1944 Auckland City mayoral election

New Zealand mayoral election November 2017 November 2017 1944 Auckland City mayoral election New Zealand Coat of arms of Auckland.svg Presidential no 1941 Auckland City mayoral election 1941 1947 Auckland City mayoral election 1947 27 May 1944 37,011 (51.50%) 150x170px John Allum Citizens & Ratepayers 17,712 47.85 150x170px Bill Anderton New Zealand Labour Party 11,319 30.58 Mayor John Allum John Allum The 1944 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1944, 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 Citizens & Ratepayers The Citizens & Ratepayers Association selected incumbent mayor John Allum to contest the mayoralty for a second term.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19440314.2.15 Full Tickets – Citizens' Candidates Auckland Star 14 March 1944 LXXV 62 2 Labour The Labour Party had three people nominated for the mayoralty: Bill Anderton, MP for Eden since 1935 and former city councillor (1935–41) Mary Dreaver, A city councillor since 1938 and former MP for Waitemata (1941–43) Joe Sayegh, Labour's mayoral candidate at the previous three elections and former city councillor (1933–41) Despite a recent announcement that Sayegh had declined to be a candidate for any public office at the elections his name was put forward by the Auckland East branch of the Labour Party. At the candidate selection meeting Anderton was selected as Labour's mayoral candidate.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19440428.2.79 Labour's Choice – Auckland Mayoralty Auckland Star 28 April 1944 LXXV 99 6 Others Victor Macky, a member of the Auckland Hospital Board, announced his intention to stand as an independent mayoral candidate.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19440318.2.23 Auckland Elections The Northern Advocate 18 March 1944 2 His wife Edna had stood unsuccessfully for the city council in 1929.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19290507.2.168.3 Electoral The New Zealand Herald 7 May 1929 LXVI 20248 20 Mayoralty results 1944 Auckland mayoral electionhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19440610.2.105.6 Local Body Elections Auckland Star 10 June 1944 LXXV 136 10 May 2017 9 Citizens & Ratepayers John Allum 17,712 47.85 -1.75 New Zealand Labour Party Bill Anderton 11,319 30.58 Independent politician Victor Macky 7,662 20.70 318 0.85 +0.07 6,393 17.27 +13.20 37,011 51.50 +0.31 Councillor results 1944 Auckland local election Citizens & Ratepayers Leonard Coakley 20,471 55.31 +3.10 Citizens & Ratepayers Reginald Judson 19,735 53.32 +3.27 Citizens & Ratepayers Wilfred Fortune 19,716 53.27 +6.62 Citizens & Ratepayers Fred Ambler 19,391 52.39 +2.94 Citizens & Ratepayers Harold Percy Burton 18,577 50.19 +2.33 Citizens & Ratepayers Arthur Bailey 18,518 50.03 -0.94 Citizens & Ratepayers Ellen Melville 18,394 49.69 +0.40 Citizens & Ratepayers Claude James Lovegrove 18,293 49.42 +5.23 Citizens & Ratepayers John W. Kealy 17,958 48.52 Citizens & Ratepayers Sidney Takle 17,955 48.51 +2.38 Citizens & Ratepayers William Fowlds 17,895 48.35 +0.82 Citizens & Ratepayers Alan St. Clair Brown 17,788 48.06 +3.57 Citizens & Ratepayers Keith Buttle 17,643 47.66 +2.22 Citizens & Ratepayers Frederick George Farrell 17,552 47.42 +3.06 Citizens & Ratepayers Reginald Harrop 17,392 46.99 +3.11 Citizens & Ratepayers Roy McElroy 17,348 46.87 +1.71 Citizens & Ratepayers Joan Rattray 17,132 46.28 Citizens & Ratepayers Joyce William Hyland 16,359 44.20 Citizens & Ratepayers Howard Edward Gray Matthews 16,356 44.19 Citizens & Ratepayers Archibald Ewing Brownlie 15,965 43.13 Citizens & Ratepayers Michael Joseph Moodabe 15,696 42.40 -1.28 New Zealand Labour Party Mary Dreaver 15,558 42.03 -3.88 New Zealand Labour Party Bill Anderton 14,306 38.65 -3.32 New Zealand Labour Party Alfred Ernest Brownhill 13,462 36.37 New Zealand Labour Party Jeremiah James Sullivan 13,341 36.04 -5.99 New Zealand Labour Party Donald Campbell 13,263 35.83 -3.63 New Zealand Labour Party Beatrice Joan Beer 13,063 35.29 New Zealand Labour Party Paul Richardson 12,732 34.40 -4.54 New Zealand Labour Party Fred Young 12,629 34.12 -5.37 New Zealand Labour Party Elizabeth Wynn 12,563 33.94 -4.03 New Zealand Labour Party Alfred Gilbert 11,825 31.94 New Zealand Labour Party Tom Skinner 11,700 31.61 New Zealand Labour Party William Reginald Taylor 11,659 31.50 New Zealand Labour Party Joseph Glen Kennerley 11,627 31.41 -4.62 New Zealand Labour Party Inez Freeman 11,542 31.18 New Zealand Labour Party Raymond Hector Hieatt 11,534 31.16 New Zealand Labour Party William Bekker 10,994 29.70 New Zealand Labour Party Frank Williams 10,988 29.68 New Zealand Labour Party Albert Harwood Berry 10,971 29.64 Independent politician Tom Bloodworth 8,779 23.71 Communist Party of New Zealand George Jackson 7,045 19.03 +13.35 Communist Party of New Zealand Johnny Mitchell 6,550 17.69 Independent politician Charles Bailey 4,600 12.42 Independent politician Donald Wallace MacClure 3,756 10.14 Independent politician Dermott Hall Skelton 3,596 9.71 Independent politician Charles Patrick Belton 2,871 7.75 Independent politician Joseph Alexander Govan 2,315 6.25 Independent politician Albert John Mason 2,260 6.10 Independent politician James Alexander Ritchie 2,084 5.63 Independent politician Edward James Clark 2,050 5.53 References autocollapse Category:Mayoral elections in Auckland Category:1944 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Auckland Region Category:1940s in Auckland Category:May 1944 in Oceania