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The 1974 Auckland local elections were part of the 1974 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards.^[1] The Auckland elections covered one regional council (the Auckland Regional Council), city council, hospital board, and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Auckland City Council

The Auckland City Council consisted of a mayor and twenty-one councillors elected from ten wards (Avondale, Blockhouse Bay, Central, Eastern Bays, Grey Lynn, Meadowbank, Point Chevalier, Ponsonby, Remuera and Tamaki).

Mayor

1974 Auckland mayoral election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dove-Myer Robinson	19,762	49.55	−40.80
	Labour	Jim Anderton	12,717	31.90
	Independent	Grahame Sims	6,241	15.64
Informal votes			1,161	2.91
Majority			7,045	17.66	−67.68
Turnout			39,881	43.44	+7.17

Avondale Ward

The Avondale Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Avondale Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Suzanne Sinclair	2,559	55.03
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Barry Donovan	2,496	53.67
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Murray Laloli	2,133	45.87
	Labour	Rae Philson	2,111	45.39
Majority			363	7.80
Turnout			4,650

Blockhouse Bay Ward

The Blockhouse Bay Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Blockhouse Bay Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Patricia Thorp	2,501	48.86
	Labour	Lorraine Wilson	2,213	43.23
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Sefulu Ioane	1,920	37.51
	Labour	Rosalie Vodanovich	1,901	37.14
	Independent	Philip Waterhouse	1,158	22.62
	Independent	Winifred Waterhouse	542	10.59
Majority			293	5.72
Turnout			5,118

Central Ward

The Central Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Central Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Harold Goodman	3,569	63.03
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Clive Edwards	2,974	52.52
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Trevor Rogers	2,970	52.45
	Labour	Judith Tizard	2,344	41.39
	Labour	Neil Morris	1,628	28.75
	Labour	John Antonio	1,443	25.48
	Independent	Raymond Hyams	1,248	22.04
	Independent	Graeme Burgess	529	9.34
	Socialist Unity	Stephen Bradley	281	4.96
Majority			626	11.05
Turnout			5,662

Eastern Bays Ward

The Eastern Bays Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Eastern Bays Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Juliet Yates	5,920	70.20
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Ron Greer	5,107	60.55
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Bob Johnson	4,684	55.54
	Independent	Gray Bartlett	3,992	47.33
	Independent	Bill Clark	3,244	38.46
	Independent	Des Roberts	2,352	27.89
Informal votes			692	8.20
Turnout			8,433

Grey Lynn Ward

The Grey Lynn Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Grey Lynn Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Linda Holloway	2,298	58.93
	Labour	Jim Yandall	2,067	53.01
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Patricia Tauroa	1,564	40.11
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Arthur Anae	1,289	33.05
	Independent	James Ransfield	579	14.84
Majority			503	12.90
Turnout			3,899

Meadowbank Ward

The Meadowbank Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Meadowbank Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Phil Warren	3,344	69.47
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Barrie Hutchinson	3,235	67.21
	Independent	Michael Hart	3,047	63.30
Majority			188	3.90
Turnout			4,813

Point Chevalier Ward

The Point Chevalier Ward elects one member to the Auckland City Council

Point Chevalier Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Gordon Barnaby	1,406	44.94
	Labour	Terry Ryan	1,185	37.88
	Independent	Peter Anich	537	17.16
Majority			221	7.06
Turnout			3,128

Ponsonby Ward

The Ponsonby Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Ponsonby Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Betty Wark	2,102	48.63
	Labour	Bruce Hucker	2,010	46.50
	Labour	Anne Andrews	1,950	45.11
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Ann Gluckman	1,461	33.80
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Laurence Johnstone	1,121	25.93
Majority			60	1.38
Turnout			4,322

Remuera Ward

The Remuera Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Remuera Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	John Strevens	3,071	61.76
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Elizabeth Currey	2,824	56.79
	Independent	Marie Quinn	1,987	39.96
	Independent	Dove-Myer Robinson	1,077	21.66
	Independent	Luke Van Ryn	985	19.81
Majority			837	16.83
Turnout			4,972

Tamaki Ward

The Tamaki Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Tamaki Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Stephen Kirkwood	2,652	61.03
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Reg Mullins	2,187	50.33
	Labour	Robyn Northey	2,065	47.52
	Labour	Chris Hayward	1,785	41.08
Majority			122	2.80
Turnout			4,345

Auckland Harbour Board

Mt Albert, Mt Eden, Mt Roskill, Newmarket

These wards elected four members to the Auckland Harbour Board.

Mt Albert, Mt Eden, Mt Roskill, Newmarket^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	R.W. Carr	23,386	47.10
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Ian McKay	19,613	39.50
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Richard Holden	18,682	37.62
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Miller Mason	17,774	35.80
	Labour	Hamish Keith	16,717	33.67
	Labour	James Baxter	9,996	20.13
	Labour	Andrew Turnbull	8,450	17.02
	Labour	Harry Palmer	8,376	16.87
	Independent	Charles Price	5,537	11.15
Majority			368	0.74
Turnout			49,647

Auckland Hospital Board

There were 14 seats on the Auckland Hospital Board.

City of Auckland and Waiheke Ward

The City of Auckland and Waiheke Ward elected two members to the Auckland Hospital Board.

City of Auckland and Waiheke Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Values	Cherry Raymond	11,545
	Values	Rex Hunton	6,100
Majority
Turnout

Takapuna City and the Boroughs of Northcote, Birkenhead, Devonport, and East Coast Bays

These areas elected two members to the Hospital Board.

Takapuna City and the Boroughs of Northcote, Birkenhead, Devonport, and East Coast Bays^[5]
Party		Candidate
	Values	Peter Wilcox
	Values	Isabella White
Majority
Turnout

City of Waitemata and Great Barrier and the boroughs of Glen Eden, Rodney Counties and boroughs of East Coast Bays, Helensville, and Henderson, and the Counties of Great Barrier and the town district of Warkworth

These areas elected two members to the Auckland Hospital Board.

City of Waitemata and Great Barrier and the boroughs of Glen Eden, Rodney Counties and boroughs of East Coast Bays, Helensville, and Henderson, and the Counties of Great Barrier and the town district of Warkworth^[6]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Dorothy I. Eyre	8973
Independent	Mary E. McKenzie	7468
Values	Keith C. Langton	3929
Values	Wayne A.P. Facer	2781
	Janet J. Brabbs	5385
	Mary M. Lythe	4482
	Grahame F. Poole	4324
	Faye E. Warby	4229

References

^ Bush, Graham W.A. (1991). Advance in Order: The Auckland City Council from Centenary to Reorganisation 1971-1989. Auckland City Council. ISBN 0908834039.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 22 October 1974. p. 19 (Section 2). Cite error: The named reference "Results" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ "Declaration of Result of Election - Auckland Harbour Board". Auckland Star. 24 October 1986. p. B7.
^ "Declaration of Result of Election - Auckland Hospital Board". Auckland Star. 24 October 1986. p. B7.
^ "Declaration of Result of Election - Auckland Hospital Board". Auckland Star. 24 October 1986. p. B7.
^ "Declaration of Result of Election - Auckland Hospital Board". Auckland Star. 24 October 1986. p. B7.

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[Bush-1] Bush, Graham W.A. (1991). Advance in Order: The Auckland City Council from Centenary to Reorganisation 1971-1989. Auckland City Council. ISBN 0908834039.

[Results-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 22 October 1974. p. 19 (Section 2). Cite error: The named reference "Results" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[3] "Declaration of Result of Election - Auckland Harbour Board". Auckland Star. 24 October 1986. p. B7.

[4] "Declaration of Result of Election - Auckland Hospital Board". Auckland Star. 24 October 1986. p. B7.

[5] "Declaration of Result of Election - Auckland Hospital Board". Auckland Star. 24 October 1986. p. B7.

[6] "Declaration of Result of Election - Auckland Hospital Board". Auckland Star. 24 October 1986. p. B7.

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