1879 Invercargill mayoral election

1879 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand

1879 Invercargill mayoral election
← 1878 21 July 1879 1880 →
Turnout623
 
Candidate George Goodwillie James Walker Bain
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 314 309
Percentage 50.40 49.60

Mayor before election

George Lumsden

Elected Mayor

George Goodwillie

The 1879 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 21 July 1879.

Councillor George Goodwillie defeated James Walker Bain.

Results

The following table gives the election results:[1]

1879 Invercargill mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent George Goodwillie 314 50.40
Independent James Walker Bain 309 49.60
Majority 5 0.80
Turnout 623

References

  1. ^ "PROVINCIAL ITEMS". Otago Witness. Papers Past. 26 July 1879.
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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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