1990 Auckland City mayoral by-election

New Zealand mayoral by-election June 2017 June 2017 1990 Auckland City mayoral by-election New Zealand Coat of arms of Auckland.svg Presidential no 1989 Auckland City mayoral election 1989 1992 Auckland City mayoral election 1992 8 December 1990 123,456 (62.42%) no 100px Les Mills Independent 32,839 26.59 100px Barbara Goodman Independent 19,663 15.92 100px Bruce Hucker Community Independent B3FFB3 15,917 12.89 Mayor Catherine Tizard Les Mills The 1990 Auckland City mayoral by-election was held to fill the vacant position of Mayor of Auckland. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. Background The by-election was triggered by the resignation of sitting Mayor Catherine Tizard after she was appointed to the position of Governor-General. The day of the announcement that Tizard would take up the position, many potential candidates announced their intentions to stand for the mayoralty. Deputy mayor Phil Warren released a press statement form Malaysia, where he was visiting, that he would be a candidate. Tizard's closest rivals in the 1986 and 1989 elections, Marie Quinn and Malcolm Moses, also confirmed they would stand. Councillor Dame Barbara Goodman would not commit, but said she was seriously considering running. Two former borough mayors, Frank Ryan of Mount Albert and David Hay of Mount Roskill, neither ruled out or in a mayoral run. Councillor Grahame Thorne ruled out standing.Matthew Dearnaley Several ready to wear mayoral chain The New Zealand Herald 14 February 1990 3 Warren led in two opinion polls. The first, in September, had him leading by 15 percentage points over former Mayor of Waitemata Tim Shadbolt who was in second. A second poll a week before voting closed had his lead slip to 8.3% ahead of Goodman who was a close second. Former athlete Les Mills was polling third with Quinn in fourth place and councillor Bruce Hucker fifth.Yvonne Martin Poll shows Warren lead narrows Auckland Star 2 December 1990 1 Twenty candidates came forward for the contest, with businessman and former athlete Les Mills the winner. It was the first Mayoral by-election in Auckland since the death of Thomas Ashby in 1957. Results The following table gives the election results: 1990 Auckland mayoral by-electionJill Graham Mayor on the road back to basics The New Zealand Herald 10 December 1990 1 Independent politician Les Mills 32,839 26.59 Independent politician Barbara Goodman 19,663 15.92 Community Ind. #B3FFB3 Bruce Hucker 15,917 12.89 Independent politician Frank Ryan 11,422 9.25 Independent politician Marie Quinn 10,758 8.71 Independent politician Phil Warren 9,457 7.66 Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand Hamish Keith 6,462 5.23 Independent politician Tim Shadbolt 5,609 4.54 Independent politician Pauline Kingi 2,630 2.13 Independent politician Rex Stanton 2,254 1.82 Independent politician Stan Lawson 1,976 1.60 Independent politician Allan Spence 1,177 0.95 Independent politician Laurence Watkins 862 0.69 -1.65 Independent politician Malcolm Moses 624 0.50 -8.99 McGillicuddy Serious Party Mark Servian 454 0.36 -1.16 Blokes Liberation Front #FC6 Chris Brady 380 0.30 -1.85 Independent politician Phil Kozina 307 0.24 Independent politician Elizabeth Anderson 286 0.23 Independent politician Marie Rawnsley 190 0.15 Communist League (New Zealand) Peter Bradley 189 0.15 13,176 10.67 123,456 62.42 +20.33 Outcome After Mills won the election it was revealed that he spent $50,000 on his campaign. At the time spending limits were not imposed on local government elections, however unprecedented levels of spending the 1989 and 1990 elections prompted Minister of Local Government Warren Cooper to launch an inquiry on the matter.Drage 2003 29 Notes References Drage Jean Empowering Communities?: Representation and Participation in New Zealand's Local Government 2003 Victoria University Press Wellington 978-0864734372 autocollapse Category:Mayoral elections in Auckland Category:1990 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Auckland Region Category:1990s in Auckland Category:December 1990 in Oceania