1925 Auckland City mayoral election
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Turnout15,003
 
Candidate George Baildon Harold Schmidt
Party Progressive Citizens' Independent
Popular vote 9,325 5,678
Percentage 62.15 37.85
Mayor before election

James Gunson

 Elected Mayor

George Baildon

The 1925 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1925, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. As part of the elections, ratepayers voted on loan schemes to the value of £ NZ750,000, the largest of which (£ NZ340,000) was for the proposed Auckland Civic Centre. The Auckland Civic Centre was supported by the outgoing mayor and those city councillors who stood for re-election, plus George Baildon who won the mayoralty. Baildon's opponent, Harold Schmidt, was an opponent of the loan. The voters were happy to support those candidates who supported the scheme but they did not approve the loan and the scheme did not go ahead.[1][2]

Mayoralty results

1925 Auckland mayoral election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Citizens' George Baildon 9,325 62.15
Independent Harold Schmidt 5,678 37.85
Majority 3,647 24.30
Turnout 15,003

Councillor results

1925 Auckland local election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Bloodworth 8,862 59.06 -5.39
Progressive Citizens' John W. Court 8,083 53.87
Progressive Citizens' James Warnock 7,888 52.57 -13.73
Progressive Citizens' Andrew Entrican 7,851 52.32 -10.12
Progressive Citizens' Ellen Melville 7,614 50.74 -0.77
Progressive Citizens' George Knight 7,565 50.42 -16.39
Progressive Citizens' John Allum 7,553 50.34 -12.17
Progressive Citizens' John Dempsey 7,491 49.93 -10.19
Progressive Citizens' John William Hardley 7,286 48.56 -15.55
Progressive Citizens' Matthew John Bennett 6,871 45.79 -15.79
Progressive Citizens' Charles Frederick Bennett 6,851 45.66
Progressive Citizens' Michael John Coyle 6,583 43.87
Progressive Citizens' Alfred Eady 6,561 43.73
Progressive Citizens' James Donald 6,383 42.54 -11.85
Progressive Citizens' John Barr Patterson 6,185 41.22 -12.38
Progressive Citizens' James Robertson 6,185 41.22 -7.04
Progressive Citizens' Samuel Crookes 5,976 39.83 -13.55
Progressive Citizens' Frederick Brinsden 5,819 38.78 -18.74
Progressive Citizens' George Brownlee 5,585 37.22
Progressive Citizens' Dick Thompson 5,440 36.25 -15.38
Labour Ted Phelan 4,761 31.73 -0.07
Progressive Citizens' William Hugh McKinney 4,734 31.55
Labour Dick Barter 4,490 29.92 -1.46
Progressive Citizens' Harold Clement Jones 4,452 29.67
Independent Alice Basten 4,427 29.50
Labour Hector James Sutherland 4,013 26.74
Labour Charles Arthur Watts 3,854 25.68 +0.18
Independent Harry Jenkins 3,684 24.55
Independent John Furness 3,656 24.36
Independent Alfred Coutts 3,650 24.32
Labour Bernard Clews 3,550 23.66 +7.33
Labour Frederick Cox 3,534 23.55
Labour William Moxsom 3,384 22.55 +6.81
Labour Bernard Martin 3,330 22.19 -9.98
Labour Samuel Richard Goodman 3,051 20.33
Independent Thomas Leopold Thompson 2,830 18.86
Independent Frederick David Parsons 2,593 17.28
Independent Walter Howard Dawson 2,549 16.98
Independent Walter Glover 2,554 17.02 +14.33
Independent George Metcalfe 2,280 15.19
Independent Daniel Bradley 2,218 14.78
Independent Hallyburton Johnstone 1,862 12.41
Independent Samuel Zobel 1,690 11.26
Independent Alexander Troup 1,565 10.43

References

  1. ^ Stacpoole, John. "Gunson, James Henry". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Municipal elections". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXII, no. 19006. 1 May 1925. p. 11. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Local Body Elections". No. 19468. Otago Daily Times. 1 May 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Electoral". Vol. LXII, no. 19008. The New Zealand Herald. 4 May 1925. p. 16. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
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