1935 Auckland City mayoral election

New Zealand mayoral election December 2016 December 2016 1935 Auckland City mayoral election New Zealand Coat of arms of Auckland.svg Presidential no 1933 Auckland City mayoral election 1933 1938 Auckland City mayoral election 1938 8 May 1935 37,238 (60.36%) 150x150px Ernest Davis Citizens Committee 00529F 14,267 38.31 150x150px Joe Sayegh New Zealand Labour Party 13,904 37.33 Mayor George Hutchison Ernest Davis The 1935 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1935, 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 The campaign featured a selection controversy when the Labour Party selected local businessman Joe Sayegh over prominent lawyer and MP Rex Mason with the blessing of Auckland Labour Representation Committee executive Fred Young. Sayegh was viewed a respectable individual and competent city councillor, but most gave him little chance of beating Citizens Committee candidate Ernest Davis. As Young had been employed by Davis for many years, John A. Lee and several Labour MPs alleged that Young had been bribed by Davis to ensure the selection of a weak Labour candidate for the Mayoralty which caused a rift in the Auckland Labour Party.Gustafson 1986 160-2 Sayegh's campaign was not helped due to continued interference by Lee who tried to discredit Sayegh, slandering him as a "dumb wop fellow who could not even speak English".Gustafson 1986 161 Regardless, Sayegh polled extremely well in the election, exceeding predictions and lost to Davis by only 363 votes. Councillor Ted Phelan had earlier declined to seek the Labour nomination for mayor, citing a conflict of interest, as he was also running the Hotel Auckland (which was owned by Davis), who had already declared his candidacy. Despite Sayegh's nomination, the returning officer received a nomination for Mason, whose consent was telegraphed from Wellington, though he later sent a second telegraph to withdraw. Ellen Melville also announced her intention to stand for mayor, but ultimately decided not to stand "in view of the confusion of issues." She successfully sought re-election to the council.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19350424.2.81 Civic Elections The Auckland Star 24 April 1935 LXVI 96 10 February 2018 10 The main talking point following the election was that the Labour Party had won a majority on the city council winning 15 of the 21 seats. This was the first (and only) time Labour had ever done so. There was also a huge turnout in voters with a record 60.36% of electors casting their votes, much higher than usual, an increase of nearly 12% from the 1933 election. Mayoralty results 1935 Auckland mayoral electionhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19350513.2.92 Official Counts The Auckland Star 13 May 1935 111 10 February 2018 8 Citizens Committee #00529F Ernest Davis 14,267 38.31 New Zealand Labour Party Joe Sayegh 13,904 37.33 Independent politician Arthur Stallworthy 8,569 23.01 498 1.33 -0.85 363 0.97 37,238 60.36 +11.58 Councillor results 1935 Auckland local electionhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19350514.2.180.4 Electoral The New Zealand Herald 14 May 1935 LXXII 22108 10 February 2018 16 New Zealand Labour Party Joe Sayegh 18,090 59.82 +16.61 New Zealand Labour Party Ted Phelan 17,603 58.21 +9.99 New Zealand Labour Party John Albert Mason 16,462 54.44 +11.11 New Zealand Labour Party Arthur Rosser 16,238 53.70 +14.73 New Zealand Labour Party Bill Anderton 16,205 53.59 +12.79 New Zealand Labour Party John William Yarnall 15,266 50.48 +11.08 New Zealand Labour Party Charles Bailey 15,231 50.37 +10.02 New Zealand Labour Party Ernest Frank Andrews 14,904 49.28 +8.89 Citizens Committee #00529F Leonard Coakley 14,449 47.78 +2.09 New Zealand Labour Party Peter Carr 13,882 45.90 Citizens Committee #00529F Sir George Richardson 13,774 45.55 Independent politician Tom Bloodworth 13,406 44.33 +2.60 New Zealand Labour Party Bernard Martin 13,346 44.13 +8.27 New Zealand Labour Party John Stewart 13,199 43.65 +7.76 New Zealand Labour Party John Thomas Jennings 13,153 43.49 +8.00 Citizens Committee #00529F James Donald 13,085 43.27 -0.16 New Zealand Labour Party George Gordon Grant 13,015 43.04 +5.65 Citizens Committee #00529F Ellen Melville 12,809 42.36 +2.55 New Zealand Labour Party Norman Douglas 12,740 42.13 Citizens Committee #00529F Harold Percy Burton 12,729 42.09 -3.03 New Zealand Labour Party Frank Lark 12,721 42.06 Citizens Committee #00529F Alice Basten 12,584 41.61 ±0.00 New Zealand Labour Party Jim Purtell 12,478 41.26 +4.34 New Zealand Labour Party Paul Richardson 12,430 41.10 New Zealand Labour Party Jack Lyon 12,401 41.01 New Zealand Labour Party Charles Stephen Morris 12,074 39.92 +5.46 Citizens Committee #00529F Michael John Coyle 11,876 39.27 -2.63 Citizens Committee #00529F Sidney Takle 11,754 38.87 -0.94 New Zealand Labour Party Hannah Harrison 11,746 38.84 New Zealand Labour Party Harry Gordon Staley 11,699 38.68 Citizens Committee #00529F Matthew John Bennett 11,647 38.51 -2.79 Citizens Committee #00529F Christopher H. Furness 11,603 38.37 Citizens Committee #00529F George Grey Campbell 11,496 38.01 -9.26 Citizens Committee #00529F John Barr Patterson 11,300 37.37 -3.62 Citizens Committee #00529F John Walter Hollis 10,918 36.10 Citizens Committee #00529F Bryan Hislop Kingston 10,521 34.79 Citizens Committee #00529F Alan Monteith Doull 9,554 31.59 Citizens Committee #00529F George Cruickshank 9,482 31.35 Citizens Committee #00529F Augustus Charles Norden 9,316 30.80 Citizens Committee #00529F John W. Kealy 9,263 30.63 Citizens Committee #00529F David Henry 9,190 30.39 Independent politician Dawson Donaldson 9,017 29.82 -9.26 Citizens Committee #00529F Robert Gordon Slyfield 8,805 29.11 -3.43 Citizens Committee #00529F Herbert Tiarks 8,034 26.56 Citizens Committee #00529F George Frederick Lane 7,717 25.52 Independent politician John Lundon 6,375 21.08 -4.30 Independent politician Alfred Hall Skelton 6,235 20.61 Independent politician Isidor Meltzer 6,235 20.61 Independent politician Walter Harry Murray 5,987 19.79 -9.53 Independent politician William Henry Horton 5,742 18.98 Independent politician Arnold Ellis Ely 5,328 17.62 Communist Party of New Zealand Jim Edwards 4,133 13.66 Communist Party of New Zealand Alexander Drennan 2,535 8.38 Communist Party of New Zealand Henry Mornington Smith 2,429 8.03 Independent politician Maungatai Julia Babbington 2,307 7.62 Independent politician William James Crook 2,266 7.49 Independent politician Edward Thurlow Field 1,947 6.43 Independent politician James William Payne 1,742 5.76 Notes 30em References Gustafson Barry Barry Gustafson From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage 1986 Reed Methuen Auckland 0-474-00138-5 autocollapse Category:Mayoral elections in Auckland Category:1935 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Auckland Region Category:1930s in Auckland Category:May 1935 in Oceania