1993 Invercargill mayoral by-election

1993 Invercargill mayoral by-election
	20 March 1993
	20 March 1993
Turnout	30,159
Mayor before election; Dougal Soper (acting);	Elected Mayor ; Tim Shadbolt;

The 1993 Invercargill mayoral by-election was held on 20 March 1993 as a result of the death of Mayor Eve Poole on Boxing Day the previous year.

Background

Since losing the Waitemata City mayoralty in 1989, Tim Shadbolt had made several unsuccessful electoral runs, including 1992 mayoral elections in Auckland and Dunedin, in both of which he placed third.

The election attracted an unusually large pool of 14 candidates, including the incumbent deputy mayor and the two deputy mayors preceding him. Former Southland County Council chairman and father of candidate Janet Malloch,[1] Sir Erskine Bowmar, described it as "a bit of a joke".

Results

The following table gives the election results:

1993 Invercargill mayoral by-election[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Tim Shadbolt	10,049	33.32
	Independent	Bruce Pagan	5,739	19.03	-16.16
	Independent	Mark Winter	4,791	15.88
	Independent	Mirek Cvigr	3,910	12.98	-13.96
	Independent	Dougal Soper	1,971	6.53
	Independent	Geoff Piercy	1,221	4.04
	Independent	Janet Malloch	762	2.52
	Independent	Anne Stoddart	718	2.38
	Independent	Neil Boniface	415	1.37
	Independent	Marjory Jones	268	0.88
	Independent	George Ngatai	114	0.37
	Independent	Katherine Hart	55	0.18
	Independent	Richard Osborn	50	0.16
	Independent	Owen Houliston	42	0.14
Majority			4,310	14.29
Turnout			30,159

gollark: Although maybe stuff has occurred with that, who knows.

gollark: I doubt they'd be judged substantially on ridiculous twitter drama.

gollark: I doubt the tweet would do anything though.

gollark: That's not really better. And it seems entirely consistent with your statements here that you would actually have done it.

gollark: You don't actually know how many would buy yBot if it was not leaked.

References

Malloch, Janet (1992). From the tops: a daughter reminisces on the life of Erskine Bowmar. OCLC 154215383.
"Nominations Now Open For Local Government Candidates". 20 July 2019.

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[1] Malloch, Janet (1992). From the tops: a daughter reminisces on the life of Erskine Bowmar. OCLC 154215383.

[2] "Nominations Now Open For Local Government Candidates". 20 July 2019.