The 1950 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1950, 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.

Background

;Citizens & Ratepayers The Citizens & Ratepayers Association decided not to re-select incumbent 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 ...

to contest the mayoralty for another term. At a meeting on 30 August the association instead 'after careful consideration' selected the deputy mayor John Leonard Coakley. At the time of selection Coakley was overseas and his intention to accept nomination could not be confirmed until 8 October when he returned to Auckland after a six month excursion and stated he would accept the invitation to stand. In the meantime, undeterred at his de-selection, Allum announced he had decided to stand for re-election as an independent candidate. ;Labour The Labour Party had three people nominated for the mayoralty: *Paul Richardson, president of the Tramway Workers' Union and city council candidate at the previous three elections *

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 ...

, former MP for (1931-46) and Labour's mayoral candidate in 1947 * John Stewart, former city councillor (1935-38) and Labour candidate for in At the candidate selection meeting Stewart was selected as Labour's mayoral candidate.

Mayoralty results

Councillor results

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References

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