The 1941 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1941, 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 ...

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 their ...

electoral method. The election saw deputy-mayor

John Allum Sir John Andrew Charles Allum (27 January 1889 – 16 September 1972) was a New Zealand businessman and engineer, and was Mayor of Auckland City from 1941 to 1953. Biography Early life and career Allum was born in London and educated at Goldsm ...

defeating the Labour nominee

Joe Sayegh Joseph Callil Sayegh (7 March 1884 – 29 March 1946) was a New Zealand politician and businessman. Early life and career Sayegh was of Assyrian origin, born in Lebanon 11 kilometres from Bethlehem on 7 March 1884. Sayegh's father Callil emigra ...

who suffered defeat for the third time in succession. Sayegh did not stand for the council as an inducement to vote for him as mayor, but he was elected to the Harbour Board and Hospital Board. The only successful Labour candidate for the council was

Mary Dreaver Mary Manson Dreaver (née Bain, 31 March 1887 – 19 July 1961) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Biography Early life She was born in Dunedin, the oldest of 13 children of Alexander Manson Bain and Hanna Kiely. She married A ...

, with the

Citizens & Ratepayers Communities and Residents (C&R) is a Right-wing politics, right-leaning Local government, local body Ticket (election), ticket in Auckland, New Zealand. It was formed in 1938 as Citizens & Ratepayers, with a view to controlling the Auckland Cit ...

ticket winning all other council seats.

Background

;Citizens & Ratepayers The incumbent mayor Sir

Ernest Davis Ernest Davis may refer to: * Ernie Davis (1939–1963), American football running back * Sir Ernest Davis (brewer) (1872–1962), New Zealand brewer and mayor of Auckland * Ernest Davis (professor), Professor of Computer Science at New York Univer ...

declined to seek a further term. After Davis' retirement the deputy mayor

and councillor Arthur Bailey were seen as likely replacements as the Citizens & Ratepayers Association nominee for mayor. At a meeting chaired by

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the Citizens & Ratepayers Association committee selected Allum as the mayoral candidate. ;Labour The Labour Party had six people nominated for the mayoralty: *

Bill Anderton William Theophilus Anderton (16 March 1891 – 20 January 1966) was a New Zealand politician of the New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party. He served as Minister of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), Minister of Internal Affairs in the Second Labo ...

, MP for since 1935 and former city councillor (1935-41) *

, a Hospital Board member since 1931 city councillor since 1938 *Jim Purtell, secretary of the Trades and Labour Council and former city councillor (1936-38) *

, Labour's mayoral candidate at the previous two elections and former city councillor (1933-41) *

Bill Schramm Frederick William Schramm (28 March 1886 – 28 October 1962) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was the eleventh Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1944 to 1946. Biography Early life Schramm was born in Hokitika ...

, MP for since 1931 *

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, former city councillor (1935-38) Sayegh was elected as the Labour candidate at a selection meeting of party delegates. ;Others Two independent candidates also stood. James William Payne, who stood for mayor in 1938, and Charles Bailey, formerly a Labour city councillor from 1933 to 1938.

Mayoralty results

Councillor results

References

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