1905 Auckland City mayoral election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/50px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png)
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← 1904 | 26 April 1905 | 1906 → |
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Turnout | 9,449 (60.03%) |
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| | | Candidate | Arthur Myers | John McLeod | Party | Independent | Independent | Popular vote | 5,193 | 3,541 | Percentage | 54.95 | 37.47 | |
Mayor before election Edwin Mitchelson | Elected mayor Arthur Myers | |
The 1905 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1905, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
Background
Incumbent mayor Edwin Mitchelson decided to retire and not seek re-election. Arthur Myers was elected as Auckland's new mayor.
Mayoralty results
1905 Auckland mayoral election[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Arthur Myers | 5,193 | 54.95 | |
| Independent | John McLeod | 3,541 | 37.47 | |
| Independent | John Thomas Julian | 627 | 6.63 | |
Informal votes | 88 | 0.93 | |
Majority | 1,652 | 17.48 | |
Turnout | 9,449 | 60.03 | |
Councillor results
1905 Auckland City Council election[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Charles Grey | 5,977 | 63.25 | |
| Independent | John Court | 5,263 | 55.69 | |
| Independent | Maurice Casey | 5,162 | 54.63 | |
| Independent | Andrew Entrican | 5,127 | 54.25 | |
| Independent | Lemuel Bagnall | 4,910 | 51.96 | |
| Independent | James Parr | 4,717 | 49.92 | |
| Independent | William Hutchinson | 4,440 | 46.98 | |
| Independent | George Knight | 4,179 | 44.22 | |
| Independent | Robert Farrell | 3,884 | 41.10 | |
| Independent | Robert Tudehope | 3,777 | 39.97 | |
| Independent | Albert Glover | 3,711 | 39.27 | |
| Independent | Herbert Smeeton | 3,569 | 37.77 | |
| Independent | John Patterson | 3,008 | 31.83 | |
| Independent | James Jamieson | 2,898 | 30.66 | |
| Independent | Joseph Becroft | 2,790 | 29.52 | |
| Independent | George Gregory | 2,673 | 28.28 | |
| Independent | John Henry Hannan | 2,373 | 25.11 | |
| Independent | James Regan | 1,776 | 18.79 | |
| Independent | Roland St. Clair | 1,583 | 16.75 | |
| Ind. Labour League | James Aggers | 1,547 | 16.37 | |
| Ind. Labour League | Percy George Andrew | 1,374 | 14.54 | |
| Ind. Labour League | Bob Way | 1,289 | 13.64 | |
| Independent | Samuel Alexander Tilly | 1,272 | 13.46 | |
| Independent | Edgar Edwin Partington | 980 | 10.37 | |
References
- ^ "Annual Election of Mayor". Auckland Star. Vol. XXXVI, no. 100. 27 April 1905. p. 8. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Biennial Election of Councillors". Auckland Star. Vol. XXXVI, no. 100. 27 April 1905. p. 8. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
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