The 1965 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1965, election were held for the

Mayor of Christchurch The Mayor of Christchurch is the head of the municipal government of Christchurch, New Zealand, and presides over the Christchurch City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system. The current mayor, Phil ...

plus other local government positions. 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

Sitting mayor George Manning was re-elected for a fourth time, defeating his main opponent councillor

Peter Skellerup Peter Jensen Reid Skellerup (also Skjellerup, 14 January 1918 – 15 May 2006) was a New Zealand industrialist and philanthropist. Early life Skellerup was born in Christchurch in 1918. His father was George Skellerup (1881–1955), the founde ...

of the Citizens' Association and two other candidates. Labour gained an extra seat on the city council, but lost it after special votes were counted. This left the composition of the council at seven seats to twelve in favour of the Citizens' Association.

Mayoralty results

The following table gives the election results:

Councillor results

References

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