1965 Porirua mayoral election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/50px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png)
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← 1962 | 9 October 1965 | 1968 → |
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Turnout | 2,422 |
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| | | Candidate | Whitford Brown | Alf Mexted | Party | Independent | Independent | Popular vote | 2,130 | 278 | Percentage | 87.94 | 11.47 | |
Mayor before election Whitford Brown | Elected mayor Whitford Brown | |
The 1965 Porirua mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The elections were held for the role of Mayor of Porirua plus other local government positions including ten city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
Background
This was the first election held after Porirua's proclamation as a city by the Governor-General earlier the same month on 2 October.[1] The incumbent mayor, Whitford Brown, was decisively re-elected over councillor Alf Mexted. Both mayoral candidates stood for the city council as well and were successful.[nb 1][2]
Mayoral results
1965 Porirua mayoral election[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Whitford Brown | 2,130 | 87.94 | +51.47 |
| Independent | Alf Mexted | 278 | 11.47 | +5.95 |
Informal votes | 14 | 0.57 | −0.29 |
Majority | 1,852 | 76.46 | +67.48 |
Turnout | 2,422 | | |
Councillor results
1965 Porirua City Council election[4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Whitford Brown[nb 1] | 1,720 | 71.01 | +8.79 |
| Independent | Jill Nixon | 1,529 | 63.12 | +7.10 |
| Independent | Ernie Maxwell | 1,361 | 56.19 | +6.17 |
| Independent | Donald Collins | 1,357 | 56.02 | +15.93 |
| Independent | Leslie Duncan Ayson | 1,350 | 55.73 | |
| Labour | Tutuira Wi Neera | 1,280 | 52.84 | |
| Independent | Alf Mexted | 1,163 | 48.01 | +5.69 |
| Independent | Benjamin David Hart | 1,148 | 47.39 | |
| Independent | James Hamilton Wilson | 1,128 | 46.57 | −2.38 |
| Independent | Bill Arnold | 1,111 | 45.87 | +1.27 |
| Labour | Richard Joseph Archer | 1,079 | 44.54 | |
| Labour | Frances Mary Bould | 1,067 | 44.05 | |
| Independent | Matuaiwi Solomon | 1,052 | 43.43 | +2.81 |
| Labour | Jim Hunter | 954 | 39.38 | |
| Labour | Ted Taylor | 914 | 37.73 | |
| Labour | Ernest Lionel Tregoweth | 847 | 34.97 | |
| Independent | Stanley Albert Humphries | 633 | 26.13 | |
| Communist | Mary Hepinstall | 332 | 13.70 | |
| Communist | Jack Manson | 325 | 13.41 | |
Table footnotes:
- ^ a b As Brown won the Mayoralty his election to the council was voided and his seat was awarded to the highest polling unsuccessful candidate.
References
- ^ "Porirua Becomes A City — Governor-General Proclaims New Status". Kapi-Mana News. 6 October 1965. p. 4.
- ^ "Porirua". The Dominion. 11 October 1965. p. 6.
- ^ "City of Porirua - Declaration of Result of Poll — Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 18 October 1965. p. 2.
- ^ "City of Porirua - Declaration of Result of Poll — Councillors". The Evening Post. 18 October 1965. p. 2.