1887 by-election in Invercargill, New Zealand
1887 Invercargill mayoral by-election | ← 1886 | 10 June 1887 | 1887 → |
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| Turnout | 579 |
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| |  | | | Candidate | Edwin Alfred Tapper | Aaron Blacke | | Party | Independent | Independent | | Popular vote | 337 | 242 | | Percentage | 58.20 | 41.79 | |
Mayor before election
Aaron Blacke
(unofficial)
| Elected Mayor
Edwin Alfred Tapper
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The 1887 Invercargill mayoral by-election was held on 10 June 1887 to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of David Roche. Aaron Blacke had been appointed mayor by the council, but this was not done in strict accordance with the law, and Blacke is not included in official lists of Mayors of Invercargill.
Edwin Alfred Tapper was elected.
Results
The following table gives the election results:[2]
1887 Invercargill mayoral by-election | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Edwin Alfred Tapper | 337 | 58.20 | |
| | Independent | Aaron Blacke | 242 | 41.79 | |
| Majority | 95 | 16.41 | |
| Turnout | 579 | | |
Notes
- ^ "Invercargill Mayoral Election". The Southland Times. Papers Past. 11 June 1887.
References
- Watt, John Oman Percival (1971). Centenary of Invercargill Municipality 1871–1971. Invercargill: Times Printing Service.
Mayors of Invercargill
| Mayors | - William Wood
- George Lumsden
- Thomas Pratt
- John Walker Mitchell
- John Cuthbertson
- Joseph Hatch
- George Lumsden (2nd)
- George Goodwillie
- Nicholas Johnson
- Henry Jaggers
- John Kingsland
- William Sherriffs Moir
- George Froggatt
- John Lyon McDonald
- David Roche
- Edwin Alfred Tapper
- Thomas Fleming
- John Walker Mitchell (2nd)
- William Horatio Hall
- James Walker Bain
- Duncan McFarlane
- Andrew Raeside
- William Benjamin Scandrett
- John Sinclair
- Josiah Hanan
- Hugh Mair
- John Stead
- James Smith Goldie
- Charles Stephen Longuet
- George Froggatt (2nd)
- William Benjamin Scandrett (2nd)
- Charles Stephen Longuet (2nd)
- William Ott
- William Benjamin Scandrett (3rd)
- Duncan McFarlane (2nd)
- John Stead (2nd)
- John Lillicrap
- Andrew Bain
- John Miller
- John Campbell
- John Miller (2nd)
- Ralph Hanan
- John Robert Martin
- Abraham Wachner
- William Aitchison
- Brian Hewat
- Adam Adamson
- Neil Watson
- F. Russell Miller
- Eve Poole
- Tim Shadbolt
- David Harrington
- Tim Shadbolt (2nd)
- Nobby Clark
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- † Elected unopposed
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