labour candidate at a selection meeting of party delegates.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19410320.2.24 Sayegh Once More To Be Mayoralty Candidate The Northern Advocate 20 March 1941 3 Others Two independent candidates also stood. James William Payne, who stood for mayor in 1938, and Charles Bailey, formerly a Labour city councillor from 1933 to 1938.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19410505.2.91 Nominations Auckland Star 5 May 1941 LXXII 104 8 Mayoralty results 1941 Auckland mayoral electionhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19410524.2.129.6 Electoral 24 May 1941 The New Zealand Herald LXXVIII 23973 3 20 November 2017 Citizens & Ratepayers John Allum 16,353 49.60 New Zealand Labour Party Joe Sayegh 15,010 45.52 +11.91 Independent politician Charles Bailey 1,082 3.28 Independent politician James William Payne 218 0.66 -0.24 306 0.92 -0.26 1,343 4.07 32,969 50.19 -11.31 Councillor results 1941 Auckland City Council election Citizens & Ratepayers Leonard Coakley 17,215 52.21 +0.60 Citizens & Ratepayers Arthur Bailey 16,805 50.97 -5.50 Citizens & Ratepayers Reginald Judson 16,504 50.05 +1.54 Citizens & Ratepayers Fred Ambler 16,305 49.45 Citizens & Ratepayers Ellen Melville 16,251 49.29 +0.22 Citizens & Ratepayers Harold Burton 15,782 47.86 +0.44 Citizens & Ratepayers William Fowlds 15,671 47.53 Citizens & Ratepayers William Brockway Darlow 15,604 47.32 Citizens & Ratepayers Harry Butcher 15,443 46.84 +4.38 Citizens & Ratepayers Wilfred Fortune 15,383 46.65 Citizens & Ratepayers Sidney Takle 15,210 46.13 New Zealand Labour Party Mary Dreaver 15,137 45.91 -1.30 Citizens & Ratepayers Keith Buttle 14,984 45.44 Citizens & Ratepayers Roy McElroy 14,890 45.16 +1.84 Citizens & Ratepayers Jack Garland 14,853 45.05 Citizens & Ratepayers Alan Brown 14,668 44.49 +1.48 Citizens & Ratepayers Frederick George Farrell 14,628 44.36 Citizens & Ratepayers Claude James Lovegrove 14,572 44.19 Citizens & Ratepayers Reginald Harrop 14,469 43.88 Citizens & Ratepayers Michael Joseph Moodabe 14,402 43.68 Citizens & Ratepayers Alan Doull 14,001 42.46 New Zealand Labour Party Jeremiah James Sullivan 13,858 42.03 -2.63 New Zealand Labour Party Bill Anderton 13,838 41.97 -3.94 Citizens & Ratepayers William Power 13,771 41.76 New Zealand Labour Party Peter Carr 13,647 41.39 -1.88 New Zealand Labour Party Fred Young 13,021 39.49 -2.82 New Zealand Labour Party Donald Campbell 13,010 39.46 New Zealand Labour Party Paul Richardson 12,841 38.94 New Zealand Labour Party Robert Boswell 12,794 38.80 New Zealand Labour Party Elizabeth Wynn 12,520 37.97 -2.18 New Zealand Labour Party John Stewart 12,445 37.74 -2.44 New Zealand Labour Party Frederick George Beer 12,286 37.26 New Zealand Labour Party George Gordon Grant 12,167 36.90 New Zealand Labour Party Charles Stephen Morris 12,052 36.55 New Zealand Labour Party Joseph Glen Kennerley 11,879 36.03 -2.12 New Zealand Labour Party Harold Callagher 11,688 35.45 New Zealand Labour Party Charles James Matthew 11,646 35.32 -2.99 New Zealand Labour Party Harry Gordon Staley 11,558 35.05 -1.67 New Zealand Labour Party Esric Hunter 11,461 34.76 Independent politician Richard Armstrong 3,186 9.66 -34.17 Communist Party of New Zealand Gordon Watson 2,363 7.16 Communist Party of New Zealand George Jackson 1,875 5.68 Independent politician Patricia Hurd 1,724 5.22 Independent politician James William Payne 1,715 5.20 Communist Party of New Zealand Henry Mornington Smith 1,626 4.93 References autocollapse Category:Mayoral elections in Auckland Category:1941 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Auckland Region Category:1940s in Auckland Category:May 1941 in Oceania