1919 Auckland City Mayoral Election
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The 1919 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1919, 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. Incumbent mayor
James Gunson Sir James Henry Gunson (26 October 1877 – 12 May 1963) was a New Zealand businessman and Mayor of Auckland City from 1915 to 1925. He was knighted in 1924. W Gunson & Co Born and educated in Auckland, in his mid-twenties he took over W Gunson ...
was declared re-elected unopposed, with no other candidates emerging.


Councillor results


References

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