1887 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand
1887 Invercargill mayoral election ← 1886 | 30 November 1887 | 1888 → |
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Turnout | 496 (56.17%) |
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| | | Candidate | Edwin Alfred Tapper | Aaron Blacke | Party | Independent | Independent | Popular vote | 300 | 196 | Percentage | 60.48 | 39.51 | |
Mayor before election Edwin Alfred Tapper | Elected Mayor Edwin Alfred Tapper | |
The 1887 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 30 November 1887.
The candidates were the same as at the by-election earlier in the year. Edwin Alfred Tapper was re-elected with an increased majority.
Results
The following table gives the election results:[1]
1887 Invercargill mayoral election Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Edwin Alfred Tapper | 300 | 60.48 | +2.28 |
| Independent | Aaron Blacke | 196 | 39.51 | -2.28 |
Majority | 104 | 20.97 | +4.56 |
Turnout | 496 | 56.17 | |
References
- ^ "The Mayoral Election". The Southland Times. 1 December 1887 – via Papers Past.
Mayors of Invercargill
Mayors | - William Wood
- George Lumsden
- Thomas Pratt
- John Walker Mitchell
- John Cuthbertson
- Joseph Hatch
- George Lumsden (2nd)
- George Goodwillie
- Nicholas Johnson
- Henry Jaggers
- John Kingsland
- William Sherriffs Moir
- George Froggatt
- John Lyon McDonald
- David Roche
- Edwin Alfred Tapper
- Thomas Fleming
- John Walker Mitchell (2nd)
- William Horatio Hall
- James Walker Bain
- Duncan McFarlane
- Andrew Raeside
- William Benjamin Scandrett
- John Sinclair
- Josiah Hanan
- Hugh Mair
- John Stead
- James Smith Goldie
- Charles Stephen Longuet
- George Froggatt (2nd)
- William Benjamin Scandrett (2nd)
- Charles Stephen Longuet (2nd)
- William Ott
- William Benjamin Scandrett (3rd)
- Duncan McFarlane (2nd)
- John Stead (2nd)
- John Lillicrap
- Andrew Bain
- John Miller
- John Campbell
- John Miller (2nd)
- Ralph Hanan
- John Robert Martin
- Abraham Wachner
- William Aitchison
- Brian Hewat
- Adam Adamson
- Neil Watson
- F. Russell Miller
- Eve Poole
- Tim Shadbolt
- David Harrington
- Tim Shadbolt (2nd)
- Nobby Clark
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- † Elected unopposed
- ‡ By-election
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