1968 Invercargill mayoral election

1968 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand

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1968 Invercargill mayoral election

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Candidate  | Neil Watson | C. V. Barham
Party  | Independent | Independent
Popular vote  | 6,935  | 2,482
Percentage  | 73.64  | 26.35

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| Mayor before election

Neil Watson

| Elected mayor

Neil Watson

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The 1968 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 Neil Watson was re-elected with an increased majority, defeating former councillor C. V. Barham.

## Results

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The following table gives the election results:[1]

1968 Invercargill mayoral election  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Neil Watson | 6,935  | 73.64  | +12.12
| Independent | C. V. Barham  | 2,482  | 26.35  |
Majority  | 4,453  | 47.29  | +24.24
Turnout | 9,417  |  |

## References

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1. ^ "Local Body Election Results" (PDF). The Southland Times. 14 October 1968.

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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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