1993 Invercargill mayoral by-election

1993 by-election in Invercargill, New Zealand July 2019 July 2019 1993 Invercargill mayoral by-election Invercargill coat of arms full achievement (only mural crown).svg Presidential no 1992 Invercargill mayoral election 1992 1995 Invercargill mayoral election 1995 20 March 1993 30,211 (79.45%) 100px Tim Shadbolt Independent politician 10,078 33.35 100px Bruce Pagan Independent politician 5,752 19.03 100px Mark Winter Independent politician 4,795 15.87 100px Mirek Cvigr Independent politician 3,915 12.95 100px Dougal Soper Independent politician 1,972 6.52 Mayor Dougal Soper (acting) Tim Shadbolt The 1993 Invercargill mayoral by-election was held on 20 March 1993 as a result of the death of Mayor Eve Poole on Boxing Day the previous year. Background Since losing the Waitemata City mayoralty in 1989, Tim Shadbolt had made several unsuccessful electoral runs, including 1992 mayoral elections in Auckland and Dunedin, in both of which he placed third. The election attracted an unusually large pool of 14 candidates, including the incumbent deputy mayor and the two deputy mayors preceding him. Former Southland County Council chairman and father of candidate Janet Malloch,From the tops: a daughter reminisces on the life of Erskine Bowmar 1992 Malloch Janet 154215383 Sir Erskine Bowmar, described it as "a bit of a joke".https://whatsoninvers.nz/nominations-now-open-for-local-government-candidates-2/ Nominations Now Open For Local Government Candidates 20 July 2019 https://archive.today/20190820005002/https://whatsoninvers.nz/nominations-now-open-for-local-government-candidates-2/ 20 August 2019 20 July 2019 dead Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror NeilBoniface MirekCvigr JanetMalloch BrucePagan GeoffPiercy TimShadbolt DougalSoper AnneStoddart MarkWinter Undecided The Southland TimesPoll puts Shadbolt in front The Southland Times 6 March 1993 1 March 1993 519 ± 4.5% 2% 8.86% 4.24% 12.91% 3.47% 21.39% 7.13% 3.47% 6.94% 22% The Southland Times26pc support for Shadbolt in poll The Southland Times 13 March 1993 10 March 1993 615 ± 4.5% 1.6% 8.9% 3.4% 16.1% 2.4% 26.2% 5.8% 1.6% 10.2% 17% Results The following table gives the election results: 1993 Invercargill mayoral by-electionTim Shadbolt to be sworn in tomorrow The Southland Times 24 March 1993 Independent politician Tim Shadbolt 10,078 33.35 Independent politician Bruce Pagan 5,752 19.03 -16.16 Independent politician Mark Winter 4,795 15.87 Independent politician Mirek Cvigr 3,915 12.95 -13.96 Independent politician Dougal Soper 1,972 6.52 Independent politician Geoff Piercy 1,221 4.04 Independent politician Janet Malloch 765 2.53 Independent politician Anne Stoddart 718 2.37 Independent politician Neil Boniface 416 1.37 Independent politician Marjory Jones 268 0.88 Independent politician George Ngatai 116 0.38 Independent politician Katherine Hart 55 0.18 Independent politician Richard Osborn 50 0.16 Independent politician Owen Houliston 42 0.13 4,326 14.32 30,211 79.45 References Category:1993 elections in New Zealand Category:Mayoral elections in Invercargill Category:March 1993 in Oceania