1971 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand
1971 Invercargill mayoral election
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| ← 1968 | 9 October 1971 | 1974 → |
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| |  | | | Candidate | F. Russell Miller | F. W. Harvey | | Party | Independent | Independent | | Popular vote | 8,279 | 1,805 | | Percentage | 82.10 | 17.89 | |
Mayor before election
Neil Watson
| Elected Mayor
F. Russell Miller
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The 1971 Invercargill mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. Deputy mayor F. Russell Miller was elected mayor, defeating fellow councillor F. W. Harvey. Harvey was also unsuccessful in retaining his council position.
Results
The following table gives the election results:[1]
1971 Invercargill mayoral election | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | F. Russell Miller | 8,279 | 82.10 | |
| | Independent | F. W. Harvey | 1,805 | 17.89 | |
| Majority | 6,474 | 64.21 | |
| Turnout | 10,084 | | |
References
- ^ "Local Body Election Results" (PDF). The Southland Times. 11 October 1971.
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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