Mayoral elections in Eastbourne

Elections were held at regular times in Eastbourne, New Zealand, from its proclamation as a borough in 1905 to its abolition in 1989. Elections were held annually until 1915 when two year terms were introduced which lasted until 1935 when the mayoral term was extended to three years. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Election results

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1906 election

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1906 Eastbourne mayoral election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Fred Bolton 225 63.02
Independent John Coombe 93 26.05
Independent Henry Savage 39 10.92
Majority 132 36.97
Turnout 357

1907 election

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Fred Bolton was re-elected mayor unopposed.

1908 election

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Fred Bolton was re-elected mayor unopposed.[2]

1909 election

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1909 Eastbourne mayoral election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Barr 182 50.98
Independent Herbert William Shortt 172 48.17
Informal votes 3 0.84
Majority 10 2.80
Turnout 357

1910 election

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1910 Eastbourne mayoral election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Herbert William Shortt 240 64.69 +16.52
Independent William Hobbs 131 35.31
Majority 109 29.38
Turnout 371

1911 election

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1911 Eastbourne mayoral election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Herbert William Shortt 340 57.92 −6.77
Independent David Robertson 247 42.07
Majority 93 15.84
Turnout 587

1912 election

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1912 Eastbourne mayoral election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Herbert William Shortt 190 59.56 +1.64
Independent William Hobbs 129 40.43
Majority 61 19.12
Turnout 319

1913 election

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William John Organ was elected mayor unopposed.[7]

1914 election

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William John Organ was re-elected mayor unopposed.[8]

1915 election

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James Patrick Kelly was elected mayor unopposed.[9]

1917 election

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Phineas Levi was elected mayor unopposed.[10]

1919 election

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1919 Eastbourne mayoral election[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Francis Henry Mather 314 52.95
Independent Phineas Levi 201 33.89
Independent Charles Russell 72 12.14
Informal votes 6 1.01
Majority 113 19.05
Turnout 593

1920 by-election

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1920 Eastbourne mayoral by-election[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Francis Henry Mather 229 53.01 +0.06
Independent Phineas Levi 202 46.76 +12.87
Informal votes 1 0.23 −0.78
Majority 27 6.25 −12.80
Turnout 432

1921 election

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Francis Henry Mather was re-elected mayor unopposed.[13]

1923 election

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Francis Henry Mather was re-elected mayor unopposed.[14]

1924 election

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Herbert William Shortt was elected mayor in the absence of Francis Henry Mather who was suffering from ill health.[15]

1925 election

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1925 Eastbourne mayoral election[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Henry Morgan Jones 459 55.31
Independent Archibald Walker 369 44.45
Informal votes 2 0.24
Majority 90 10.84
Turnout 830

1927 election

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Henry Morgan Jones was re-elected mayor unopposed.[17]

1929 election

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Henry Morgan Jones was re-elected mayor unopposed.[18]

1931 election

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Sam Fisher was elected mayor unopposed.[19]

1933 election

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1933 Eastbourne mayoral election[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Wally Wise 617 56.65
Independent Sam Fisher 465 42.69
Informal votes 7 0.64
Majority 152 13.95
Turnout 1,089

1935 election

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Wally Wise was re-elected mayor unopposed.[21]

1938 election

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1938 Eastbourne mayoral election[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Wally Wise 784 63.89
Independent Margaret Magill 438 35.69
Informal votes 5 0.40
Majority 346 28.19
Turnout 1,227

1941 election

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Wally Wise was re-elected mayor unopposed.[23]

1944 election

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1944 Eastbourne mayoral election[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Wally Wise 738 59.90
Independent Sam Fisher 484 39.28
Informal votes 10 0.81
Majority 274 22.24
Turnout 1,232

1947 election

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1947 Eastbourne mayoral election[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Wally Wise 796 55.82 −4.08
Independent Alister Hunter MacAndrew 557 39.07
Informal votes 73 5.11 +4.30
Majority 239 16.76 −5.48
Turnout 1,426

1950 election

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1950 Eastbourne mayoral election[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Cliff Bishop 1,025 74.59
Independent Wally Wise 349 25.40 −30.42
Majority 676 49.19
Turnout 1,374

1953 election

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Cliff Bishop was re-elected mayor unopposed.[27]

1956 election

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Cliff Bishop was re-elected mayor unopposed.[28]

1959 election

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Cliff Bishop was re-elected mayor unopposed.[29]

1962 election

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Cliff Bishop was re-elected mayor unopposed.[30]

1965 election

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1965 Eastbourne mayoral election[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Cliff Bishop 1,373 66.68
Independent John Stannus Stichbury 686 33.32
Majority 687 33.36
Turnout 2,059

1968 election

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Cliff Bishop was re-elected mayor unopposed.[32]

1971 election

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Cliff Bishop was re-elected mayor unopposed.[33]

1974 election

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1974 Eastbourne mayoral election[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Cliff Bishop 1,458 55.75
Independent Alan Souness 1,149 43.94
Informal votes 8 0.31
Majority 309 11.81
Turnout 2,615

1977 election

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Cliff Bishop was re-elected mayor unopposed.[35]

1980 election

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1980 Eastbourne mayoral election[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Elaine Jakobsson 1,170 52.73
Independent Malcolm James Burdan 1,049 47.27
Majority 121 5.45
Turnout 2,219

1983 election

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Elaine Jakobsson was re-elected mayor unopposed.[37]

1986 election

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1986 Eastbourne mayoral election[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Charles Bagnall 1,142 60.40
Independent Barry Cranston 749 39.60
Majority 393 20.78
Turnout 1,891 57.00

1988 by-election

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1988 Eastbourne mayoral by-election[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ross Jamieson 891 43.56
Independent Ray Smith 411 20.09
Independent Joy Baird 375 18.33
Independent Barry Cranston 243 11.88
Independent Jock Young 82 4.00
Independent Jim Allen 43 2.10
Majority 480 23.47
Turnout 2,045 58.80 +1.80

References

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  28. ^ "Details of Local Polling". The Evening Post. 19 November 1956. p. 7.
  29. ^ "Details of Local Voting on Saturday". The Evening Post. 23 November 1959. p. 11.
  30. ^ "Detailed Election Results". The Evening Post. 15 October 1962. p. 12.
  31. ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll – Eastbourne Borough Council – Mayor". The Evening Post. 13 October 1965. p. 2.
  32. ^ "Election Night Totals". The Evening Post. 14 October 1968. p. 13.
  33. ^ "Details of Voting For Council". The Evening Post. 11 October 1977. p. 4.
  34. ^ "Declaration of Result of Election – Eastbourne Borough Council". The Evening Post. 19 October 1974. p. 30.
  35. ^ "Details of Election Voting". The Evening Post. 10 October 1977. p. 2.
  36. ^ "Declaration of Result of Election – Eastbourne Borough Council". The Evening Post. 18 October 1980. p. 22.
  37. ^ "Local Body Polls '83". The Evening Post. 10 October 1983. p. 8.
  38. ^ "Eastbourne unchanged". The Evening Post. 16 October 1986. p. 22.
  39. ^ "Declaration of Result of Election – Eastbourne Borough Council". The Evening Post. 24 February 1988. p. 39.