1901 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand
1901 Invercargill mayoral election | ← 1900 | 24 April 1901 | 1902 → |
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| Turnout | 1,301 |
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| |  | | | | Candidate | Charles Stephen Longuet | Horace Bastings | F.G. Stone | | Party | Independent | Independent | Independent | | Popular vote | 641 | 357 | 293 | | Percentage | 49.27 | 27.44 | 22.52 | |
Mayor before election
James Smith Goldie
| Elected Mayor
Charles Stephen Longuet
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The 1901 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 24 April 1901 as part of that year's local elections.
South Ward councillor Francis Rose intended to contest the election but dropped out in September 1900 and subsequently resigned from the council for "private reasons".[1][2][3]
Results
The following table gives the election results:[4]
1901 Invercargill mayoral election | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Charles Stephen Longuet | 641 | 49.27 | |
| | Independent | Horace Bastings | 357 | 27.44 | |
| | Independent | F.G. Stone | 293 | 22.52 | |
| Informal votes | 10 | 0.76 | |
| Majority | 284 | 21.83 | |
| Turnout | 1,301 | | |
References
- ^ "THE MAYORALTY". The Southland Times. Papers Past. 28 July 1900.
- ^ "General News". The Southern Cross. Papers Past. 22 September 1900.
- ^ "Invercargill Borough Council". The Southland Times. Papers Past. 5 October 1900.
- ^ "MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS". The Southern Cross. Papers Past. 27 April 1901.
Mayors of Invercargill
| Mayors | - William Wood
- George Lumsden
- Thomas Pratt
- John Walker Mitchell
- John Cuthbertson
- Joseph Hatch
- George Lumsden (2nd)
- George Goodwillie
- Nicholas Johnson
- Henry Jaggers
- John Kingsland
- William Sherriffs Moir
- George Froggatt
- John Lyon McDonald
- David Roche
- Edwin Alfred Tapper
- Thomas Fleming
- John Walker Mitchell (2nd)
- William Horatio Hall
- James Walker Bain
- Duncan McFarlane
- Andrew Raeside
- William Benjamin Scandrett
- John Sinclair
- Josiah Hanan
- Hugh Mair
- John Stead
- James Smith Goldie
- Charles Stephen Longuet
- George Froggatt (2nd)
- William Benjamin Scandrett (2nd)
- Charles Stephen Longuet (2nd)
- William Ott
- William Benjamin Scandrett (3rd)
- Duncan McFarlane (2nd)
- John Stead (2nd)
- John Lillicrap
- Andrew Bain
- John Miller
- John Campbell
- John Miller (2nd)
- Ralph Hanan
- John Robert Martin
- Abraham Wachner
- William Aitchison
- Brian Hewat
- Adam Adamson
- Neil Watson
- F. Russell Miller
- Eve Poole
- Tim Shadbolt
- David Harrington
- Tim Shadbolt (2nd)
- Nobby Clark
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- † Elected unopposed
- ‡ By-election
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