List of by-elections to the Porirua City Council

By-elections to the Porirua City Council occur to fill vacant seats in the council. The death, resignation, bankruptcy or expulsion of a sitting Councillor can cause a by-election to occur.

List of by-elections

The following is a list of by-elections held to fill vacancies on the Porirua City Council:

Key

Independent

Labour

Values

Independent Progressive

Ward	Date		Cause
At-large	11 March 1973	Tutuira Wi Neera	Death	Helen Smith
Taupo	24 May 1975	Fred Duckworth	Death	Jan Bennett
Porirua	4 December 1976	Gary McCormick	Resignation	Rex Willing
Cannons Creek	18 June 1985	Bill Herewini	Death	Margaret Brown
Cannons Creek	21 August 1985	Hec Stuart	Death	Geoff Walpole

Results

1973 by-election

1973 Porirua City Council by-election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Values	Helen Smith	563	34.73
	Labour	Terry O'Brien	386	23.81	−18.90
	Ind. Progressive	Jim Slader	269	16.59	−19.14
	Independent	Ken Arthur	194	11.96
	Independent Labour	Frank McIlwee	103	6.35	−36.31
	Independent	Maxine Arnold	73	4.50
	Independent	Terence Lewis Lloyd	28	1.72	−18.77
Informal votes			5	0.30
Majority			177	10.91
Turnout			1,621

1975 by-election

1975 Porirua City Council by-election, Taupo ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jan Bennett	905	55.76
	Independent	Alexander Grant	710	43.74
Informal votes			8	0.49
Majority			195	12.01
Turnout			1,623	52.35

1976 by-election

1976 Porirua City Council by-election, Porirua ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rex Willing	1,830	41.31
	Independent	Alf Mexted	827	18.67	−24.46
	Ind. Progressive	Philip Ward	636	14.35	−25.29
	Independent	Estelle Brittain	609	13.75
	Independent	Sylvia Cole	496	11.19
Informal votes			31	0.69
Majority			1,003	22.64
Turnout			4,429

June 1985 by-election

1985 Porirua City Council by-election, Cannons Creek ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Brown	1,776	70.92
	Independent	Alfred Potaka	490	19.56
	Independent	Popo Su'a	238	9.50
Majority			1,286	51.35
Turnout			2,504

August 1985 by-election

1985 Porirua City Council by-election, Cannons Creek ward^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geoff Walpole	1,448	64.38
	Independent	Melville Williams	550	24.45
	Independent	Sonny Hoskins	251	11.16
Majority			898	39.92
Turnout			2,249

References

^ "Porirua City Council − Declaration of Result of By-election". The Evening Post. 14 March 1973. p. 43.
^ "City of Porirua − Election of One Councillor − Taupo Ward". The Evening Post. 27 May 1975. p. 35.
^ "City of Porirua − Election of One Councillor − Porirua Ward". Kapi-Mana News. 14 December 1976. p. 42.
^ "Declaration of Result of Election − Porirua City Council − Election of One Councillor". The Evening Post. 21 June 1985. p. 21.
^ "Declaration of Result of Election − Porirua City Council − Election of 1 Councillor". The Evening Post. 23 August 1985. p. 28.

[1] "Porirua City Council − Declaration of Result of By-election". The Evening Post. 14 March 1973. p. 43.

[2] "City of Porirua − Election of One Councillor − Taupo Ward". The Evening Post. 27 May 1975. p. 35.

[3] "City of Porirua − Election of One Councillor − Porirua Ward". Kapi-Mana News. 14 December 1976. p. 42.

[4] "Declaration of Result of Election − Porirua City Council − Election of One Councillor". The Evening Post. 21 June 1985. p. 21.

[5] "Declaration of Result of Election − Porirua City Council − Election of 1 Councillor". The Evening Post. 23 August 1985. p. 28.

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