2007 Invercargill mayoral election
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2007 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source . Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources.
Find sources: "2007 Invercargill mayoral election" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2017)
Find sources: "2007 Invercargill mayoral election" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2017)
| Candidate | Tim Shadbolt | Corey Vreugdenhil |
|---|---|---|
| Party | Independent | Independent |
| Popular vote | 15,615 | 3,158 |
| Percentage | 83.17 | 16.83 |
The 2007 Invercargill mayoral election commenced on Saturday, 13 October 2007 and was conducted under the First Past the Post system using the postal voting system. It was held as part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections.
The incumbent mayor Tim Shadbolt was comfortably returned to his position with 83% of the vote.[1]
Results
[edit ]The following table gives the election results:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Tim Shadbolt | 15,615 | 83.17 | −1.48 | |
| Independent | Corey Vreugdenhil | 3,158 | 16.83 | ||
| Majority | 12,457 | 66.35 | −3.67 | ||
| Turnout | 18,773 | ||||
References
[edit ]- ^ "Election results". 13 October 2007 – via Stuff.co.nz.
