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1950 Auckland City mayoral election

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Turnout	40,290 (42.28%)
Candidate Sir John Allum John Stewart Leonard Coakley Party Independent Labour Citizens & Ratepayers Popular vote 20,021 13,084 6,481 Percentage 49.69 32.47 16.08
Mayor before election Sir John Allum Elected mayor Sir John Allum

The 1950 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1950, 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

Citizens & Ratepayers

The Citizens & Ratepayers Association decided not to re-select incumbent mayor John Allum to contest the mayoralty for another term. At a meeting on 30 August the association instead 'after careful consideration' selected the deputy mayor John Leonard Coakley. At the time of selection Coakley was overseas and his intention to accept nomination could not be confirmed until 8 October when he returned to Auckland after a six month excursion and stated he would accept the invitation to stand. In the meantime, undeterred at his de-selection, Allum announced he had decided to stand for re-election as an independent candidate.

Labour

The Labour Party had three people nominated for the mayoralty:

• Paul Richardson, president of the Tramway Workers' Union and city council candidate at the previous three elections
• Bill Schramm, former MP for Auckland East (1931-46) and Labour's mayoral candidate in 1947
• John Stewart, former city councillor (1935-38) and Labour candidate for Marsden in 1946

At the candidate selection meeting Stewart was selected as Labour's mayoral candidate.

Mayoralty results

Councillor results

Table footnotes:

1. Beechey was appointed in March 1953 to fill a vacancy on the council

References

1. "Auckland Mayor - Sir John Allum Not Nominated". Ashburton Guardian. Vol. 70, no. 269. 31 August 1950. p. 2.
2. "Mr. J. L. Coakley to Contest the Auckland Mayoralty". Wanganui Chronicle. 9 October 1950. p. 4.
3. "Auckland Mayor - Sir John Allum Not Nominated". The Press. Vol. LXXXVI, no. 26207. 2 September 1950. p. 9.
4. "Labour Candidate To Oppose Auckland Mayor". Wanganui Chronicle. 7 October 1950. p. 5.
5. ^ "Electoral". New Zealand Herald. 30 November 1950. p. 14.

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