1998 Invercargill mayoral election
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A mayoral election was held in Invercargill on 10 October 1998 as part of the 1998 New Zealand local elections, and was conducted under the First Past the Post system.
Background[edit]
Former mayor Tim Shadbolt reclaimed the mayoralty he lost to David Harrington in the previous election. This was the beginning of a decades-long stint as mayor for Shadbolt.[1] Shadbolt had considered contesting the Queenstown mayoralty before deciding to run in Invercargill again.[2] Shadbolt once campaigned on Esk Street standing on a literal Lux soapbox.[3] Harrington cleared out his desk two days before the election, apparently resigned to his impending loss.[4]
Polling[edit]
| Poll source | Date | David Harrington |
Tim Shadbolt |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Southland Times[4] | October 1998 | 28.5% | 45.6% |
Results[edit]
The following table gives the election results:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Tim Shadbolt | 13,805 | 51.79 | +26.51 | |
| Independent | David Harrington | 8,052 | 30.21 | -25.64 | |
| Independent | Marion Miller | 3,899 | 14.62 | ||
| Independent | Allan Johnstone | 392 | 1.47 | ||
| Independent | Barry Hodge | 383 | 1.43 | +0.22 | |
| Independent | James Stapleforth | 120 | 0.45 | ||
| Majority | 5,753 | 21.58 | |||
| Turnout | 26,651 | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Tim Shadbolt among new Knights and Dames as New Year Honours recognise outstanding Kiwis". 1 News. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ Nixon, Tina (9 January 1998). "Shadbolt to contest city mayoralty". The Southland Times.
- ^ "Different strokes". The Southland Times. 3 October 1998.
- ^ a b Madgwick, Paul (9 October 1998). "Harrington resigned to losing mayoralty". The Southland Times.
- ^ "Election '98". The Southland Times. 12 October 1998. p. 3.
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