1879 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand
1879 Invercargill mayoral election ← 1878 | 21 July 1879 | 1880 → |
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Turnout | 623 |
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| | | 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
- ^ "PROVINCIAL ITEMS". Otago Witness. Papers Past. 26 July 1879.
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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