1962 Auckland City mayoral election
13 October 1962
Turnout37,370
 
Candidate Dove-Myer Robinson Edgar Faber
Party Independent Citizens & Ratepayers
Popular vote 19,121 18,249
Percentage 51.17 48.83
Mayor before election

Dove-Myer Robinson

 Elected Mayor

Dove-Myer Robinson

The 1962 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1962, 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.

Background

Incumbent Mayor Dove-Myer Robinson was re-elected against past president of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce Edgar Faber, who despite possessing a low public profile and comparative lack of local body experience did better than expected. The election also saw the Labour Party split from the Civic Reform ticket.[1] To assist in publicity it was thought that the Labour ticket should include a mayoral candidate as well. The MP for Onehunga (and former Minister of Works from 1957 to 1960) Hugh Watt was speculated as Labour's likely candidate. However, Watt ruled himself out stating he felt he could make a greater contribution to the city's development by remaining in national politics and that he wished to do so by serving in the cabinet of the next Labour government.[2]

Faber was a reluctant candidate from the beginning, who was only persuaded to run for the mayoralty after a group of Citizens & Ratepayers (C&R) councillors (Fred de Malmanche, Charlie Passmore and Reg Savory) told him exaggerated stories of Robinson's personal conduct and his behaviour during council business. During the campaign Faber began to regret his candidacy and when it began to adversely affect his health he planned to withdraw from the contest, but the C&R trio were insistent that he stay in the race. Shortly after the election ended Faber discovered that he was in fact dying of cancer and confided to Robinson that the C&R councillors had used him against Robinson for "purely mercenary ends".[1]

Mayoralty results

1962 Auckland mayoral election[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Dove-Myer Robinson 19,121 51.17 +0.10
Citizens & Ratepayers Edgar Faber 18,249 48.83
Majority 872 2.33 -0.46
Turnout 37,370

Councillor results

1962 Auckland City Council election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Tom Bloodworth 19,672 52.64 +3.56
Citizens & Ratepayers Max Tongue 19,449 52.04 +4.36
Citizens & Ratepayers Winifred Delugar 19,163 51.27 +3.27
Citizens & Ratepayers Sir Keith Park 18,046 48.29
Citizens & Ratepayers Harold Watts 17,478 46.77 +5.22
Citizens & Ratepayers John Dale 17,266 46.20 +1.98
Citizens & Ratepayers Winifred Horton 17,082 45.71
Independent Fred Ambler 16,763 44.85 -1.79
Citizens & Ratepayers Fred Glasse 16,408 43.90 -0.64
Citizens & Ratepayers Fred de Malmanche 16,405 43.89 +2.73
Civic Reform Eric Armishaw 16,291 43.59 -9.58
Citizens & Ratepayers Bob Beechey 15,966 42.72 -1.67
Citizens & Ratepayers George Russell Tutt 15,542 41.58 -0.27
Labour Alex Dreaver 15,493 41.45 -3.17
Citizens & Ratepayers Albert Edward Bailey 15,171 40.59
Citizens & Ratepayers Norman Speer 14,886 39.83 -0.33
Citizens & Ratepayers Charlie Passmore 14,663 39.23 -2.85
Civic Reform Arapeta Awatere 14,591 39.04
Citizens & Ratepayers Tom Pearce 13,745 36.78
Labour George Forsyth 13,590 36.37 -7.11
Civic Reform Alfred Shone 13,583 36.34 -14.68
Civic Reform Val Chapman 13,411 35.88
Citizens & Ratepayers Clifton Trevor Keegan 13,098 35.04
Citizens & Ratepayers Frederick Grant 12,873 34.44
Civic Reform William Grant-Mackie 12,423 33.24
Citizens & Ratepayers Basil Roy Arnott 12,347 33.03
Citizens & Ratepayers Robert Alfred Heaney 11,508 30.79
Civic Reform Bruce Barnett 10,340 27.66
Citizens & Ratepayers Bernard William Keam 9,992 26.73
Labour Annie Elizabeth Beresford 9,751 26.09
Citizens & Ratepayers Laurence Andersen 9,527 25.49
Civic Reform Frank Perkins 9,414 25.19
Labour Howard Jeffereys 9,397 25.14 -8.70
Civic Reform Charles Belton 9,100 24.35 -13.01
Labour Bill Mason 8,432 22.56
Independent Sidney Edward Langstone 8,405 22.49
Labour Henry Robinson 8,390 22.45
Labour Frederick Johnston 8,090 21.64 -13.58
Civic Reform Evelyn Maud Harrison 8,074 21.60
Labour Isabella Stancliff 7,897 21.13 -12.56
Labour Anita Rona Von Zalinski 7,583 20.29
Labour Irene Margaret Offen 7,520 20.12 -13.21
Independent Graham Caldwell 7,295 19.52
Communist Bill Andersen 7,232 19.35 +10.05
Labour Dave Isbey 7,173 19.20 -11.05
Labour Thomas Price 7,167 19.17
Civic Reform Glassford Glover Walter Gray 7,110 19.02 -17.42
Labour Robert Elsender 6,915 18.50 -13.54
Civic Reform Lewis Rose 5,968 15.97
Communist George Jackson 3,359 8.98 -0.12
Independent Jennie Bickler 3,155 8.44
Communist Donald McEwan 3,057 8.18 +0.41
Communist Rita Smith 2,997 8.01
Communist Dick Wolf 2,791 7.46 -1.71
Communist Alec Ostler 2,089 5.59
Communist Peter McAra 1,780 4.76 -0.61

References

  • Edgar, John (2012). Urban Legend: Sir Dove-Meyer Robinson. Hodder Moa. ISBN 9781869712747.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Edgar 2012.
  2. ↑ "Auckland Mayor - Mr Watt Will Not Stand". The Press. Vol. CI, no. 29790. 5 April 1962. p. 14.
  3. ↑ "Mayor is back by 872 votes". The New Zealand Herald. 20 October 1962. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 20 October 1962. p. 14.
  5. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 27 October 1968. p. 10.
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