1911 Auckland City mayoral election

The 1911 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1911, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

1911 Auckland City mayoral election

24 April 1911
 
Candidate James Parr
Party Independent
Popular vote Unopposed

Mayor before election

Lemuel Bagnall

Elected Mayor

James Parr

Background

Incumbent mayor Lemuel Bagnall did not seek re-election and was replaced by councillor James Parr.[1]

Councillor results

1911 Auckland local election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Citizens John Court 4,069 75.88
Citizens Andrew Entrican 4,052 75.56 +5.46
Citizens James Mennie 3,818 71.20 +3.03
Independent James Gleeson 3,385 63.12
Independent Maurice Casey 3,342 62.32 +3.76
Citizens Henry Shaw 3,207 59.80 +12.69
Citizens Peter Mitchell Mackay 3,191 59.51 -8.32
Citizens Robert Tudehope 3,126 58.29 -8.41
Independent George Knight 3,114 58.07 -6.50
Independent George Read 2,945 54.92 -0.59
Citizens James Samuel Dickson 2,917 54.40
Citizens Patrick Nerheny 2,895 53.99 -2.37
Citizens Jonathan Trevethick 2,751 51.30
Citizens Ralph Thomas Michaels 2,739 51.08 +10.86
Citizens Frederick Gaudin 2,679 49.96 +3.02
Independent Robert Farrell 2,527 47.12
Citizens John Patterson 2,500 46.62 -8.20
Independent William Thompson 2,332 43.49 -4.25
Independent George Tutt 2,091 38.99 -18.08
Citizens Matthew John Bennett 2,045 38.13
Labour Thomas Walsh 1,631 30.41
Labour George Ingram 1,525 28.44
Labour William Moxsom 1,479 27.58
Independent Harold Schmidt 1,084 20.21

Notes

  1. Bush 1971, pp. 594.
  2. "Election of Councillors". XXXI (34). The New Zealand Herald. 6 May 1911. p. 18. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
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References

  • Bush, Graham W. A. (1971). Decently and in Order: The Government of the City of Auckland 1840-1971. Auckland: Collins.
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