1944 Invercargill mayoral election

1944 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand

1944 Invercargill mayoral election

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| ← 1942 | 27 May 1944 | 1947 →

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Turnout| 9,591
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Candidate  | Abraham Wachner | A. W. Jones
Party  | Independent | Independent
Popular vote  | 7,321  | 2,270
Percentage  | 76.33  | 23.66

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| Mayor before election

Abraham Wachner

| Elected mayor

Abraham Wachner

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The 1944 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.

Incumbent mayor Abraham Wachner was re-elected with an increased majority.

## Results

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The following table gives the election results:

1944 Invercargill mayoral election[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Abraham Wachner | 7,321  | 76.33  | +15.04
| Independent | A. W. Jones  | 2,270  | 23.66  |
Majority | 5,051  | 52.67  | +30.08
Turnout | 9,591  |  |

## References

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1. ^ "IN OTHER TOWNS". 29 May 1944.

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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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