1929 Invercargill mayoral election

1929 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand

1929 Invercargill mayoral election

← 1927 1 May 1929 1931 →
Turnout5,232
 
Candidate John D. Campbell John Miller
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 3,161 2,071
Percentage 60.41 39.58

Mayor before election

John Miller

Elected Mayor

John D. Campbell

The 1929 Invercargill mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Incumbent mayor John Miller was defeated by councillor John D. Campbell.

Results

The following table gives the election results:

1929 Invercargill mayoral election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John D. Campbell 3,161 60.41
Independent John Miller 2,071 39.58 -33.73
Majority 1,090 20.83
Turnout 5,232

References

  1. ^ "LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS". Otago Daily Times. 2 May 1929.
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Mayors of Invercargill
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  • 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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