1907 Auckland City mayoral election

The 1907 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1907, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

1907 Auckland City mayoral election

← 1906 24 April 1907 1908 →
Turnout6,260 (39.19%)
 
Candidate Arthur Myers Roland St. Clair William Richardson
Party Independent Independent Independent
Popular vote 4,568 930 673
Percentage 72.97 14.85 10.75

Mayor before election

Arthur Myers

Elected mayor

Arthur Myers

Background

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Incumbent mayor Arthur Myers was re-elected with a huge majority over two challengers.

Three extra seats on the Auckland City Council were to be filled than at last municipal elections after the Council having by special order increased the membership from 12 to 15.

Mayoralty results

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1907 Auckland mayoral election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Arthur Myers 4,568 72.97 −21.09
Independent Roland William St. Clair 930 14.85
Independent William Richardson 673 10.75
Informal votes 89 1.42 +0.77
Majority 3,638 58.11 −30.66
Turnout 6,260 39.19 +28.26

Councillor results

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Advertisement of Labour candidates
1907 Auckland City Council election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Charles Grey 4,096 65.43 +2.18
Progressive Andrew Entrican 3,928 62.74 +8.49
Progressive Lemuel Bagnall 3,478 55.55 +3.59
Progressive Albert Glover 3,391 54.16 +14.89
Progressive James Parr 3,367 53.78 +3.86
Progressive John Court 3,367 53.78 −1.91
Progressive William Hutchinson 3,349 53.49 +6.51
Progressive Robert Farrell 3,311 52.89 +11.79
Progressive George Knight 3,294 52.61 +8.39
Progressive Robert Tudehope 3,118 49.80 +9.83
Progressive Peter Mitchell Mackay 2,971 47.46
Progressive Maurice Casey 2,966 47.38 −7.25
Ind. Labour League Robert Stopford 2,913 46.53
Progressive Herbert Smeeton 2,907 46.43 +8.66
Independent William Christopher Somers 2,475 39.53
Progressive John Patterson 2,152 34.37 +2.54
Independent James Jamieson 2,129 34.00 +3.34
Progressive Gerald Peacocke 1,943 31.03
Independent William Richardson 1,768 28.24
Ind. Labour League Arthur Rosser 1,704 27.22
Independent George Gregory 1,641 26.21 −2.07
Independent Joseph Becroft 1,586 25.33 −4.19
Ind. Labour League Bob Way 1,413 22.57 +8.93
Independent Robert Thompson Graham 1,295 20.68
Independent John Henry Hannan 1,293 20.65 −4.46
Ind. Labour League James Aggers 1,192 19.04 +2.67
Ind. Labour League George Davis 1,167 18.64
Ind. Labour League Thomas Beaston 1,013 16.18
Ind. Labour League Henry Banfield 1,099 17.55
Independent Thomas Prosser 1,060 16.93
Ind. Labour League Frederick Thomas Harding 966 15.43
Ind. Labour League William Rowland 879 14.04
Ind. Labour League William Pearce 788 12.58

References

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  1. ^ "Annual Election of Mayor". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. XLIV, no. 13471. 25 April 1907. p. 8. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Biennial Election of Councillors". The Observer. Vol. XXVII, no. 33. 4 May 1907. p. 9. Retrieved 25 December 2018.