2004 Christchurch mayoral election

2004 Christchurch mayoral election
Turnout	91,102 (38.61%)
Mayor before election; Garry Moore;	Elected mayor ; Garry Moore;

The 2004 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the 2004 New Zealand local elections. On 9 October of that year, elections were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government roles. Incumbent Garry Moore successfully contested a third term in office with a decisive majority. The second-placed candidate, Aaron Keown, received almost 50,000 fewer votes than Moore.^[1] Keown ran as an Independent, but contested the 2008 general election for ACT New Zealand, standing in the Waimakariri electorate.^[2] The third-placed candidate, Jamie Gough, was only 18 years old at the time.^[3]

Both Keown and Gough were elected Christchurch City Councillors at the 2010 local elections.^[4]^[5]

Results

2004 Christchurch mayoral election^[1]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Christchurch 2021	Garry Moore	61,170	69.70	+27.15
	Independent	Aaron Keown	11,476	13.08	+9.09
	Independent	Jamie Gough	7,200	8.20
	Independent	Bob Nimmo	2,378	2.71
	National Front	Kyle Chapman	1,665	1.90
	Independent	Paul Telfer	1,560	1.78	+1.51
	Independent	Blair Anderson	823	0.94
	Anti-Capitalist Alliance	Sam Kingi	719	0.82
	Communist League	Annalucia Vermunt	395	0.45	+0.12
	Independent	Michael Hansen	372	0.42	+0.24
Informal votes			255
Rejected ballots			3,344	3.67
Majority			49,694	56.63
Turnout			91,102	38.61	−9.71

Voting statistics

Participation in local elections has been falling for years. In the 2004 local election, only 38.6% of registered voters cast their vote. The following table shows the voting statistics since the 1989 local elections:^[6]

	1989	1992	1995	1998	2001	2004
Electors on rolls	200,915	208,533	215,621	223,832	227,793	235,930
Voters	121,680	105,982	107,450	116,511	110,068	91,027¹
Percentage voted	60.56%	50.82%	49.83%	52.05%	48.32%	38.58%

Table notes: ¹ Note that the number of voters reported in the summary report differs by 75 compared to the declaration of results of election.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Robertson, Max (20 October 2004). "Declaration of Results of Elections" (PDF). Christchurch City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
^ "Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties (2008)". Elections New Zealand. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
^ "Three rivals for Christchurch mayor". The New Zealand Herald. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
^ Gates, Charlie (29 January 2011). "'Lord Gough's' brush with the bogans". The Press. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
^ "Carter goes top of Christchurch council class". The Press. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b Robertson, Max (20 October 2004). "Report of the Electoral Officer" (PDF). Christchurch City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

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[results-1] Robertson, Max (20 October 2004). "Declaration of Results of Elections" (PDF). Christchurch City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

[enz-stats2008-successful-2] "Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties (2008)". Elections New Zealand. Retrieved 21 September 2011.

[3] "Three rivals for Christchurch mayor". The New Zealand Herald. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

[4] Gates, Charlie (29 January 2011). "'Lord Gough's' brush with the bogans". The Press. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

[5] "Carter goes top of Christchurch council class". The Press. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

[turnout-6] Robertson, Max (20 October 2004). "Report of the Electoral Officer" (PDF). Christchurch City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

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