1962 Auckland City mayoral election

New Zealand mayoral election September 2017 September 2017 1962 Auckland City mayoral election New Zealand Coat of arms of Auckland.svg Presidential no 1959 Auckland City mayoral election 1959 1965 Auckland City mayoral election 1965 13 October 1962 37,370 100px Dove-Myer Robinson Independent politician 19,121 51.17 100px Edgar Faber Citizens & Ratepayers 18,249 48.83 Mayor Dove-Myer Robinson Dove-Myer Robinson The 1962 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1962, 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 Mayor Dove-Myer Robinson was re-elected against past president of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce Edgar Faber, who despite possessing a low public profile and comparative lack of local body experience did better than expected. The election also saw the Labour Party split from the Civic Reform ticket.Edgar 2012 To assist in publicity it was thought that the Labour ticket should include a mayoral candidate as well. The MP for Onehunga (and former Minister of Works from 1957 to 1960) Hugh Watt was speculated as Labour's likely candidate. However, Watt ruled himself out stating he felt he could make a greater contribution to the city's development by remaining in national politics and that he wished to do so by serving in the cabinet of the next Labour government.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19620405.2.142 Auckland Mayor - Mr Watt Will Not Stand The Press 5 April 1962 CI 29790 14 Faber was a reluctant candidate from the beginning, who was only persuaded to run for the mayoralty after a group of Citizens & Ratepayers (C&R) councillors (Fred de Malmanche, Charlie Passmore and Reg Savory) told him exaggerated stories of Robinson's personal conduct and his behaviour during council business. During the campaign Faber began to regret his candidacy and when it began to adversely affect his health he planned to withdraw from the contest, but the C&R trio were insistent that he stay in the race. Shortly after the election ended Faber discovered that he was in fact dying of cancer and confided to Robinson that the C&R councillors had used him against Robinson for "purely mercenary ends".Edgar 2012 Mayoralty results 1962 Auckland mayoral electionMayor is back by 872 votes The New Zealand Herald 20 October 1962 1 Declaration of Result of Election The New Zealand Herald 20 October 1962 14 Independent politician Dove-Myer Robinson 19,121 51.17 +0.10 Citizens & Ratepayers Edgar Faber 18,249 48.83 872 2.33 -0.46 37,370 Councillor results 1962 Auckland City Council electionDeclaration of Result of Election The New Zealand Herald 27 October 1968 10 Citizens & Ratepayers Tom Bloodworth 19,672 52.64 +3.56 Citizens & Ratepayers Max Tongue 19,449 52.04 +4.36 Citizens & Ratepayers Winifred Delugar 19,163 51.27 +3.27 Citizens & Ratepayers Sir Keith Park 18,046 48.29 Citizens & Ratepayers Harold Watts 17,478 46.77 +5.22 Citizens & Ratepayers John Dale 17,266 46.20 +1.98 Citizens & Ratepayers Winifred Horton 17,082 45.71 Independent politician Fred Ambler 16,763 44.85 -1.79 Citizens & Ratepayers Fred Glasse 16,408 43.90 -0.64 Citizens & Ratepayers Fred de Malmanche 16,405 43.89 +2.73 Civic Reform #7D26CD Eric Armishaw 16,291 43.59 -9.58 Citizens & Ratepayers Bob Beechey 15,966 42.72 -1.67 Citizens & Ratepayers George Russell Tutt 15,542 41.58 -0.27 New Zealand Labour Party Alex Dreaver 15,493 41.45 -3.17 Citizens & Ratepayers Albert Edward Bailey 15,171 40.59 Citizens & Ratepayers Norman Speer 14,886 39.83 -0.33 Citizens & Ratepayers Charlie Passmore 14,663 39.23 -2.85 Civic Reform #7D26CD Arapeta Awatere 14,591 39.04 Citizens & Ratepayers Tom Pearce 13,745 36.78 New Zealand Labour Party George Forsyth 13,590 36.37 -7.11 Civic Reform #7D26CD Alfred Shone 13,583 36.34 -14.68 Civic Reform #7D26CD Val Chapman 13,411 35.88 Citizens & Ratepayers Clifton Trevor Keegan 13,098 35.04 Citizens & Ratepayers Frederick Grant 12,873 34.44 Civic Reform #7D26CD William Grant-Mackie 12,423 33.24 Citizens & Ratepayers Basil Roy Arnott 12,347 33.03 Citizens & Ratepayers Robert Alfred Heaney 11,508 30.79 Civic Reform #7D26CD Bruce Barnett 10,340 27.66 Citizens & Ratepayers Bernard William Keam 9,992 26.73 New Zealand Labour Party Annie Elizabeth Beresford 9,751 26.09 Citizens & Ratepayers Laurence Andersen 9,527 25.49 Civic Reform #7D26CD Frank Perkins 9,414 25.19 New Zealand Labour Party Howard Jeffereys 9,397 25.14 -8.70 Civic Reform #7D26CD Charles Belton 9,100 24.35 -13.01 New Zealand Labour Party Bill Mason 8,432 22.56 Independent politician Sidney Edward Langstone 8,405 22.49 New Zealand Labour Party Henry Robinson 8,390 22.45 New Zealand Labour Party Frederick Johnston 8,090 21.64 -13.58 Civic Reform #7D26CD Evelyn Maud Harrison 8,074 21.60 New Zealand Labour Party Isabella Stancliff 7,897 21.13 -12.56 New Zealand Labour Party Anita Rona Von Zalinski 7,583 20.29 New Zealand Labour Party Irene Margaret Offen 7,520 20.12 -13.21 Independent politician Graham Caldwell 7,295 19.52 Communist Party of New Zealand Bill Andersen 7,232 19.35 +10.05 New Zealand Labour Party Dave Isbey 7,173 19.20 -11.05 New Zealand Labour Party Thomas Price 7,167 19.17 Civic Reform #7D26CD Glassford Glover Walter Gray 7,110 19.02 -17.42 New Zealand Labour Party Robert Elsender 6,915 18.50 -13.54 Civic Reform #7D26CD Lewis Rose 5,968 15.97 Communist Party of New Zealand George Jackson 3,359 8.98 -0.12 Independent politician Jennie Bickler 3,155 8.44 Communist Party of New Zealand Donald McEwan 3,057 8.18 +0.41 Communist Party of New Zealand Rita Smith 2,997 8.01 Communist Party of New Zealand Dick Wolf 2,791 7.46 -1.71 Communist Party of New Zealand Alec Ostler 2,089 5.59 Communist Party of New Zealand Peter McAra 1,780 4.76 -0.61 References John Edgar Urban Legend: Sir Dove-Meyer Robinson Hodder Moa 2012 9781869712747 Notes autocollapse Category:Mayoral elections in Auckland Category:1962 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Auckland Region Category:1960s in Auckland Category:October 1962 in Oceania