1931 Auckland City mayoral election

The 1931 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1931, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

1931 Auckland City mayoral election
8 May 1931
Turnout21,634 (44.87%)
 
Candidate George Hutchison Rex Mason
Party Citizens Committee Labour
Popular vote 12,799 8,598
Percentage 59.16 39.74
Mayor before election

George Baildon

 Elected Mayor

George Hutchison

Mayoralty results
1931 Auckland mayoral election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens Committee George Hutchison 12,799 59.16
Labour Rex Mason 8,598 39.74
Informal votes 237 1.09 -0.17
Majority 4,201 19.41
Turnout 21,634 44.87

Councillor results
1931 Auckland local election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens Committee George Grey Campbell 11,966 55.31 +26.01
Citizens Committee Harold Percy Burton 11,371 52.56 +27.71
Citizens Committee Dawson Donaldson 11,029 50.97 +26.63
Citizens Committee Leonard Coakley 10,902 50.39
Citizens Committee Andrew Entrican 10,659 49.26 +13.83
Citizens Committee Harry Jenkins 10,571 48.86
Citizens Committee James Robertson 10,510 48.58
Citizens Committee Matthew John Bennett 10,440 48.25 +17.60
Citizens Committee Michael John Coyle 10,367 47.91 +22.66
Citizens Committee Francis Leonard 10,298 47.60
Independent Tom Bloodworth 10,241 47.33 -2.94
Citizens Committee Ellen Melville 10,179 47.05 +17.88
Labour Ted Phelan 10,169 47.00 +14.94
Independent John Barr Patterson 9,929 45.89 +20.55
Citizens Committee Alice Basten 9,902 45.77 +17.15
Independent Walter Harry Murray 9,525 44.02 +6.73
Citizens Committee Gideon Lawrence Taylor 9,367 43.29
Labour Fred Bartram 9,215 42.59 +12.67
Independent James Donald 8,975 41.48 +12.16
Citizens Committee David Henry 8,879 41.04
Labour Bernard Martin 8,501 39.29 +23.63
Citizens Committee Robert Gracie Milligan 8,441 39.01
Independent George McKendrick 8,351 38.60
Independent George Brownlee 8,341 38.55 +8.76
Labour John Thomas Jennings 8,319 38.45 +22.61
Citizens Committee John Allum 8,100 37.44 +13.38
Independent William Lang Casey 8,072 37.31 +7.64
Citizens Committee Harold Tahana Thomas 7,903 36.53
Citizens Committee Herbert Bellam 7,867 36.36 +16.20
Independent John Lundon 7,799 36.04 +8.93
Labour Arthur Rosser 7,568 34.98
Labour Ernest Frank Andrews 7,545 34.87
Labour Charles Arthur Watts 7,231 33.42
Labour Joe Sayegh 6,548 30.26
Labour Gordon Hultquist 6,345 29.32

References
  1. "Local Body Elections". Vol. LXII, no. 110. The New Zealand Herald. 12 May 1931. p. 18. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
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