1921 Auckland City mayoral election

The 1921 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1921, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

1921 Auckland City mayoral election

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Candidate James Gunson
Party Progressive Citizens'
Popular vote unopposed

Mayor before election

James Gunson

Elected mayor

James Gunson

Incumbent mayor James Gunson was again declared re-elected unopposed, with no other candidates emerging.

Councillor results

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1921 Auckland City Council election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Citizens' George R. Hutchison 9,707 73.36
Progressive Citizens' Ellen Melville 8,836 66.78 +3.36
Progressive Citizens' John Allum 8,808 66.57
Progressive Citizens' James Alexander Warnock 8,726 65.95 +11.10
Progressive Citizens' William John Holdsworth 8,717 65.88 +7.74
Progressive Citizens' George Knight 8,351 63.11 +7.29
Progressive Citizens' John William Hardley 8,250 62.35
Progressive Citizens' Ernest Davis 8,107 61.27 +3.84
Progressive Citizens' Emily Maguire 8,104 61.25 +4.79
Progressive Citizens' Peter Mitchell Mackay 8,005 60.50 +7.98
Progressive Citizens' Matthew John Bennett 8,002 60.47
Progressive Citizens' George Baildon 7,827 59.15 +9.14
Progressive Citizens' John Dempsey 7,770 58.72 +9.44
Progressive Citizens' Harold Dennett Heather 7,646 57.78 −1.52
Progressive Citizens' John Barr Paterson 7,638 57.72 +8.82
Independent Horatio Bagnall 7,287 55.07 −1.40
Progressive Citizens' James Robertson 7,192 54.35
Labour Tom Bloodworth 6,640 50.18 −7.83
Independent Frederick Brinsden 6,366 48.11 −7.33
Labour Michael Joseph Savage 6,349 47.98 −3.99
Progressive Citizens' Patrick Nerheny 6,183 46.73 −8.04
Progressive Citizens' Eric Inder 6,059 45.79
Progressive Citizens' Alfred Hall-Skelton 6,020 45.49 −2.66
Independent Arthur Sexton 5,559 42.01
Labour George Davis 5,276 39.87 −4.78
Progressive Citizens' Michael John Coyle 5,271 39.83
Independent George Foster 4,915 37.14
Independent William Hugh McKinney 4,606 34.81
Labour Ted Phelan 4,536 34.28 −3.73
Independent William Lang Casey 4,234 32.00
Labour Patrick Barry 4,219 31.88
Independent Samuel Turkington 4,147 31.34
Labour Arthur Rose 4,140 31.29 +8.32
Labour Oscar McBrine 4,056 30.65 −4.38
Labour James Aggers 3,823 28.89 −2.50
Labour Bob Way 3,573 27.00 −8.28
Labour Dick Barter 3,559 26.89
Labour Charles Arthur Watts 3,434 25.95 −4.13
Labour Jim Purtell 3,423 25.87 +1.47
Labour David Wilson 3,408 25.75
Labour Giles Pardington 3,349 25.31
Labour Bernard Martin 3,262 24.65 −7.15
Independent Harold Percy Burton 3,174 23.98
Labour James Frederick Derrick 3,144 23.76 −3.44
Labour Bernard Clews 3,132 23.67
Labour George Tomlinson 3,076 23.24
Labour William Kendall 3,036 22.94
Labour William Moxsom 3,036 22.94 −8.91
Labour Allen Proctor 2,875 21.72
Independent James Joiner 1,018 7.69 −0.54

References

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  1. ^ "Electoral". Vol. LII, no. 106. Auckland Star. 5 May 1921. p. 7. Retrieved 11 September 2018.