The 1947 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1947, 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 amal ...
plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. 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 thei ...
electoral method.
Mayoralty results
Councillor results
References
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Mayoral elections in Auckland
1947 elections in New Zealand
Politics of the Auckland Region
1940s in Auckland
November 1947 events in New Zealand