1947 Auckland City mayoral election

New Zealand mayoral election February 2018 February 2018 1947 Auckland City mayoral election New Zealand Coat of arms of Auckland.svg Presidential no 1944 Auckland City mayoral election 1944 1950 Auckland City mayoral election 1950 19 November 1947 46,710 150x170px John Allum Citizens & Ratepayers 25,968 55.59 150x170px Bill Schramm New Zealand Labour Party 19,498 41.74 Mayor John Allum John Allum The 1947 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1947, 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 Citizens & Ratepayers The incumbent mayor, John Allum, stood for re-election for a third term.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19470621.2.34 Personal Grey River Argus 21 June 1947 4 Labour The Labour Party had three people nominated for the mayoralty:https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TAWC19470829.2.9 Mr Schramm a Nominee Te Awamutu Courier 29 August 1947 75 6414 4 Paul Richardson, a member of the Auckland Transport Board and president of the Point Chevalier branch of the Labour Party Bill Schramm, former MP for Auckland East (1931-46) John Stewart, former city councillor (1935-38) and Labour candidate for Marsden in 1946 At the candidate selection meeting Schramm was selected as Labour's mayoral candidate alongside a full ticket of 21 candidates for the Auckland City Council.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19470906.2.78 Mr. Schramm To Stand For Auckland Mayoralty Wanganui Chronicle 6 September 1947 6 Mayoralty results 1947 Auckland mayoral electionMr Allum and Citizens' Ticket Win The New Zealand Herald 20 November 1947 8 Election of Mayor Auckland Star 29 November 1947 9 Citizens & Ratepayers John Allum 25,968 55.59 -7.74 New Zealand Labour Party Bill Schramm 19,498 41.74 Independent politician George Mullenger 908 1.94 336 0.71 -0.14 6,470 13.85 -3.42 46,710 Councillor results 1947 Auckland City Council electionCity of Auckland Auckland Star 29 November 1947 9 Citizens & Ratepayers Leonard Coakley 26,076 58.33 +3.02 Citizens & Ratepayers Fred Ambler 25,147 56.25 +3.86 Citizens & Ratepayers Arthur Bailey 23,705 53.02 +2.99 Citizens & Ratepayers Jack Garland 23,188 51.87 Citizens & Ratepayers Joan Rattray 23,108 51.69 +5.41 Citizens & Ratepayers Roy McElroy 22,918 51.26 +4.39 Citizens & Ratepayers Mary Wright 22,807 51.02 Citizens & Ratepayers Archibald Ewing Brownlie 22,741 50.87 +7.74 Citizens & Ratepayers John W. Kealy 22,391 50.08 +1.56 Citizens & Ratepayers Barbara Roche 22,375 50.05 Citizens & Ratepayers William Mackay 22,039 49.30 Citizens & Ratepayers Max Tongue 22,030 49.28 Citizens & Ratepayers Sidney Takle 21,899 48.98 +0.47 Citizens & Ratepayers Reginald Stanley Harrop 21,895 48.97 +1.98 Citizens & Ratepayers Joyce William Hyland 21,872 48.92 -4.72 Citizens & Ratepayers Keith Buttle 21,739 48.63 -0.97 Citizens & Ratepayers Bob Beechey 21,421 47.91 Citizens & Ratepayers Horace Kirk 21,135 47.27 Citizens & Ratepayers Howard Edward Gray Matthews 21,032 47.04 +2.85 Citizens & Ratepayers Frederick George Lintott 20,993 46.96 Citizens & Ratepayers Aubrey Tronson 20,615 46.11 New Zealand Labour Party Bill Butler 19,681 44.02 New Zealand Labour Party Don Armishaw 18,731 41.90 New Zealand Labour Party Elizabeth Wynn 18,293 40.92 +6.98 New Zealand Labour Party Albert Berry 18,104 40.49 +10.85 New Zealand Labour Party Paul Richardson 17,848 39.92 -5.52 New Zealand Labour Party Catherine Kelleher 17,824 39.87 New Zealand Labour Party Harold Callagher 17,791 39.79 New Zealand Labour Party William Duncan 17,763 39.73 New Zealand Labour Party George Forsyth 17,681 39.55 New Zealand Labour Party Pat Curran 17,630 39.43 New Zealand Labour Party Harold S. Callagher 17,625 39.42 New Zealand Labour Party Denis Brophy 17,569 39.30 New Zealand Labour Party John Thomas Jennings 17,536 39.22 New Zealand Labour Party Norman Finch 17,291 38.68 New Zealand Labour Party Martin Charles Conroy 17,086 38.22 New Zealand Labour Party Frederick Johnston 16,671 37.29 New Zealand Labour Party Richard Wrathall 16,670 37.29 New Zealand Labour Party Thomas Tucker 16,560 37.04 New Zealand Labour Party Frank Williams 16,246 36.34 +6.66 New Zealand Labour Party Lyndon Peoples 16,226 36.29 New Zealand Labour Party Eric Williamson 16,097 36.00 Communist Party of New Zealand Vic Wilcox 3,369 7.53 Communist Party of New Zealand George Jackson 3,362 7.52 -11.51 Independent politician George Mullenger 3,338 7.46 Communist Party of New Zealand Arthur Jackson-Thomas 2,870 6.42 Independent politician Amy Milburn 2,536 5.67 References autocollapse Category:Mayoral elections in Auckland Category:1947 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Auckland Region Category:1940s in Auckland Category:November 1947 in Oceania