1965 Auckland City mayoral election

New Zealand mayoral election September 2017 September 2017 1965 Auckland City mayoral election New Zealand Coat of arms of Auckland.svg Presidential no 1962 Auckland City mayoral election 1962 1968 Auckland City mayoral election 1968 9 October 1965 36,503 (47.23%) 109px Roy McElroy Citizens & Ratepayers 17,132 46.93 100px Dove-Myer Robinson Independent politician 15,998 43.82 Mayor Dove-Myer Robinson Roy McElroy The 1965 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1965, 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 Incumbent two-term Mayor Dove-Myer Robinson was defeated by Roy McElroy of the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket. Robinson's position had been worsened by the entry of Labour Party councillor George Forsyth to the race which allowed McElroy to win on a split vote.Edgar 2012 Mayoralty results 1965 Auckland mayoral electionDeclaration of Result of Election The New Zealand Herald 16 October 1965 16 Citizens & Ratepayers Roy McElroy 17,132 46.93 Independent politician Dove-Myer Robinson 15,998 43.82 -7.35 New Zealand Labour Party George Forsyth 3,373 9.25 1,134 3.10 36,503 47.23 Councillor results 1965 Auckland local electionDeclaration of Result of Election The New Zealand Herald 22 October 1965 15 Citizens & Ratepayers Arapeta Awatere 22,274 61.01 +21.97 Citizens & Ratepayers Sir Keith Park 21,701 59.44 -11.15 Citizens & Ratepayers Tom Pearce 21,506 58.91 +22.13 Citizens & Ratepayers Fred Glasse 20,489 56.12 +12.22 Citizens & Ratepayers Tom Bloodworth 19,672 53.89 +1.25 Citizens & Ratepayers Bob Beechey 19,578 53.63 -10.91 Citizens & Ratepayers John Dale 19,508 53.44 -7.24 Citizens & Ratepayers Winifred Horton 19,159 52.48 +6.77 Citizens & Ratepayers Harold Watts 19,153 52.46 +5.69 Citizens & Ratepayers Winifred Delugar 18,718 51.27 ±0.00 Citizens & Ratepayers Max Tongue 18,657 51.11 -0.93 Citizens & Ratepayers Thomas Littlejohn 17,788 48.73 Citizens & Ratepayers George Russell Tutt 17,298 47.38 +5.80 Citizens & Ratepayers Mel Tronson 16,916 46.34 Independent politician Fred Ambler 16,884 46.25 +1.40 Citizens & Ratepayers Ian McKinnon 16,599 45.47 Independent politician Eric Armishaw 15,394 42.17 -1.42 Citizens & Ratepayers Thomas Roy Sussex 15,236 41.73 New Zealand Labour Party George Forsyth 13,994 38.33 +1.96 New Zealand Labour Party Alex Dreaver 13,490 36.95 -4.50 Citizens & Ratepayers Bill Clark 13,316 36.47 Citizens & Ratepayers Alan George Simms 12,448 34.10 Independent politician William Grant-Mackie 12,305 33.70 +0.46 New Zealand Labour Party Lew Pryme 11,686 32.01 Citizens & Ratepayers Basil Roy Arnott 11,635 31.87 -1.16 Citizens & Ratepayers Robert Alfred Heaney 11,412 31.26 +0.47 Citizens & Ratepayers Edward Cecil Nimon 11,438 31.33 New Zealand Labour Party Annie Elizabeth Beresford 10,593 29.01 +2.92 Civic Action #00CED1 Daniel Finnigan 10,099 27.66 Civic Action #00CED1 Michael Hart 9,933 27.21 New Zealand Labour Party Roy Turner 9,526 26.09 New Zealand Labour Party Graham Caldwell 9,454 25.89 +6.37 New Zealand Labour Party Thomas Price 8,975 24.58 +5.41 New Zealand Labour Party Frank Haigh 8,713 23.86 Civic Action #00CED1 Alison Bridgeman 7,810 21.39 New Zealand Labour Party Eileen Johnson 7,680 21.03 New Zealand Labour Party John Mita Karaka 7,142 19.56 Independent politician Barry Donovan 6,952 19.04 New Zealand Labour Party Whai Mataira 6,933 18.99 Civic Action #00CED1 Francis Halpin 6,729 18.43 New Zealand Labour Party Anita Rona Von Zalinski 6,553 17.95 -2.34 New Zealand Labour Party James Gerrard Taylor 6,251 17.12 New Zealand Labour Party Inez Freeman 6,266 17.16 New Zealand Labour Party Irene Margaret Offen 6,167 16.89 -3.23 Communist Party of New Zealand Diana Grant-Mackie 5,901 16.16 Independent politician Albert Edward Bailey 5,370 14.71 -25.88 New Zealand Labour Party Robert Elsender 5,339 15.62 Independent politician Barry Wright 5,286 14.48 New Zealand Labour Party Derek Brunning 5,267 14.42 New Zealand Labour Party Matthew Sosich 5,058 13.85 Independent politician Pat Curran 4,497 12.31 Communist Party of New Zealand Bill Andersen 3,141 8.60 -10.75 Communist Party of New Zealand James Casey 2,694 7.38 Communist Party of New Zealand Donald McEwan 2,485 6.80 Communist Party of New Zealand Mortimer Irvine 2,166 5.93 Communist Party of New Zealand Lenard Thomas Smith 2,059 5.64 Communist Party of New Zealand Alec Ostler 1,681 4.60 -1.59 Communist Party of New Zealand Peter McAra 1,659 4.54 -0.22 Communist Party of New Zealand Alec Rait 1,197 3.27 References John Edgar Urban Legend: Sir Dove-Meyer Robinson Hodder Moa 2012 Notes autocollapse Category:Mayoral elections in Auckland Category:1965 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Auckland Region Category:1960s in Auckland Category:October 1965 in Oceania