1883 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand
1883 Invercargill mayoral election ← 1882 | 29 November 1883 | 1884 → |
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Turnout | 617 |
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| | | | Candidate | William Sherriffs Moir | George Froggatt | John Lyon McDonald | Party | Independent | Independent | Independent | Popular vote | 266 | 194 | 157 | Percentage | 43.11 | 31.44 | 25.44 | |
Mayor before election John Kingsland | Elected mayor William Sherriffs Moir | |
The 1883 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 29 November 1883.
William Sherriffs Moir was elected mayor. His opponents would go on to be the next two mayors.
Results
The following table gives the election results:[1]
1883 Invercargill mayoral election Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | William Sherriffs Moir | 266 | 43.11 | |
| Independent | George Froggatt | 194 | 31.44 | |
| Independent | John Lyon McDonald | 157 | 25.44 | −20.66 |
Majority | 72 | 11.67 | |
Turnout | 617 | | |
References
- ^ "ANNUAL ELECTION OF MAYOR". The Southland Times. Papers Past. 30 November 1883.
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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- † Elected unopposed
- ‡ By-election
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