1983 Auckland City mayoral election

New Zealand mayoral election August 2017 August 2017 1983 Auckland City mayoral election New Zealand Coat of arms of Auckland.svg Presidential no 1980 Auckland City mayoral election 1980 1986 Auckland City mayoral election 1986 8 October 1983 34,035 100px Catherine Tizard New Zealand Labour Party 11,701 34.37 100px Colin Kay Independent politician 8,559 25.14 100px John Horrocks Citizens & Ratepayers 7,393 21.72 100px Dove-Myer Robinson Independent politician 3,823 11.23 Mayor Colin Kay Catherine Tizard The 1983 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1983, 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 Colin Kay was defeated by Labour Party candidate Catherine Tizard who became Auckland's first female Mayor and first from the Labour Party, while the council saw a landslide result to the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket who picked up all but one council seat. It also marked the last time in Auckland where local body elections elected councillors at large. Mayoralty results 1983 Auckland mayoral electionLocal Authority Results The New Zealand Herald 10 October 1983 2 New Zealand Labour Party Catherine Tizard 11,701 34.37 +2.93 Independent politician Colin Kay 8,559 25.14 -11.35 Citizens & Ratepayers John Horrocks 7,393 21.72 Independent politician Dove-Myer Robinson 3,823 11.23 -20.03 Independent politician Michael Hart 2,416 7.09 Independent politician Malcolm Moses 78 0.22 Independent politician William Peter Bradley 65 0.19 3,142 9.23 34,035 Councillor results 1983 Auckland City Council election New Zealand Labour Party Catherine Tizardnb As Tizard won the Mayoralty her election to the council was voided and her seat was awarded to the highest polling unsuccessful candidate. 19,923 58.53 +2.19 Citizens & Ratepayers Harold Goodman 17,332 50.92 -9.55 Citizens & Ratepayers Elizabeth Currey 15,313 44.99 Citizens & Ratepayers Denese Henare 14,837 43.59 Citizens & Ratepayers Phil Warren 14,664 43.08 -1.72 Citizens & Ratepayers Marie Quinn 14,642 43.02 -8.17 Citizens & Ratepayers John Strevens 14,229 41.80 -13.88 Citizens & Ratepayers Gordon Barnaby 13,620 40.01 -7.47 Citizens & Ratepayers Clive Edwards 12,907 37.92 -13.02 Citizens & Ratepayers Juliet Yates 12,748 37.45 Citizens & Ratepayers Bill Clark 12,639 37.13 -7.15 Citizens & Ratepayers Barrie Hutchinson 12,382 36.38 Citizens & Ratepayers Patricia Thorp 12,303 36.14 -15.13 Citizens & Ratepayers Trevor Rogers 12,203 35.85 -7.45 Citizens & Ratepayers Sefulu Ioane 11,852 34.82 Citizens & Ratepayers Patricia Tauroa 11,772 34.58 Citizens & Ratepayers Stephen Kirkwood 11,728 34.45 Citizens & Ratepayers Bob Johnson 11,669 34.28 -7.87 Citizens & Ratepayers Ian McKinnon 11,547 33.92 Citizens & Ratepayers Ross Johns 11,099 32.61 Citizens & Ratepayers Douglas Ross 10,863 31.91 New Zealand Labour Party Richard Northey 10,668 31.34 -5.86 Citizens & Ratepayers Winsbury Robinson 10,520 30.90 Citizens Independent #DDEEFF Mel Tronson 10,450 30.70 Independent politician Olly Newland 9,634 28.30 -14.09 New Zealand Labour Party Audrey Evans 9,458 27.78 New Zealand Labour Party Janice Scott 9,312 27.36 New Zealand Labour Party Elsa Kaye 9,097 26.72 New Zealand Labour Party James Cullen 8,231 24.18 New Zealand Labour Party Graham Baird 8,182 24.03 New Zealand Labour Party John Clarke 8,116 23.84 New Zealand Labour Party Robin Tulloch 8,049 23.69 Independent politician Selwyn Dawson 8,024 23.57 -12.00 Citizens Independent #DDEEFF Herb Dyer 7,975 23.43 -20.69 New Zealand Labour Party John Collyns 7,923 23.27 New Zealand Labour Party John Buckingham 7,693 22.60 New Zealand Labour Party Tepare Kavana 7,471 21.95 New Zealand Labour Party Alan Graham 7,412 21.77 New Zealand Labour Party Anthony Daly 7,215 21.19 New Zealand Labour Party Chris Eichbaum 7,188 21.11 New Zealand Labour Party Garth Houltham 7,093 20.84 New Zealand Labour Party John King 7,052 20.71 New Zealand Labour Party Neil Morris 6,782 19.92 New Zealand Labour Party Gene Leckey 6,744 19.81 New Zealand Labour Party Harry Manaman 6,725 19.75 New Zealand Labour Party Bute Hewes 6,612 19.42 New Zealand Labour Party Gordon Welsh 6,605 19.40 Independent politician David Christie 5,903 17.34 Independent politician Peter Boys 5,634 16.55 Independent politician Conway McCarthy 5,588 16.41 Independent politician Des Roberts 5,329 15.65 Independent politician Ratu Danieia 5,247 15.41 Independent politician Malcolm Moses 4,728 13.89 Citizens Alternative #DDEEFF Cec Field 4,658 13.68 Independent politician Alister MacDonald 4,170 12.25 Independent politician Bradley Stanford 3,751 11.02 -7.56 Independent politician William Peter Bradley 2,571 7.55 Socialist Unity Party (New Zealand) Bill Andersen 2,025 5.94 Socialist Unity Party (New Zealand) Peter Devlin 1,256 3.69 Table footnotes: nb References autocollapse Category:Mayoral elections in Auckland Category:1983 New Zealand local elections Category:Politics of the Auckland Region Category:1980s in Auckland Category:October 1983 in Oceania