1950 Auckland City mayoral election
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Turnout40,290 (42.28%)
 
Candidate Sir John Allum John Stewart Leonard Coakley
Party Independent Labour Citizens & Ratepayers
Popular vote 20,021 13,084 6,481
Percentage 49.69 32.47 16.08
Mayor before election

Sir John Allum

 Elected Mayor

Sir John Allum

The 1950 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1950, 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.

Background

Citizens & Ratepayers

The Citizens & Ratepayers Association decided not to re-select incumbent mayor John Allum to contest the mayoralty for another term. At a meeting on 30 August the association instead 'after careful consideration' selected the deputy mayor John Leonard Coakley.[1] At the time of selection Coakley was overseas and his intention to accept nomination could not be confirmed until 8 October when he returned to Auckland after a six month excursion and stated he would accept the invitation to stand.[2] In the meantime, undeterred at his de-selection, Allum announced he had decided to stand for re-election as an independent candidate.[3]

Labour

The Labour Party had three people nominated for the mayoralty:

At the candidate selection meeting Stewart was selected as Labour's mayoral candidate.[4]

Mayoralty results

1950 Auckland mayoral election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sir John Allum 20,021 49.69 -5.90
Labour John Stewart 13,084 32.47
Citizens & Ratepayers Leonard Coakley 6,481 16.08
Communist Vic Wilcox 541 1.34
Informal votes 163 0.40 -0.31
Majority 6,937 17.21 -3.36
Turnout 40,290 42.28

Councillor results

1950 Auckland City Council election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Joan Rattray 20,451 53.41 +1.72
Citizens & Ratepayers Barbara Roche 20,045 52.35 +2.30
Citizens & Ratepayers Fred Ambler 18,962 49.52 -6.73
Citizens & Ratepayers Arthur Bailey 17,984 46.96 -6.06
Citizens & Ratepayers Roy McElroy 16,334 42.65 -8.61
Citizens & Ratepayers William Mackay 15,978 41.72 -7.58
Citizens & Ratepayers Keith Buttle 15,880 41.47 -7.16
Citizens & Ratepayers Max Tongue 15,499 40.47 -8.81
Labour Bill Butler 15,451 40.35 -3.67
Citizens & Ratepayers Reginald Stanley Harrop 15,441 40.32 -8.65
Citizens & Ratepayers Frederick George Lintott 15,093 39.41 -10.55
Citizens & Ratepayers Mary Wright 14,973 39.10 -11.92
Citizens & Ratepayers Thomas Allan Bennett 14,834 38.74
Citizens & Ratepayers Howard Hunter 14,706 38.40
Labour Charles Victor Austin 14,671 38.31
Citizens & Ratepayers Horace Kirk 14,169 37.00 -10.27
Citizens & Ratepayers John Whittaker 14,135 36.91
Citizens & Ratepayers Joyce William Hyland 14,053 36.70 -12.22
Citizens & Ratepayers Harold Barry 13,960 36.45
Citizens & Ratepayers Robert Hector MacKay 13,835 36.13
Labour Agnes Dodd 13,747 35.90
Citizens & Ratepayers Bob Beechey[nb 1] 13,600 35.51
Labour Norman King 13,509 35.28
Labour Harold Callagher 13,500 35.25 -4.54
Labour Denis Brophy 13,447 35.11
Labour William Duncan 13,434 35.08 -4.22
Labour Margaret Warren 13,366 34.90
Citizens & Ratepayers Aubrey Tronson 13,343 34.84
Labour George G. Grant 13,323 34.79
Labour Paul Richardson 13,233 34.55 -5.37
Labour Alan Robert Tanner 13,179 34.41
Labour Richard Wrathall 13,082 34.16 -3.13
Citizens & Ratepayers Joseph Devine Dimond 13,023 34.01
Labour Martin Charles Conroy 12,991 33.92
Labour John Henry Weaver 12,609 32.93
Labour Frank Williams 12,187 31.82
Labour Reginald J. Katterns 12,013 31.37
Labour Laurence Daniel Murphy 11,987 31.30
Labour Ivor G. Paddison 11,490 30.00
Labour Cyril H. Penwill 11,478 29.97
Independent Howard Edward Gray Matthews 11,424 29.83 -17.21
Labour Arthur William Punchard 11,320 29.56
Labour Ivan John Milicich 11,173 29.17
Independent Albert Charles Marks 7,671 20.03
Independent Richard Armstrong 5,210 13.60
Independent George Mullenger 4,847 12.65
Independent Amy Milburn 3,231 8.43 +2.76
Communist George Jackson 2,799 7.31 -0.21
Communist Ben Bray 2,789 7.28
Communist Donald McEwan 2,627 6.86
Communist Alexander Drennan 2,620 6.84
Communist Rita Smith 2,531 6.61
Communist Ronald Charles Black 2,526 6.59
Communist Johnny Mitchell 2,465 6.43
Communist Bruce Skilton 1,565 4.08
Communist Peter McAra 1,557 4.06
Communist Frederick Daniel Muller 1,542 4.02
Communist Alec Rait 1,279 3.34
Communist Tom Spiller 1,412 3.68

Table footnotes:

  1. ^ Beechey was appointed in March 1953 to fill a vacancy on the council

References

  1. ^ "Auckland Mayor - Sir John Allum Not Nominated". Ashburton Guardian. Vol. 70, no. 269. 31 August 1950. p. 2.
  2. ^ "Mr. J. L. Coakley to Contest the Auckland Mayoralty". Wanganui Chronicle. 9 October 1950. p. 4.
  3. ^ "Auckland Mayor - Sir John Allum Not Nominated". The Press. Vol. LXXXVI, no. 26207. 2 September 1950. p. 9.
  4. ^ "Labour Candidate To Oppose Auckland Mayor". Wanganui Chronicle. 7 October 1950. p. 5.
  5. ^ a b "Electoral". New Zealand Herald. 30 November 1950. p. 14.
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