1992 Auckland City local elections

1992 Auckland City local elections
← 1989 10 October 1992 1995 →
All 24 seats on the Auckland City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Citizens & Ratepayers Alliance Labour
Last election 17 N/A 3
Seats won 17 5 1
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 5 Decrease 2

The 1992 Auckland local elections were part of the 1992 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Auckland elections covered one regional council (the Auckland Regional Council), city council, health board, and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Auckland City Council

The Auckland City Council consisted of a mayor and twenty-four councillors elected from ten wards (Avondale, Eastern Bays, Hauraki Gulf Islands, Hobson, Maungakiekie, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, Mount Roskill, Tamaki and Western Bays).[1]

Mayor

Main article: 1992 Auckland City mayoral election
1992 Auckland mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Les Mills 53,407 61.54 +34.95
Alliance Sue Corbett 21,711 25.01
Independent Tim Shadbolt 5,379 6.19 +1.65
Independent Stephen Kirkwood 2,625 3.02
Independent Laurence Watkins 2,268 2.61 +1.92
McGillicuddy Serious Katerina Jane Julian 1,049 1.20
Communist League Brigid Rotherham 343 0.39
Majority 31,696 36.52 +25.85
Turnout 86,782

Avondale Ward

The Avondale Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Avondale Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Suzanne Sinclair 3,079 37.26 −3.08
Citizens & Ratepayers Brian Maude 3,068 37.12 −5.88
Alliance Jim Gilbert 2,915 35.27
Alliance Veronica Egan 2,844 34.41
Citizens & Ratepayers Dawn Persson 2,581 31.23
Independent Max Constable 1,462 17.69
Independent Brian Constable 577 6.98
Majority 153 1.85
Turnout 8,263

Eastern Bays Ward

The Eastern Bays Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Eastern Bays Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Juliet Yates 8,914 74.59 +12.13
Citizens & Ratepayers Gray Bartlett 8,483 70.98 +27.52
Citizens & Ratepayers Ross Johns 7,161 59.92 +30.50
Alliance Alison Clark 3,611 30.21
Alliance Richard Green 3,370 28.20
Alliance Alice Rivers 2,860 23.93
Independent Joe Hawke 905 7.57 +1.94
Independent Grant Pakihana Hawke 546 4.56
Majority 3,550 29.70
Turnout 11,950

Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward

The Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward elects one member to the Auckland City Council

Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Sandra Lee 2,135 73.87 +2.94
Independent John Cranstoun 755 26.12 +24.50
Majority 1,380 47.75
Turnout 2,890

Hobson Ward

The Hobson Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Hobson Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Barbara Goodman 6,128 78.02 −9.61
Citizens & Ratepayers John Strevens 5,080 64.68 −3.07
Alliance Jan Riddick 2,497 31.79
Alliance Wayne John Hope 2,003 25.50
Majority 2,583 32.88
Turnout 7,854

Maungakiekie Ward

The Maungakiekie Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Maungakiekie Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Ken Graham 5,747 68.66 +30.96
Citizens & Ratepayers John Williams 5,054 60.38 +20.24
Citizens & Ratepayers Mahe Tupouniua 4,065 48.56
Alliance Sue Pockett 3,867 46.20
Alliance Keith Park 3,476 41.52
Alliance Matt Robson 2,901 34.65
Majority 198 2.36
Turnout 8,370

Mount Albert Ward

The Mount Albert Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Mount Albert Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Frank Ryan 4,057 52.94 −8.60
Alliance Jennie Walker 3,347 43.67
Alliance Phil Amos 3,317 43.28
Citizens & Ratepayers Alan Wood 2,907 37.93 −8.36
Independent Helen McIvor 1,697 22.14
Majority 30 0.39
Turnout 7,663

Mount Eden Ward

The Mount Eden Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Mount Eden Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Astrid Malcolm 3,745 59.73 +11.88
Citizens & Ratepayers Gordon Johns 3,355 53.51 +9.25
Alliance Peter Richard Davies 2,862 45.65
Alliance Tom Newham 2,576 41.09
Majority 493 7.86
Turnout 6,269

Mount Roskill Ward

The Mount Roskill Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Mount Roskill Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers David Hay 6,898 66.75 −5.73
Citizens & Ratepayers Doug Astley 5,491 53.14 +2.51
Citizens & Ratepayers Grahame Breed 4,972 48.11 +2.48
Alliance Marilyn York 4,478 43.33
Alliance Barry Gribben 3,862 37.37
Alliance Douglas James McGee 3,588 34.72
Independent Douglas B. Brebner 1,710 16.54
Majority 494 4.78
Turnout 10,333

Tamaki Ward

The Tamaki Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Tamaki Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Bill Christian 3,759 44.01 −1.11
Alliance Trevor Barnard 3,296 38.59
Labour Ian Shaw 3,270 38.29
Alliance Bryan Bennett 3,167 37.08
Labour Sherryl McKelvie 3,026 35.43
Labour Albie Brown 2,909 34.06 −3.34
Alliance Fialau'a Amituanai-Toailofa 2,272 26.60
Citizens & Ratepayers Karen Remetis 2,076 24.30
Citizens & Ratepayers Owen Higgins 1,845 21.60
Majority 103 1.20
Turnout 8,540

Western Bays Ward

The Western Bays Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Western Bays Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Bruce Hucker 6,675 71.43 +36.65
Alliance Sue Corbett 6,085 65.12 +30.84
Citizens & Ratepayers Penny Whiting 4,495 48.10
Alliance Poumau Papali'i 4,490 48.05
Citizens & Ratepayers Gordon Barnaby 3,797 40.63
Citizens & Ratepayers Merril Lee Thompson 2,489 26.63
Majority 5 0.05
Turnout 9,344

References

  1. ^ Bush, Graham (1991). Advance in order: the Auckland City Council from centenary to reorganisation, 1971-1989. Auckland City Council. pp. 443–4. ISBN 0908834039.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Auckland City Council - Declaration of Results of Elections". The New Zealand Herald. 19 October 1992. p. 11.