The 2022 Hamilton mayoral election took place on 8 October 2022 to determine the

Mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand The mayor of Hamilton is the head of the municipal government of Hamilton, New Zealand, and presides over the Hamilton City Council. The incumbent is Paula Southgate, who was first elected in the 2019 local government elections. History Hamil ...

. For the first time, the election was held under the

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system. Incumbent mayor

Paula Southgate Paula Anne Southgate is a New Zealand politician. She has held several positions in local government since 2001. In October 2019 she was elected the Mayor of Hamilton. Early life Southgate was born in 1963 or 1964 to Margaret Southgate and atten ...

was re-elected.

Candidates

Declared candidates

* Lee Bloor * Lachlan Coleman *Jack Gielen, former deputy leader of

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and serial election candidate * Horiana Henderson * Riki Manarangi * Donna Pokere-Phillips, co-leader of the NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party *

, incumbent mayor *Geoff Taylor, deputy mayor

Declined to be candidates

*Louise Hutt, 2019 mayoral candidate *Angela O'Leary, city councillor *Ewan Wilson, city councillor

Results

Aftermath

On 14 October 2022, Southgate named Angela O'Leary as deputy mayor.

References

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October 2022 events in New Zealand