1944 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand
1944 Invercargill mayoral election
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| ← 1942 | 27 May 1944 | 1947 → |
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| Turnout | 9,591 |
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| |  | | | Candidate | Abraham Wachner | A. W. Jones | | Party | Independent | Independent | | Popular vote | 7,321 | 2,270 | | Percentage | 76.33 | 23.66 | |
Mayor before election
Abraham Wachner
| Elected Mayor
Abraham Wachner
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The 1944 Invercargill mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
Incumbent mayor Abraham Wachner was re-elected with an increased majority.
Results
The following table gives the election results:
1944 Invercargill mayoral election[1] | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Abraham Wachner | 7,321 | 76.33 | +15.04 |
| | Independent | A. W. Jones | 2,270 | 23.66 | |
| Majority | 5,051 | 52.67 | +30.08 |
| Turnout | 9,591 | | |
References
- ^ "IN OTHER TOWNS". 29 May 1944.
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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