1962 Invercargill mayoral election

1962 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand

1962 Invercargill mayoral election

← 1959 13 October 1962 1965 →
 
Candidate Neil Watson Thomas Francis Doyle
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 5,907 4,710
Percentage 55.63 44.36

Mayor before election

Adam Adamson

Elected mayor

Neil Watson

The 1962 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. Three-term deputy mayor Neil Watson was elected mayor, defeating former Legislative Council member and parliamentary candidate Thomas Francis Doyle.

Results

The following table gives the election results:[1]

1962 Invercargill mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Neil Watson 5,907 55.63
Independent Thomas Francis Doyle 4,710 44.36
Majority 1,197 11.27
Turnout 10,617

References

  1. ^ "Voting Trend Causes And the Figures" (PDF). 14 October 1962.
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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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