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1944 Auckland City mayoral election

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Turnout	37,011 (51.50%)
Candidate John Allum Bill Anderton Party Citizens & Ratepayers Labour Popular vote 17,712 11,319 Percentage 47.85 30.58
Mayor before election John Allum Elected mayor John Allum

The 1944 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1944, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background

Citizens & Ratepayers

The Citizens & Ratepayers Association selected incumbent mayor John Allum to contest the mayoralty for a second term.

Labour

The Labour Party had three people nominated for the mayoralty:

• Bill Anderton, MP for Eden since 1935 and former city councillor (1935–41)
• Mary Dreaver, A city councillor since 1938 and former MP for Waitemata (1941–43)
• Joe Sayegh, Labour's mayoral candidate at the previous three elections and former city councillor (1933–41)

Despite a recent announcement that Sayegh had declined to be a candidate for any public office at the elections his name was put forward by the Auckland East branch of the Labour Party. At the candidate selection meeting Anderton was selected as Labour's mayoral candidate.

Others

Victor Macky, a member of the Auckland Hospital Board, announced his intention to stand as an independent mayoral candidate. His wife Edna had stood unsuccessfully for the city council in 1929.

Mayoralty results

Councillor results

References

1. "Full Tickets – Citizens' Candidates". Auckland Star. Vol. LXXV, no. 62. 14 March 1944. p. 2.
2. "Labour's Choice – Auckland Mayoralty". Auckland Star. Vol. LXXV, no. 99. 28 April 1944. p. 6.
3. "Auckland Elections". The Northern Advocate. 18 March 1944. p. 2.
4. "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXVI, no. 20248. 7 May 1929. p. 20.
5. ^ "Local Body Elections". Auckland Star. Vol. LXXV, no. 136. 10 June 1944. p. 9. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

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