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1974 Auckland City local elections

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All 21 seats on the Auckland City Council
  First party Second party
 
Party Citizens & Ratepayers Labour
Last election 20 1
Seats won 15 5
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 4

The 1974 Auckland local elections were part of the 1974 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards.[1] The Auckland elections covered one regional council (the Auckland Regional Council), city council, hospital board, and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Auckland City Council

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The Auckland City Council consisted of a mayor and twenty-one councillors elected from ten wards (Avondale, Blockhouse Bay, Central, Eastern Bays, Grey Lynn, Meadowbank, Point Chevalier, Ponsonby, Remuera and Tamaki).

Mayor

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1974 Auckland mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Dove-Myer Robinson 19,762 49.55 −40.80
Labour Jim Anderton 12,717 31.90
Independent Grahame Sims 6,241 15.64
Informal votes 1,161 2.91
Majority 7,045 17.66 −67.68
Turnout 39,881 43.44 +7.17

Avondale Ward

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The Avondale Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Avondale Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Suzanne Sinclair 2,559 55.03
Citizens & Ratepayers Barry Donovan 2,496 53.67
Citizens & Ratepayers Murray Laloli 2,133 45.87
Labour Rae Philson 2,111 45.39
Majority 363 7.80
Turnout 4,650

Blockhouse Bay Ward

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The Blockhouse Bay Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Blockhouse Bay Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Patricia Thorp 2,501 48.86
Labour Lorraine Wilson 2,213 43.23
Citizens & Ratepayers Sefulu Ioane 1,920 37.51
Labour Rosalie Vodanovich 1,901 37.14
Independent Philip Waterhouse 1,158 22.62
Independent Winifred Waterhouse 542 10.59
Majority 293 5.72
Turnout 5,118

Central Ward

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The Central Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Central Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Harold Goodman 3,569 63.03
Citizens & Ratepayers Clive Edwards 2,974 52.52
Citizens & Ratepayers Trevor Rogers 2,970 52.45
Labour Judith Tizard 2,344 41.39
Labour Neil Morris 1,628 28.75
Labour John Antonio 1,443 25.48
Independent Raymond Hyams 1,248 22.04
Independent Graeme Burgess 529 9.34
Socialist Unity Stephen Bradley 281 4.96
Majority 626 11.05
Turnout 5,662

Eastern Bays Ward

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

Eastern Bays Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Juliet Yates 5,920 70.20
Citizens & Ratepayers Ron Greer 5,107 60.55
Citizens & Ratepayers Bob Johnson 4,684 55.54
Independent Gray Bartlett 3,992 47.33
Independent Bill Clark 3,244 38.46
Independent Des Roberts 2,352 27.89
Informal votes 692 8.20
Turnout 8,433

Grey Lynn Ward

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The Grey Lynn Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Grey Lynn Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Holloway 2,298 58.93
Labour Jim Yandall 2,067 53.01
Citizens & Ratepayers Patricia Tauroa 1,564 40.11
Citizens & Ratepayers Arthur Anae 1,289 33.05
Independent James Ransfield 579 14.84
Majority 503 12.90
Turnout 3,899

Meadowbank Ward

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The Meadowbank Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Meadowbank Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Phil Warren 3,344 69.47
Citizens & Ratepayers Barrie Hutchinson 3,235 67.21
Independent Michael Hart 3,047 63.30
Majority 188 3.90
Turnout 4,813

Point Chevalier Ward

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The Point Chevalier Ward elects one member to the Auckland City Council

Point Chevalier Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Gordon Barnaby 1,406 44.94
Labour Terry Ryan 1,185 37.88
Independent Peter Anich 537 17.16
Majority 221 7.06
Turnout 3,128

Ponsonby Ward

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The Ponsonby Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Ponsonby Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Betty Wark 2,102 48.63
Labour Bruce Hucker 2,010 46.50
Labour Anne Andrews 1,950 45.11
Citizens & Ratepayers Ann Gluckman 1,461 33.80
Citizens & Ratepayers Laurence Johnstone 1,121 25.93
Majority 60 1.38
Turnout 4,322

Remuera Ward

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The Remuera Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Remuera Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers John Strevens 3,071 61.76
Citizens & Ratepayers Elizabeth Currey 2,824 56.79
Independent Marie Quinn 1,987 39.96
Independent Dove-Myer Robinson 1,077 21.66
Independent Luke Van Ryn 985 19.81
Majority 837 16.83
Turnout 4,972

Tamaki Ward

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The Tamaki Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Tamaki Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Stephen Kirkwood 2,652 61.03
Citizens & Ratepayers Reg Mullins 2,187 50.33
Labour Robyn Northey 2,065 47.52
Labour Chris Hayward 1,785 41.08
Majority 122 2.80
Turnout 4,345

Auckland Harbour Board

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Mt Albert, Mt Eden, Mt Roskill, Newmarket

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These wards elected four members to the Auckland Harbour Board.

Mt Albert, Mt Eden, Mt Roskill, Newmarket[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers R.W. Carr 23,386 47.10
Citizens & Ratepayers Ian McKay 19,613 39.50
Citizens & Ratepayers Richard Holden 18,682 37.62
Citizens & Ratepayers Miller Mason 17,774 35.80
Labour Hamish Keith 16,717 33.67
Labour James Baxter 9,996 20.13
Labour Andrew Turnbull 8,450 17.02
Labour Harry Palmer 8,376 16.87
Independent Charles Price 5,537 11.15
Majority 368 0.74
Turnout 49,647

Auckland Hospital Board

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There were 14 seats on the Auckland Hospital Board.

City of Auckland and Waiheke Ward

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The City of Auckland and Waiheke Ward elected two members to the Auckland Hospital Board.

City of Auckland and Waiheke Ward[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Values Cherry Raymond 11,545
Values Rex Hunton 6,100
Majority
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Takapuna City and the Boroughs of Northcote, Birkenhead, Devonport, and East Coast Bays

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These areas elected two members to the Hospital Board.

Takapuna City and the Boroughs of Northcote, Birkenhead, Devonport, and East Coast Bays[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Values Peter Wilcox
Values Isabella White
Majority
Turnout

City of Waitemata and Great Barrier and the boroughs of Glen Eden, Rodney Counties and boroughs of East Coast Bays, Helensville, and Henderson, and the Counties of Great Barrier and the town district of Warkworth

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These areas elected two members to the Auckland Hospital Board.

City of Waitemata and Great Barrier and the boroughs of Glen Eden, Rodney Counties and boroughs of East Coast Bays, Helensville, and Henderson, and the Counties of Great Barrier and the town district of Warkworth[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dorothy I. Eyre 8973
Independent Mary E. McKenzie 7468
Values Keith C. Langton 3929
Values Wayne A.P. Facer 2781
Janet J. Brabbs 5385
Mary M. Lythe 4482
Grahame F. Poole 4324
Faye E. Warby 4229

References

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  1. ^ Bush, Graham W.A. (1991). Advance in Order: The Auckland City Council from Centenary to Reorganisation 1971-1989. Auckland City Council. ISBN 0908834039.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 22 October 1974. p. 19 (Section 2). Cite error: The named reference "Results" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Declaration of Result of Election - Auckland Harbour Board". Auckland Star. 24 October 1986. p. B7.
  4. ^ "Declaration of Result of Election - Auckland Hospital Board". Auckland Star. 24 October 1986. p. B7.
  5. ^ "Declaration of Result of Election - Auckland Hospital Board". Auckland Star. 24 October 1986. p. B7.
  6. ^ "Declaration of Result of Election - Auckland Hospital Board". Auckland Star. 24 October 1986. p. B7.

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