1938 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand
1938 Invercargill mayoral election
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← 1935 | 11 May 1938 | 1938 → |
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Turnout | 7,728 |
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| | | Candidate | John Miller | Gordon Reed | Party | Independent | Independent | Popular vote | 6,184 | 1,544 | Percentage | 80.02 | 19.97 | |
Mayor before election John Miller | Elected mayor John Miller | |
The 1938 Invercargill mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
Incumbent mayor John Miller sought a fourth consecutive term, the fifth in total, against deputy mayor Gordon Reed.[1] Miller died on 20 September, resulting in a by-election in October.
Background
Miller and Reed had previously run against one another for Invercargill in the 1935 general election, both losing to William Denham.
Results
The following table gives the election results:
1938 Invercargill mayoral election[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John Miller | 6,184 | 80.02 | |
| Independent | Gordon Reed | 1,544 | 19.97 | |
Majority | 4,640 | 60.05 | |
Turnout | 7,728 | | |
References
- ^ "PARTY PROSPECTS". The Evening Star. 22 November 1935.
- ^ "Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 May 1938". Horowhenua Chronicle. 12 May 1938.
Mayors of Invercargill
Mayors | - William Wood
- George Lumsden
- Thomas Pratt
- John Walker Mitchell
- John Cuthbertson
- Joseph Hatch
- George Lumsden (2nd)
- George Goodwillie
- Nicholas Johnson
- Henry Jaggers
- John Kingsland
- William Sherriffs Moir
- George Froggatt
- John Lyon McDonald
- David Roche
- Edwin Alfred Tapper
- Thomas Fleming
- John Walker Mitchell (2nd)
- William Horatio Hall
- James Walker Bain
- Duncan McFarlane
- Andrew Raeside
- William Benjamin Scandrett
- John Sinclair
- Josiah Hanan
- Hugh Mair
- John Stead
- James Smith Goldie
- Charles Stephen Longuet
- George Froggatt (2nd)
- William Benjamin Scandrett (2nd)
- Charles Stephen Longuet (2nd)
- William Ott
- William Benjamin Scandrett (3rd)
- Duncan McFarlane (2nd)
- John Stead (2nd)
- John Lillicrap
- Andrew Bain
- John Miller
- John Campbell
- John Miller (2nd)
- Ralph Hanan
- John Robert Martin
- Abraham Wachner
- William Aitchison
- Brian Hewat
- Adam Adamson
- Neil Watson
- F. Russell Miller
- Eve Poole
- Tim Shadbolt
- David Harrington
- Tim Shadbolt (2nd)
- Nobby Clark
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- † Elected unopposed
- ‡ By-election
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