1968 Auckland City mayoral election

New Zealand mayoral election September 2017 September 2017 1968 Auckland City mayoral election New Zealand Coat of arms of Auckland.svg Presidential no 1965 Auckland City mayoral election 1965 1971 Auckland City mayoral election 1971 12 October 1968 32,128 (45.14%) 100px Dove-Myer Robinson Independent politician 18,484 57.53 109px Roy McElroy Citizens & Ratepayers 12,512 38.94 Mayor Roy McElroy Dove-Myer Robinson The 1968 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1968, 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 Roy McElroy of the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket was defeated by his predecessor Dove-Myer Robinson. Labour Party councillor George Forsyth ran again for a second time, however he was refused official party endorsement as Labour officials preferred Robinson as Mayor to McElroy and thought fielding their own candidate would allow McElroy to be re-elected on a split vote. Robinson's promise of a "rapid rail" system to ease Auckland's mounting traffic problems was a major talking point. A new ticket, the Civic Action Party was set up as an anti-rapid rail group, some of whose members were former local body politicians.Edgar 2012 Facing bitter opposition to his independent candidature Forsyth received half a dozen threatening telephone calls (who did not reveal their names) and even members of his family were abused whilst travelling publicly in buses. Forsyth said he was not worried about the callers but thought it was a "pretty poor state of affairs" that he could not offer himself as a candidate for public office in without encountering "Chicago-style opposition."https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19680919.2.53 Threats To Candidate The Press 19 September 1968 CVIII 31788 6 Mayoralty results 1968 Auckland mayoral electionMassive Win for ex-Mayor of Auckland The New Zealand Herald 14 October 1968 1 Independent politician Dove-Myer Robinson 18,484 57.53 +13.71 Citizens & Ratepayers Roy McElroy 12,512 38.94 -7.99 Independent politician George Forsyth 1,132 3.53 -5.72 5,972 18.58 32,128 45.14 -2.09 Councillor results 1968 Auckland City Council electionDeclaration of Result of Election The New Zealand Herald 24 October 1968 15 Citizens & Ratepayers Eric Armishaw 20,817 64.79 +22.62 Citizens & Ratepayers Arapeta Awatere 20,271 63.09 +2.08 Citizens & Ratepayers Sir Keith Park 20,218 62.92 +3.48 Citizens & Ratepayers Lincoln Laidlaw 19,208 59.78 Citizens & Ratepayers Winifred Delugar 19,071 59.35 +8.08 Citizens & Ratepayers Fred Glasse 18,443 57.40 +1.28 Citizens & Ratepayers Max Tongue 18,226 56.72 +5.61 Citizens & Ratepayers John Dale 17,678 55.02 -1.58 Citizens & Ratepayers Wint Holland 17,635 54.88 Citizens & Ratepayers Harold Watts 16,543 51.49 -0.97 Citizens & Ratepayers Ian McKinnon 16,497 51.34 -5.87 Citizens & Ratepayers Mel Tronson 15,652 48.71 -2.37 Citizens & Ratepayers Eric Salmon 15,427 48.01 Independent politician Fred Ambler 15,164 47.19 +0.94 Citizens & Ratepayers George Russell Tutt 14,583 45.39 -1.99 Citizens & Ratepayers Lindo Ferguson 14,446 44.96 Citizens & Ratepayers Jolyon Firth 14,357 44.68 Citizens & Ratepayers Alan Alcorn 14,337 44.62 New Zealand Labour Party Alex Dreaver 13,772 42.86 +5.91 Citizens & Ratepayers Bill Clark 13,687 42.60 -6.13 Citizens & Ratepayers Thomas Roy Sussex 13,374 41.62 -0.11 Civic Action #00CED1 Allan Tattersfield 13,347 41.54 Citizens & Ratepayers Raymond George Watkins 12,778 39.77 Civic Action #00CED1 Ngapere Hopa 11,451 35.64 Citizens & Ratepayers Matt Te Hau 11,396 35.47 Civic Action #00CED1 Paul Cavanagh 11,393 35.46 New Zealand Labour Party Graham Neil Caldwell 10,771 33.52 New Zealand Labour Party Roy Turner 10,721 33.36 Civic Action #00CED1 Michael Hart 10,701 33.30 Independent politician George Forsyth 10,444 32.50 Civic Action #00CED1 Warwick Watts 10,302 32.06 Civic Action #00CED1 Charles Harris 10,002 31.13 New Zealand Labour Party Thomas Price 9,479 29.50 +4.92 Civic Action #00CED1 Terrence Way 9,085 28.27 New Zealand Labour Party Richard Northey 8,228 25.61 New Zealand Labour Party Edward Arthur Scott 7,688 23.92 Independent politician Albert Edward Bailey 7,620 23.71 Civic Action #00CED1 Ante Mate Katavich 7,380 22.97 Civic Action #00CED1 Joseph Stanley 6,993 21.76 New Zealand Labour Party Graeme Philip Peters 6,846 21.30 Civic Action #00CED1 Herbert Romaniuk 6,716 20.90 Civic Action #00CED1 Nonu Lelaulu 6,441 20.04 Socialist Unity Party (New Zealand) Rita Smith 4,937 15.36 Socialist Unity Party (New Zealand) Bill Andersen 4,596 14.30 +5.70 Socialist Unity Party (New Zealand) George Jackson 4,443 13.82 Socialist Unity Party (New Zealand) Alec Ostler 2,839 8.83 +4.23 References John Edgar Urban Legend: Sir Dove-Meyer Robinson Hodder Moa 2012 9781869712747 Notes autocollapse Category:Mayoral elections in Auckland Category:1968 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Auckland Region Category:1960s in Auckland Category:October 1968 in Oceania