2022 Hamilton, New Zealand, mayoral election
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The 2022 Hamilton mayoral election was a local election held from 16 September to 8 October in Hamilton, New Zealand, as part of that year's city council election and nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Hamilton for the 2022–2025 term of the Hamilton City Council. Postal voting and the single transferable vote and postal voting was used (the latter for the first time).
Incumbent mayor Paula Southgate was re-elected.
Key dates
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Background
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Campaign
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List of candidates
[edit]Declared candidates
[edit]| Candidate | Photo | Affiliation | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Bloor | Independent | |||
| Lachlan Coleman | Independent | |||
| Jack Gielen | The People's Voice | Former deputy leader of The Republic of New Zealand Party and serial election candidate[1] | ||
| Horiana Henderson | Independent | |||
| Riki Manarangi | None | |||
| Donna Pokere-Phillips | Outdoors | Co-leader of the NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party[2] | ||
| Paula Southgate | 
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Independent | Incumbent mayor[3] | |
| Geoff Taylor | None | Deputy mayor[4] | ||
Declined to be candidates
[edit]- Louise Hutt, 2019 mayoral candidate[5]
- Angela O'Leary, city councillor[3]
- Ewan Wilson, city councillor[3]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Paula Southgate | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 15,880 | ||
| Independent | Geoff Taylor | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 14,043 | ||
| Independent | Horiana Henderson | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1,789 | |||
| Outdoors | Donna Pokere-Phillips | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1,248 | ||||
| Independent | Lachlan Coleman | ? | ? | ? | 1,109 | |||||
| Independent | Riki Manarangi | ? | ? | 969 | ||||||
| The Peoples Voice | Jack Gielen | ? | 517 | |||||||
| Independent | Lee Bloor | 416 | ||||||||
| Quota: 14,962 | ||||||||||
Aftermath
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On 14 October 2022, Southgate named Angela O'Leary as deputy mayor.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nominees". Your City Elections. Hamilton City Council. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ Ward, Stephen (31 July 2022). "Names trickle in for city and regional council elections". Waikato Times. Stuff.
- ^ a b c Leaman, Aaron (18 March 2022). "City Hall showdown – Hamilton city councillors reveal their political ambitions". Waikato Times. Stuff.
- ^ McRae, Andrew (11 May 2022). "Hamilton deputy mayor Geoff Taylor to challenge mayor for top job at upcoming election". RNZ.
- ^ "Louise Hutt standing for Hamilton City Council". Voxy.co.nz. 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Hamilton City Council Final results for the 2022 Election" (PDF). Hamilton City Council. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ Ward, Stephen (14 October 2022). "Southgate names new Hamilton deputy mayor and committee chairperson line-up". Waikato Times. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
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