Christchurch mayoral election, 2016
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The 2016 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held on 8 October. The incumbent mayor, former Labour MP and government Minister Lianne Dalziel, who was first elected in the 2013 mayoral election was reelected, winning a commanding 83.9% of formal votes cast in the poll.[1] However New Zealand's local government elections in 2016 were characterized by a nationwide low participation rate which saw only 41.8% of enrolled voters cast a ballot in the election. Christchurch's turnout rate was particularly low with only 38.3% of enrolled voters actually voting, down from 52.2% in 2010.[2]
Candidates
There were three candidates:[3][4]
- Lianne Dalziel (Best for Christchurch), incumbent, who formally declared her intention to run for a second term on 25 April.[5]
- Tubby Hansen (Economic Euthenics), perennial candidate
- John Minto (Keep Our Assets), veteran political activist, who announced his candidacy on 12 July[6]
The left-leaning ticket, The People's Choice, represented on the outgoing city council by six councillors, declared that they would not stand a candidate in opposition to Dalziel – and councillor Paul Lonsdale, who came second in the 2013 mayoral campaign, acknowledged that Dalziel had done well in her first term and that he would not challenge her.[7]
Debates
The Press hosted a debate between Dalziel and Minto at the Cardboard Cathedral on 20 September,[8] moderated by its editor, Joanna Norris.[9] The following day, Guyon Espiner interviewed Dalziel and Minto on RNZ National's Morning Report.[10]
Generation Zero hosted a debate at the University of Canterbury's Ilam campus on 22 September 2016.[11][12]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Best for Christchurch | Lianne Dalziel | 75,524 | 83.86 | +12.29 | |
Keep Our Assets | John Minto | 13,117 | 14.57 | +14.57 | |
Economic Euthenics | Tubby Hansen | 1,414 | 1.57 | +1.21 | |
Majority | 62,407 | 69.30 | +20.48 | ||
Total valid votes | 90,055 | 99.91 | |||
Informal votes | 82 | 0.09 | -0.10 | ||
Turnout | 90,137 | 38.3 | -4.6 | ||
Registered electors | |||||
References
- ↑ "Christchurch City Council 2016 Triennial Elections Preliminary Result" (PDF). Christchurch City Council. 9 Oct 2016.
- ↑ "Preliminary voter turnout 2016". Local Government New Zealand. LGNZ. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ Stylianou, Georgina; Truebridge, Nick (12 August 2016). "Hats in the ring". The Press. p. A7. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ↑ Stylianou, Georgina (2 September 2016). "Mayoral candidates give their vision for Christchurch". The Press. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ↑ "Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel running for second term". The New Zealand Herald. 25 April 2016.
- ↑ Stylianou, Georgina (12 July 2016). "Keep Our Assets run John Minto as Christchurch mayoral candidate". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ↑ Ensor, Blair; Spink, Emily (26 April 2016). "I won't walk away from city – Dalziel". The Press. pp. A1, A3. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ↑ Law, Tina (20 September 2016). "Christchurch's cost share agreement to be debated publicly, Mayor says". The Press. Fairfax New Zealand. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016.
- ↑ Matthews, Philip (10 September 2016). "Lianne's last campaign".
- ↑ "Christchurch mayoralty rivals Dalziel and Minto debate issues". RNZ National. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ↑ "Christchurch Mayoral Debate: A climate-smart Christchurch". University of Canterbury. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016.
- ↑ "Christchurch mayoral debate sold out". The Press. Fairfax New Zealand. 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016.
- ↑ "2016 Local elections results". Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 9 October 2016.