The 1910 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1910, elections were held for the

Mayor of Auckland The Mayor of Auckland is the directly elected head of the Auckland Council, the local government authority for the Auckland Region in New Zealand, which it controls as a unitary authority. The position exists since October 2010 after the amalga ...

. The polling was conducted using the standard

first-past-the-post In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...

electoral method.

Background

Incumbent mayor Charles Grey did not seek re-election and was replaced by Councillor

Lemuel Bagnall Lemuel John Bagnall (1844 – 30 April 1917), was a New Zealand businessman and politician who was Mayor of Auckland City from 1910 to 1911. Biography Early life and career Bagnall was born in New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Along w ...

who defeated

Patrick Nerheny Patrick Joseph Nerheny (1858 – 2 December 1921) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 25 June 1920 to 2 December 1921, when he died aged 63y. He was appointed by the Reform Government. He was from Auckland and served as an ...

and William Richardson. Consequently, a by-election to fill Bagnall's vacated seat was held, which was won by Henry Shaw. Due to Bagnall's win at the polls for mayor his seat on the city council had been declared vacant. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy the next month which was won by Henry Shaw. William Richardson, who was defeated for the mayoralty also stood for the council seat and was again unsuccessful.

Mayoralty results

Council by-election

Notes

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Auckland City Mayoral Election, 1910 Mayoral elections in Auckland 1910 elections in New Zealand Politics of the Auckland Region 1910s in Auckland