1998 Porirua City Council election

1998 Porirua City Council election
10 October 1998
Position of Porirua City within Wellington Region

The 1998 Porirua City Council election was part of the 1998 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The polling was conducted using the first-past-the-post electoral method.

Council

The Porirua City Council consisted of a mayor and thirteen councillors elected from three wards (Eastern, Northern and Western).

Mayor

Main article: 1998 Porirua mayoral election
1998 Porirua mayoral election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jenny Brash 9,360 60.34 +36.79
Labour John Burke 6,137 39.56 −0.77
Informal votes 15 0.09 −1.67
Majority 3,223 20.77
Turnout 15,512

Eastern Ward

The Eastern Ward elected five members to the Porirua City Council

Eastern Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jasmine Underhill 3,103 74.14
Labour Geoff Walpole 2,756 65.85
Labour Kevin Watson 2,727 65.16
Labour David Stanley 2,614 62.46
Labour Naureen Palmer 2,607 62.29
Porirua Independents Tino Meleisea 1,625 38.82
Porirua Independents Marie Iupeli 1,283 30.65
Independent Alister Hammond 1,204 28.76
Porirua Independents Rosalie Kalolo 1,099 26.26
Porirua Independents Edward Richardson 981 23.44
Independent Frederick Bridgland 914 21.83
Informal votes 11 0.26
Majority 982 23.46
Turnout 4,185

Northern Ward

The Northern Ward elected five members to the Porirua City Council

Northern Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sue Dow 4,453 76.13
Independent Maureen Gillon 3,641 62.24
Independent Murray Woodhouse 3,616 61.82
Independent John Green 3,043 52.02
Independent Nick Leggett 2,650 45.30
Porirua Independents Jocelyn Anton 2,542 43.46
Independent Margaret Henderson 2,196 37.54
Porirua Independents Paul Crisp 2,156 36.86
Porirua Independents Pip Piper 2,045 34.96
Green Peter Phipps 1,559 26.65
Porirua Independents Gerald Atkinson 1,329 22.72
Informal votes 16 0.27
Majority 108 1.84
Turnout 5,849

Western Ward

The Western Ward elected three members to the Porirua City Council

Western Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bud Lavery 1,522 46.36
Independent Ken Douglas 1,471 44.80
Independent Helen Smith 1,219 37.13
Independent Tracey Waters 1,151 35.05
Porirua Independents Don Borrie 1,128 34.35
Porirua Independents William Arthur 763 23.24
Labour Philip O'Connell 716 21.80
Porirua Independents Graeme Ebbert 678 20.65
Independent Rosemary Hudson 470 14.31
Independent Wiremu Taurima 424 12.91
Independent Misilei Ioane 252 7.67
Informal votes 56 1.70
Majority 68 2.07
Turnout 3,283

Other local elections

Wellington Regional Council

Porirua Ward

The Porirua Ward elected two members to the Wellington Regional Council

Porirua Ward[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Shields 10,100 78.62 +0.06
Independent Robert Shaw 5,993 46.65
Independent Jim Gray 5,886 45.81 −4.02
Independent Chris Kirk-Burnnand 3,712 28.89
Majority 107 0.83
Turnout 12,846

References

  1. ^ "Porirua City Council - Declaration of Result of Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 14 October 1998. p. 33.
  2. ^ a b c "Porirua City Council - Declaration of Result of Election of Councillors". The Evening Post. 14 October 1998. p. 33.
  3. ^ "Wellington Regional Council - Declaration of Results of Election". The Evening Post. 17 October 1998. p. 23.
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