1992 Auckland local elections

The 1992 Auckland local elections were part of the 1992 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Auckland elections covered one regional council (the Auckland Regional Council), city council, health board, and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Auckland City Council[edit]

The Auckland City Council consisted of a mayor and twenty-four councillors elected from ten wards (Avondale, Eastern Bays, Hauraki Gulf Islands, Hobson, Maungakiekie, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, Mount Roskill, Tamaki and Western Bays).^[1]

Mayor[edit]

1992 Auckland mayoral election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Les Mills	53,407	61.54	+34.95
	Alliance	Sue Corbett	21,711	25.01
	Independent	Tim Shadbolt	5,379	6.19	+1.65
	Independent	Stephen Kirkwood	2,625	3.02
	Independent	Laurence Watkins	2,268	2.61	+1.92
	McGillicuddy Serious	Katerina Jane Julian	1,049	1.20
	Communist League	Brigid Rotherham	343	0.39
Majority			31,696	36.52	+25.85
Turnout			86,782

Avondale Ward[edit]

The Avondale Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Avondale Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Suzanne Sinclair	3,079	37.26	-3.08
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Brian Maude	3,068	37.12	-5.88
	Alliance	Jim Gilbert	2,915	35.27
	Alliance	Veronica Egan	2,844	34.41
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Dawn Persson	2,581	31.23
	Independent	Max Constable	1,462	17.69
	Independent	Brian Constable	577	6.98
Majority			153	1.85
Turnout			8,263

Eastern Bays Ward[edit]

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

Eastern Bays Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Juliet Yates	8,914	74.59	+12.13
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Gray Bartlett	8,483	70.98	+27.52
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Ross Johns	7,161	59.92	+30.50
	Alliance	Alison Clark	3,611	30.21
	Alliance	Richard Green	3,370	28.20
	Alliance	Alice Rivers	2,860	23.93
	Independent	Joe Hawke	905	7.57	+1.94
	Independent	Grant Pakihana Hawke	546	4.56
Majority			3,550	29.70
Turnout			11,950

Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward[edit]

The Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward elects one member to the Auckland City Council

Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Sandra Lee	2,135	73.87	+2.94
	Independent	John Cranstoun	755	26.12	+24.50
Majority			1,380	47.75
Turnout			2,890

Hobson Ward[edit]

The Hobson Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Hobson Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Barbara Goodman	6,128	78.02	-9.61
	Citizens & Ratepayers	John Strevens	5,080	64.68	-3.07
	Alliance	Jan Riddick	2,497	31.79
	Alliance	Wayne John Hope	2,003	25.50
Majority			2,583	32.88
Turnout			7,854

Maungakiekie Ward[edit]

The Maungakiekie Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Maungakiekie Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Ken Graham	5,747	68.66	+30.96
	Citizens & Ratepayers	John Williams	5,054	60.38	+20.24
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Mahe Tupouniua	4,065	48.56
	Alliance	Sue Pockett	3,867	46.20
	Alliance	Keith Park	3,476	41.52
	Alliance	Matt Robson	2,901	34.65
Majority			198	2.36
Turnout			8,370

Mount Albert Ward[edit]

The Mount Albert Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Mount Albert Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Frank Ryan	4,057	52.94	-8.60
	Alliance	Jennie Walker	3,347	43.67
	Alliance	Phil Amos	3,317	43.28
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Alan Wood	2,907	37.93	-8.36
	Independent	Helen McIvor	1,697	22.14
Majority			30	0.39
Turnout			7,663

Mount Eden Ward[edit]

The Mount Eden Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Mount Eden Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Astrid Malcolm	3,745	59.73	+11.88
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Gordon Johns	3,355	53.51	+9.25
	Alliance	Peter Richard Davies	2,862	45.65
	Alliance	Tom Newham	2,576	41.09
Majority			493	7.86
Turnout			6,269

Mount Roskill Ward[edit]

The Mount Roskill Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Mount Roskill Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	David Hay	6,898	66.75	-5.73
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Doug Astley	5,491	53.14	+2.51
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Grahame Breed	4,972	48.11	+2.48
	Alliance	Marilyn York	4,478	43.33
	Alliance	Barry Gribben	3,862	37.37
	Alliance	Douglas James McGee	3,588	34.72
	Independent	Douglas B. Brebner	1,710	16.54
Majority			494	4.78
Turnout			10,333

Tamaki Ward[edit]

The Tamaki Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Tamaki Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Bill Christian	3,759	44.01	-1.11
	Alliance	Trevor Barnard	3,296	38.59
	Labour	Ian Shaw	3,270	38.29
	Alliance	Bryan Bennett	3,167	37.08
	Labour	Sherryl McKelvie	3,026	35.43
	Labour	Albie Brown	2,909	34.06	-3.34
	Alliance	Fialau'a Amituanai-Toailofa	2,272	26.60
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Karen Remetis	2,076	24.30
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Owen Higgins	1,845	21.60
Majority			103	1.20
Turnout			8,540

Western Bays Ward[edit]

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

Western Bays Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Bruce Hucker	6,675	71.43	+36.65
	Alliance	Sue Corbett	6,085	65.12	+30.84
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Penny Whiting	4,495	48.10
	Alliance	Poumau Papali'i	4,490	48.05
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Gordon Barnaby	3,797	40.63
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Merril Lee Thompson	2,489	26.63
Majority			5	0.05
Turnout			9,344

References[edit]

^ Bush, Graham (1991). Advance in order: the Auckland City Council from centenary to reorganisation, 1971-1989. Auckland City Council. pp. 443–4. ISBN 0908834039.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Auckland City Council - Declaration of Results of Elections". The New Zealand Herald. 19 October 1992. p. 11.

[1] Bush, Graham (1991). Advance in order: the Auckland City Council from centenary to reorganisation, 1971-1989. Auckland City Council. pp. 443–4. ISBN 0908834039.

[Results-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Auckland City Council - Declaration of Results of Elections". The New Zealand Herald. 19 October 1992. p. 11.

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