1913 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand
1913 Invercargill mayoral election | ← 1912 | 30 April 1913 | 1914 → |
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| Turnout | 3,696 |
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| |  |  | | Candidate | Duncan McFarlane | Andrew Bain | | Party | Independent | Independent | | Popular vote | 1,851 | 1,795 | | Percentage | 50.08 | 48.56 | |
Mayor before election
William Benjamin Scandrett
| Elected Mayor
Duncan McFarlane
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The 1913 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 30 April 1913 as part of that year's local elections.
Former mayor Duncan McFarlane was elected again. His opponent, Andrew Bain, improved on his performance from the previous election but was still unsuccessful.
Results
The following table gives the election results:[1]
1913 Invercargill mayoral election | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Duncan McFarlane | 1,851 | 50.08 | |
| | Independent | Andrew Bain | 1,795 | 48.56 | +10.71 |
| Informal votes | 50 | 1.35 | +0.85 |
| Majority | 56 | 1.52 | |
| Turnout | 3,696 | | |
References
- ^ "ANNUAL ELECTION OF MAYOR". The Southland Times. Papers Past. 2 May 1913.
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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