1909 Auckland City mayoral election

The 1909 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1909, 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.

1909 Auckland City mayoral election

← 1908 24 April 1909 1910 →
 
Candidate Charles Grey
Party Independent
Popular vote Unopposed

Mayor before election

Charles Grey

Elected mayor

Charles Grey

Background

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Incumbent mayor Charles Grey re-elected unopposed. Grey had been elected by the council to fill the vacancy for the mayoralty remainder of the previous term following the resignation of Arthur Myers.[1]

Councillor results

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1909 Auckland local election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens Andrew Entrican 3,245 70.10 +7.36
Citizens Lemuel Bagnall 3,212 69.38 +13.83
Citizens James Parr 3,206 69.25 +15.47
Citizens James Mennie 3,156 68.17
Citizens Peter Mitchell Mackay 3,140 67.83 +20.37
Citizens Robert Tudehope 3,088 66.70
Independent Maurice Casey 3,059 66.08 +18.70
Independent George Knight 2,989 64.57 +11.96
Citizens George Tutt 2,642 57.07
Citizens Patrick Nerheny 2,609 56.36
Citizens Herbert Smeeton 2,597 56.10 +9.67
Independent George Read 2,570 55.51
Citizens John Patterson 2,538 54.82 +20.45
Citizens William Thompson 2,210 47.74
Citizens Moncrieff Murray McCallum 2,185 47.20
Citizens Henry Shaw 2,181 47.11
Citizens Frederick Gaudin 2,173 46.94
Independent Ralph Thomas Michaels 1,862 40.22
Citizens John Francis Pullen 1,611 34.80
Ind. Labour League George Davis 1,440 31.10 +12.46
Ind. Labour League Thomas Long 1,028 22.20
Independent Daniel Finnane 816 17.62
Independent William Black 743 16.05

Notes

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  1. ^ Bush 1971, pp. 594.
  2. ^ "Biennial Election of Councillors". Vol. XLVI, no. 14047. The New Zealand Herald. 29 April 1909. p. 4. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

References

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  • Bush, Graham W. A. (1971). Decently and in Order: The Government of the City of Auckland 1840-1971. Auckland: Collins.