1993 Invercargill mayoral by-election

The 1993 Invercargill mayoral by-election was held on 20 March 1993 as a result of the death of Mayor Eve Poole on Boxing Day the previous year.

1993 Invercargill mayoral by-election
20 March 1993
Turnout30,211 (79.45%)
 
Candidate Tim Shadbolt Bruce Pagan Mark Winter
Party Independent Independent Independent
Popular vote 10,078 5,752 4,795
Percentage 33.35 19.03 15.87
 
Candidate Mirek Cvigr Dougal Soper
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 3,915 1,972
Percentage 12.95 6.52
Mayor before election

Dougal Soper (acting)

 Elected Mayor

Tim Shadbolt

Background

Since losing the Waitemata City mayoralty in 1989, Tim Shadbolt had made several unsuccessful electoral runs, including 1992 mayoral elections in Auckland and Dunedin, in both of which he placed third.

The election attracted an unusually large pool of 14 candidates, including the incumbent deputy mayor and the two deputy mayors preceding him. Former Southland County Council chairman and father of candidate Janet Malloch,[1] Sir Erskine Bowmar, described it as "a bit of a joke".[2]

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Neil
Boniface		 Mirek
Cvigr		 Janet
Malloch		 Bruce
Pagan		 Geoff
Piercy		 Tim
Shadbolt		 Dougal
Soper		 Anne
Stoddart		 Mark
Winter		 Undecided
The Southland Times[3] 1 March 1993 519 ± 4.5% 2% 8.86% 4.24% 12.91% 3.47% 21.39% 7.13% 3.47% 6.94% 22%
The Southland Times[4] 10 March 1993 615 ± 4.5% 1.6% 8.9% 3.4% 16.1% 2.4% 26.2% 5.8% 1.6% 10.2% 17%

Results

The following table gives the election results:

1993 Invercargill mayoral by-election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tim Shadbolt 10,078 33.35
Independent Bruce Pagan 5,752 19.03 -16.16
Independent Mark Winter 4,795 15.87
Independent Mirek Cvigr 3,915 12.95 -13.96
Independent Dougal Soper 1,972 6.52
Independent Geoff Piercy 1,221 4.04
Independent Janet Malloch 765 2.53
Independent Anne Stoddart 718 2.37
Independent Neil Boniface 416 1.37
Independent Marjory Jones 268 0.88
Independent George Ngatai 116 0.38
Independent Katherine Hart 55 0.18
Independent Richard Osborn 50 0.16
Independent Owen Houliston 42 0.13
Majority 4,326 14.32
Turnout 30,211 79.45

References
  1. Malloch, Janet (1992). From the tops: a daughter reminisces on the life of Erskine Bowmar. OCLC 154215383.
  2. "Nominations Now Open For Local Government Candidates". 20 July 2019. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  3. "Poll puts Shadbolt in front". The Southland Times. 6 March 1993.
  4. "26pc support for Shadbolt in poll". The Southland Times. 13 March 1993.
  5. "Tim Shadbolt to be sworn in tomorrow". The Southland Times. 24 March 1993.


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