1965 Auckland City mayoral election
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Turnout | 36,503 (47.23%) |
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The 1965 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the: New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1965, 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※
Incumbent two-term Mayor Dove-Myer Robinson was defeated by, Roy McElroy of the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket. Robinson's position had been worsened by the entry of Labour Party councillor George Forsyth——to the race which allowed McElroy——to win on a split vote.
Mayoralty results※
Councillor results※
1965 Auckland local election
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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±%
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Arapeta Awatere
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22,274
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61.01
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+21.97
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Sir Keith Park
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21,701
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59.44
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-11.15
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Tom Pearce
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21,506
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58.91
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+22.13
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Fred Glasse
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20,489
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56.12
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+12.22
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Tom Bloodworth
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19,672
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53.89
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+1.25
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Bob Beechey
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19,578
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53.63
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-10.91
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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John Dale
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19,508
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53.44
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-7.24
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Winifred Horton
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19,159
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52.48
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+6.77
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Harold Watts
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19,153
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52.46
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+5.69
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Winifred Delugar
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18,718
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51.27
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±0.00
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Max Tongue
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18,657
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51.11
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-0.93
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Thomas Littlejohn
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17,788
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48.73
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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George Russell Tutt
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17,298
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47.38
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+5.80
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Mel Tronson
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16,916
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46.34
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Independent
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Fred Ambler
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16,884
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46.25
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+1.40
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Ian McKinnon
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16,599
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45.47
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Independent
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Eric Armishaw
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15,394
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42.17
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-1.42
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Thomas Roy Sussex
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15,236
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41.73
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Labour
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George Forsyth
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13,994
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38.33
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+1.96
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Labour
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Alex Dreaver
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13,490
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36.95
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-4.50
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Bill Clark
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13,316
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36.47
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Alan George Simms
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12,448
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34.10
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Independent
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William Grant-Mackie
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12,305
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33.70
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+0.46
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Labour
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Lew Pryme
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11,686
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32.01
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Basil Roy Arnott
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11,635
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31.87
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-1.16
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Robert Alfred Heaney
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11,412
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31.26
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+0.47
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Citizens & Ratepayers
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Edward Cecil Nimon
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11,438
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31.33
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Labour
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Annie Elizabeth Beresford
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10,593
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29.01
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+2.92
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Civic Action
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Daniel Finnigan
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10,099
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27.66
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Civic Action
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Michael Hart
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9,933
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27.21
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Labour
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Roy Turner
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9,526
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26.09
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Labour
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Graham Caldwell
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9,454
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25.89
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+6.37
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Labour
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Thomas Price
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8,975
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24.58
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+5.41
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Labour
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Frank Haigh
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8,713
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23.86
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Civic Action
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Alison Bridgeman
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7,810
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21.39
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Labour
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Eileen Johnson
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7,680
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21.03
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Labour
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John Mita Karaka
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7,142
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19.56
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Independent
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Barry Donovan
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6,952
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19.04
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Labour
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Whai Mataira
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6,933
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18.99
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Civic Action
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Francis Halpin
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6,729
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18.43
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Labour
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Anita Rona Von Zalinski
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6,553
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17.95
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-2.34
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Labour
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James Gerrard Taylor
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6,251
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17.12
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Labour
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Inez Freeman
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6,266
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17.16
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Labour
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Irene Margaret Offen
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6,167
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16.89
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-3.23
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Communist
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Diana Grant-Mackie
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5,901
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16.16
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Independent
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Albert Edward Bailey
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5,370
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14.71
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-25.88
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Labour
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Robert Elsender
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5,339
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15.62
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Independent
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Barry Wright
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5,286
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14.48
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Labour
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Derek Brunning
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5,267
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14.42
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Labour
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Matthew Sosich
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5,058
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13.85
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Independent
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Pat Curran
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4,497
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12.31
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Communist
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Bill Andersen
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3,141
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8.60
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-10.75
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Communist
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James Casey
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2,694
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7.38
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Communist
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Donald McEwan
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2,485
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6.80
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Communist
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Mortimer Irvine
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2,166
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5.93
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Communist
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Lenard Thomas Smith
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2,059
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5.64
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Communist
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Alec Ostler
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1,681
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4.60
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-1.59
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Communist
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Peter McAra
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1,659
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4.54
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-0.22
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Communist
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Alec Rait
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1,197
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3.27
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References※
- Edgar, John (2012). Urban Legend: Sir Dove-Meyer Robinson. Hodder Moa.
Notes※
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- † Elected unopposed
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