1965 Auckland City mayoral election

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.

1965 Auckland City mayoral election
9 October 1965
Turnout36,503 (47.23%)
 
Candidate Roy McElroy Dove-Myer Robinson
Party Citizens & Ratepayers Independent
Popular vote 17,132 15,998
Percentage 46.93 43.82
Mayor before election

Dove-Myer Robinson

 Elected Mayor

Roy McElroy

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.[1]

Mayoralty results
1965 Auckland mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Roy McElroy 17,132 46.93
Independent Dove-Myer Robinson 15,998 43.82 -7.35
Labour George Forsyth 3,373 9.25
Majority 1,134 3.10
Turnout 36,503 47.23

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

References
  • Edgar, John (2012). Urban Legend: Sir Dove-Meyer Robinson. Hodder Moa.

Notes
  1. Edgar 2012.
  2. "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 16 October 1965. p. 16.
  3. "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 22 October 1965. p. 15.
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