1974 Auckland City mayoral election

New Zealand mayoral election September 2017 September 2017 1974 Auckland City mayoral election New Zealand Coat of arms of Auckland.svg Presidential no 1971 Auckland City mayoral election 1971 1977 Auckland City mayoral election 1977 12 October 1974 39,881 (43.44%) 100px Dove-Myer Robinson Independent politician 19,762 49.55 Jim Anderton New Zealand Labour Party 12,717 31.90 Mayor Dove-Myer Robinson Dove-Myer Robinson The 1974 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1974, 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 seeing off a challenge from Labour Party candidate Jim Anderton, who won a seat on the council despite losing the mayoralty. Grahame Sims, the retiring town clerk, ran for mayor and accused Robinson of being a Citizens & Ratepayers stooge. This followed the C&R deputy mayor Lindo Ferguson endorsing Robinson for the mayoralty. Sims called it "seat warming", insinuating Ferguson would run for mayor at the next election.Edgar 2012 Mayoralty results 1974 Auckland mayoral electionDeclaration of Result of Election The New Zealand Herald 22 October 1974 19 (Section 2) Independent politician Dove-Myer Robinson 19,762 49.55 -40.80 New Zealand Labour Party Jim Anderton 12,717 31.90 Independent politician Grahame Sims 6,241 15.64 1,161 2.91 7,045 17.66 -67.68 39,881 43.44 +7.17 Councillor results 1974 Auckland City Council electionDeclaration of Result of Election The New Zealand Herald 23 October 1974 16 (Section 3) Citizens & Ratepayers Lindo Ferguson 22,761 58.78 +9.33 Citizens & Ratepayers Harry Dansey 21,219 54.80 +3.46 Citizens & Ratepayers Lindsay Adams 20,599 53.19 -1.87 Citizens & Ratepayers Colin Kay 20,506 52.95 +3.11 Citizens & Ratepayers Norman Ambler 20,491 52.92 Citizens & Ratepayers Eric Salmon 20,164 52.07 -1.41 Citizens & Ratepayers Jolyon Firth 19,759 51.03 +2.24 Citizens & Ratepayers Sheila Horton 19,749 51.00 Citizens & Ratepayers Mel Tronson 19,348 49.96 -2.64 Citizens & Ratepayers John Strevens 19,129 49.40 +1.59 Citizens & Ratepayers Ian McKinnon 18,792 48.53 +0.50 Citizens & Ratepayers Paddy Walker 18,510 47.80 New Zealand Labour Party Catherine Tizard 18,440 47.62 +2.53 New Zealand Labour Party Jim Anderton 18,034 46.57 Citizens & Ratepayers Gordon Barnaby 17,926 46.29 +3.26 Citizens & Ratepayers Rev. Selwyn Dawson 17,374 44.87 Citizens & Ratepayers Kenneth Sydney Dobson 17,300 44.67 Citizens & Ratepayers Allan Charles Coulam 16,469 42.53 Citizens & Ratepayers Fred Hill 16,101 41.58 Citizens & Ratepayers Bill Clark 16,020 41.37 Citizens & Ratepayers Cec Field 15,250 39.38 Citizens & Ratepayers Nanu Lelaulu 15,116 39.03 Citizens & Ratepayers Reginald Rikys 14,169 36.59 New Zealand Labour Party Alex Dreaver 14,138 36.51 -7.74 New Zealand Labour Party Helen Clark 13,928 35.97 New Zealand Labour Party John Prebble 13,169 34.01 New Zealand Labour Party Richard Northey 13,162 33.99 +1.91 New Zealand Labour Party Betty Wark 13,063 33.73 +5.20 New Zealand Labour Party David Lange 12,370 31.94 New Zealand Labour Party Barbara Devonshire 11,718 30.26 New Zealand Labour Party Michael Roger Stenson 11,304 29.19 +0.12 New Zealand Labour Party Frank Haigh 11,190 28.89 New Zealand Labour Party Titewhai Harawira 11,161 28.82 New Zealand Labour Party Brian Francis Healy 10,794 27.87 New Zealand Labour Party Bruce Hucker 10,734 27.72 New Zealand Labour Party Roderick Murray Carter 10,664 27.54 -1.21 New Zealand Labour Party Mary Nacey 10,556 27.26 Values Party Reg Clough 10,326 26.66 New Zealand Labour Party Barry McLean 9,862 25.47 New Zealand Labour Party Garth Houltham 9,770 25.23 New Zealand Labour Party Marion McQuoid 9,387 24.24 -0.32 New Zealand Labour Party Christopher Pickett 9,106 23.51 New Zealand Labour Party Ua Tamarua 9,035 23.33 New Zealand Labour Party William Forbes-Hamilton 8,992 23.22 Values Party Elizabeth Glasgow 7,597 19.62 Values Party Raewyn Gwenith Braggins 5,812 15.01 Values Party Andrew Quail 5,614 14.49 Values Party Francis Rex Hamlin 5,562 14.36 Values Party Terry Mann 5,452 14.08 Independent politician Peter van Gessel 2,990 7.72 Socialist Unity Party (New Zealand) Bill Andersen 2,533 6.54 -5.25 Socialist Unity Party (New Zealand) George Jackson 1,769 4.56 -3.72 Socialist Unity Party (New Zealand) Joseph Telford 1,535 3.96 Socialist Unity Party (New Zealand) Leonard Thomas Gale 1,232 3.18 Notes References John Edgar Urban Legend: Sir Dove-Meyer Robinson Hodder Moa 2012 9781869712747 Graham W.A. Bush Advance in Order: The Auckland City Council from Centenary to Reorganisation 1971-1989 1991 Auckland City Council 0908834039 autocollapse Category:Mayoral elections in Auckland Category:1974 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Auckland Region Category:1970s in Auckland Category:October 1974 in Oceania