2016_Invercargill_mayoral_election

2016 Invercargill mayoral election

2016 Invercargill mayoral election

2016 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand

The 2016 Invercargill mayoral election finished on Saturday, 8 October 2016 and was conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system using the postal voting system. It was held as part of the 2016 New Zealand local elections.

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The incumbent mayor Tim Shadbolt sought a record eighth term, and was re-elected to the position with a reduced majority. Shadbolt was challenged by television host Tom Conroy and sitting Invercargill City councillor Karen Arnold. Shadbolt was re-elected with a decreased majority.[1]

Candidates

Declared candidates

  • Karen Arnold, Invercargill City Councillor[2]
  • Tom Conroy, television host[3]
  • Tim Shadbolt, incumbent Mayor of Invercargill[4]

Declined to be candidates

  • Neil Boniface, Invercargill City Councillor[4]
  • Lindsay Dow, former Invercargill City Councillor and 2013 mayoral candidate (endorsed Conroy)[5]
  • Darren Ludlow, Deputy Mayor of Invercargill[4]
  • Ian Pottinger, Invercargill City Councillor (endorsed Arnold and Conroy)[6]
  • Penny Simmonds, chief executive of the Southern Institute of Technology[4]

Results

The following table gives the election results:

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References

  1. [1]
    "Election results 2016: four new Councillors – Invercargill City Council". Icc.govt.nz. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  2. [2]
    Beckham, Allison (27 June 2016). "Suing Shadbolt — and now chasing his job".
  3. [3]
    Pickett, Brittany (15 April 2016). "Southland television personality Tom Conroy to run for Invercargill mayor".
  4. [4]
    Woolf, Amber-Leigh (27 October 2015). "Tim Shadbolt to stand again for Invercargill Mayor, but challengers loom".
  5. [5]
    Harding, Evan (8 July 2016). "Former mayoral candidate Lindsay Dow to stand for Invercargill City Council seat".
  6. [6]
    Harding, Evan (30 June 2016). "Invercargill city councillor Ian Pottinger backs Shadbolt's challengers".


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