1885 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand
1885 Invercargill mayoral election ← 1884 | 26 November 1885 | 1886 → |
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Turnout | 582 |
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| | | Candidate | John Lyon McDonald | John Kingsland | Party | Independent | Independent | Popular vote | 385 | 197 | Percentage | 66.15 | 33.84 | |
Mayor before election George Froggatt | Elected mayor John Lyon McDonald | |
The 1885 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 26 November 1885.
In a rematch from the 1882 election, John Lyon McDonald was elected, defeating former mayor John Kingsland.
Results
The following table gives the election results:[1]
1885 Invercargill mayoral election Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John Lyon McDonald | 385 | 66.15 | |
| Independent | John Kingsland | 197 | 33.84 | |
Majority | 188 | 32.31 | |
Turnout | 582 | | |
References
- ^ "ELECTION OF MAYOR". The Southland Times. Papers Past. 27 November 1885.
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
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