1906 Auckland City mayoral election

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25 April 1906

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Turnout

1,684 (10.93%)


Candidate	Arthur Myers	Albert Bradley
Party	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	1,584	89
Percentage	94.06	5.29

Mayor before election

Arthur Myers

Elected Mayor

Arthur Myers

The 1906 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1906, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background

Incumbent mayor Arthur Myers was overwhelmingly re-elected against challenger Albert Bradley. The contest was marked by little interest with the result being regarded as a foregone conclusion. Consequently there was a low turnout.^[1]

Mayoralty results

1906 Auckland mayoral election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Arthur Myers	1,584	94.06	+39.11
	Independent	Albert Bradley	89	5.29
Informal votes			11	0.65	-0.28
Majority			1,495	88.77	+71.29
Turnout			1,684	10.93	-49.10

References

^ "Mayoral Elections". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. XLIII, no. 13161. 26 April 1906. p. 5.
^ "Annual Election of Mayor". Observer. Vol. XXVI, no. 33. 5 May 1906. p. 8. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

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