2022 Gisborne local elections
Turnout 14,738 (43.4%) Seats 13 Independents
Turnout 14,738 (43.4%)
Candidate
Rehette Stoltz
Colin Alder
Rhonda Tibble
Affiliation
None
None
None
Vote count
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—
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• First
8,009
2,943
2,583
• FPv%
54.34
19.97
17.53
Mayor before election
Rehette Stoltz
Independent
Elected mayor
Rehette Stoltz
Independent
First preference vote share of elected members
The 2022 Gisborne local elections were held on 8 October 2022 as part of the wider 2022 New Zealand local elections to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. These elections covered one district council , consisting of thirteen district councillors and one mayor .
Gisborne District Council
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2022 Gisborne mayoral election [ 1]
Affiliation
Candidate
Votes at iteration
FPv%
1
None
Rehette Stoltz
8,009
54.34
None
Colin Alder
2,943
19.97
None
Rhonda Tibble
2,583
17.53
None
Darin Brown
969
6.57
Informal
35
0.24
Blank
198
1.34
Turnout
14,738
Tairāwhiti General Ward [ 1] [ a]
Affiliation
Candidate
Votes at iteration
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
None
Josh Wharehinga
1,921
None
Colin Alder
1,639
None
Larry Keith Foster
1,184
None
Rob Telfer
1,169
None
Andy Cranston
1,201
Independent
Debbie Gregory
1,162
None
Tony Robinson
1,170
None
Teddy Thompson
1,069
Independent
Meredith Akuhata-Brown
1,022
None
Jen Brown
669
None
Charlie Reynolds
555
None
Tina Karaitiana
411
None
Ben Florance
383
None
Alistar Malcolm McKellow
332
None
Jordan Walker
322
Independent
Moera Brown
245
None
Frank Murphy
211
None
Rachel Lodewyk
199
None
Hine Moeke-Murray
170
None
Leighton Packer
141
None
Julian Tilley
134
None
Peter Jones
108
None
Gareth Mill
99
None
Dennis Patrick Pennefather
73
None
Mike Page
46
Informal
503
Blank
125
Turnout
11,081
^ Vote count rounded down to whole votes.