1883 Invercargill mayoral election

1883 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand

1883 Invercargill mayoral election

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29 November 1883

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Turnout

617


Candidate	William Sherriffs Moir	George Froggatt	John Lyon McDonald
Party	Independent	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	266	194	157
Percentage	43.11	31.44	25.44

Mayor before election

John Kingsland

Elected Mayor

William Sherriffs Moir

The 1883 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 29 November 1883.

William Sherriffs Moir was elected mayor. His opponents would go on to be the next two mayors.

Results

The following table gives the election results:^[1]

1883 Invercargill mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Sherriffs Moir	266	43.11
	Independent	George Froggatt	194	31.44
	Independent	John Lyon McDonald	157	25.44	-20.66
Majority			72	11.67
Turnout			617

References

^ "ANNUAL ELECTION OF MAYOR". The Southland Times. Papers Past. 30 November 1883.

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