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1965 Porirua mayoral election

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1965 Porirua mayoral election

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Turnout2,422
 
Candidate Whitford Brown Alf Mexted
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 2,130 278
Percentage 87.94 11.47

Mayor before election

Whitford Brown

Elected mayor

Whitford Brown

The 1965 Porirua mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The elections were held for the role of Mayor of Porirua plus other local government positions including ten city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background

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This was the first election held after Porirua's proclamation as a city by the Governor-General earlier the same month on 2 October.[1] The incumbent mayor, Whitford Brown, was decisively re-elected over councillor Alf Mexted. Both mayoral candidates stood for the city council as well and were successful.[nb 1][2]

Mayoral results

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1965 Porirua mayoral election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Whitford Brown 2,130 87.94 +51.47
Independent Alf Mexted 278 11.47 +5.95
Informal votes 14 0.57 −0.29
Majority 1,852 76.46 +67.48
Turnout 2,422

Councillor results

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1965 Porirua City Council election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Whitford Brown[nb 1] 1,720 71.01 +8.79
Independent Jill Nixon 1,529 63.12 +7.10
Independent Ernie Maxwell 1,361 56.19 +6.17
Independent Donald Collins 1,357 56.02 +15.93
Independent Leslie Duncan Ayson 1,350 55.73
Labour Tutuira Wi Neera 1,280 52.84
Independent Alf Mexted 1,163 48.01 +5.69
Independent Benjamin David Hart 1,148 47.39
Independent James Hamilton Wilson 1,128 46.57 −2.38
Independent Bill Arnold 1,111 45.87 +1.27
Labour Richard Joseph Archer 1,079 44.54
Labour Frances Mary Bould 1,067 44.05
Independent Matuaiwi Solomon 1,052 43.43 +2.81
Labour Jim Hunter 954 39.38
Labour Ted Taylor 914 37.73
Labour Ernest Lionel Tregoweth 847 34.97
Independent Stanley Albert Humphries 633 26.13
Communist Mary Hepinstall 332 13.70
Communist Jack Manson 325 13.41

Table footnotes:

  1. ^ a b As Brown won the Mayoralty his election to the council was voided and his seat was awarded to the highest polling unsuccessful candidate.

References

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  1. ^ "Porirua Becomes A City — Governor-General Proclaims New Status". Kapi-Mana News. 6 October 1965. p. 4.
  2. ^ "Porirua". The Dominion. 11 October 1965. p. 6.
  3. ^ "City of Porirua - Declaration of Result of Poll — Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 18 October 1965. p. 2.
  4. ^ "City of Porirua - Declaration of Result of Poll — Councillors". The Evening Post. 18 October 1965. p. 2.