List of by-elections to the Porirua City Council

By-elections to the Porirua City Council occur to fill vacant seats in the council. The death, resignation, bankruptcy or expulsion of a sitting Councillor can cause a by-election to occur.

List of by-elections edit

The following is a list of by-elections held to fill vacancies on the Porirua City Council:

Key

Independent

Labour

Values

Independent Progressive

Ward	Date		Cause
At-large	11 March 1973	Tutuira Wi Neera	Death	Helen Smith
Taupo	24 May 1975	Fred Duckworth	Death	Jan Bennett
Porirua	4 December 1976	Gary McCormick	Resignation	Rex Willing
Cannons Creek	18 June 1985	Bill Herewini	Death	Margaret Brown
Cannons Creek	21 August 1985	Hec Stuart	Death	Geoff Walpole

Results edit

1973 by-election edit

1973 Porirua City Council by-election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Values	Helen Smith	563	34.73
	Labour	Terry O'Brien	386	23.81	-18.90
	Ind. Progressive	Jim Slader	269	16.59	-19.14
	Independent	Ken Arthur	194	11.96
	Independent Labour	Frank McIlwee	103	6.35	-36.31
	Independent	Maxine Arnold	73	4.50
	Independent	Terence Lewis Lloyd	28	1.72	-18.77
Informal votes			5	0.30
Majority			177	10.91
Turnout			1,621

1975 by-election edit

1975 Porirua City Council by-election, Taupo ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jan Bennett	905	55.76
	Independent	Alexander Grant	710	43.74
Informal votes			8	0.49
Majority			195	12.01
Turnout			1,623	52.35

1976 by-election edit

1976 Porirua City Council by-election, Porirua ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rex Willing	1,830	41.31
	Independent	Alf Mexted	827	18.67	-24.46
	Ind. Progressive	Philip Ward	636	14.35	-25.29
	Independent	Estelle Brittain	609	13.75
	Independent	Sylvia Cole	496	11.19
Informal votes			31	0.69
Majority			1,003	22.64
Turnout			4,429

June 1985 by-election edit

1985 Porirua City Council by-election, Cannons Creek ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Brown	1,776	70.92
	Independent	Alfred Potaka	490	19.56
	Independent	Popo Su'a	238	9.50
Majority			1,286	51.35
Turnout			2,504

August 1985 by-election edit

1985 Porirua City Council by-election, Cannons Creek ward^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geoff Walpole	1,448	64.38
	Independent	Melville Williams	550	24.45
	Independent	Sonny Hoskins	251	11.16
Majority			898	39.92
Turnout			2,249

References edit

^ "Porirua City Council − Declaration of Result of By-election". The Evening Post. 14 March 1973. p. 43.
^ "City of Porirua − Election of One Councillor − Taupo Ward". The Evening Post. 27 May 1975. p. 35.
^ "City of Porirua − Election of One Councillor − Porirua Ward". Kapi-Mana News. 14 December 1976. p. 42.
^ "Declaration of Result of Election − Porirua City Council − Election of One Councillor". The Evening Post. 21 June 1985. p. 21.
^ "Declaration of Result of Election − Porirua City Council − Election of 1 Councillor". The Evening Post. 23 August 1985. p. 28.

[1] "Porirua City Council − Declaration of Result of By-election". The Evening Post. 14 March 1973. p. 43.

[2] "City of Porirua − Election of One Councillor − Taupo Ward". The Evening Post. 27 May 1975. p. 35.

[3] "City of Porirua − Election of One Councillor − Porirua Ward". Kapi-Mana News. 14 December 1976. p. 42.

[4] "Declaration of Result of Election − Porirua City Council − Election of One Councillor". The Evening Post. 21 June 1985. p. 21.

[5] "Declaration of Result of Election − Porirua City Council − Election of 1 Councillor". The Evening Post. 23 August 1985. p. 28.

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