2019 Tauranga mayoral election

The 2019 Tauranga mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections that were 12 October 2019 to elect the Mayor of Tauranga. It was won by Tenby Powell who defeated the incumbent mayor Greg Brownless.

2019 Tauranga mayoral election

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Turnout	38,328
Candidate Tenby Powell Greg Brownless Party Independent Independent Popular vote 17,299 12,400 Percentage 58.24 41.75
Mayor before election Greg Brownless Elected Mayor Tenby Powell

Key dates

Key dates for the election were:^[1]

• 1 July: Electoral Commission enrolment campaign started.
• 19 July: Nominations opened for candidates. Rolls opened for inspection.
• 16 August: Nominations closed at 12 noon. Rolls closed.
• 21 August: Election date and candidates' names announced.
• 20 to 25 September: Voting documents delivered to households. Electors could post the documents back to electoral officers as soon as they have voted.
• 12 October: Polling day. Voting documents needed to be at council before voting closes at 12 noon. Preliminary results were available as soon as all ordinary votes are counted.
• 17 to 23 October: Official results, including all valid ordinary and special votes, declared.

Candidates

Declared candidates

• Greg Brownless, incumbent mayor^[2]
• Kelvin Clout, deputy mayor^[3]
• Murray Guy, former city councillor^[4]
• Andrew Hollis^[5]
• Jos Nagels^[5]
• Tenby Powell, businessman^[6]
• John Robson, city councillor^[5]
• Christopher Stokes^[5]
• RangiMarie TeAmopui-Kaa Kingi^[4]
• Les Wallen, pastor^[7]

Withdrawn candidates

• Danny Cancian, property developer^[8][9]
• Dame Susan Devoy DNZM CBE, former Race Relations Commissioner and squash champion^[10][11]

Result

Tenby Powell won the election to become mayor of Tauranga,^[12] with 17,299 votes over Brownless' 12,400 in the final STV iteration.^[13]

2019 Tauranga mayoral election^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Tenby Powell	32.58%	12,486	12,505	12,554	12,696	12,857	13,098	13,690	15,085	17,299
	Independent	Greg Brownless	20.82%	7,978	7,993	8,029	8,105	8,180	8,463	8,989	9,647	12,400
	Independent	Kelvin Clout	16.42%	6,295	6,315	6,375	6,484	6,610	6,959	7,533	8,635
	Independent	Andrew Hollis	10.34%	3,964	4,001	4,074	4,219	4,381	4,800	5,715
	Independent	John Robson	7.78%	2,982	3,011	3,044	3,132	3,235	3,474
	Independent	Murray Guy	4.94%	1,893	1,909	1,962	2,031	2,128
	Independent	Christopher Stokes	2.34%	897	916	1,003	1,142
	Independent	Jos Nagels	2.39%	916	932	974
	Independent	Rangimarie Kingi	1.81%	695	703
	Independent	Les Wallen	0.58%	222
Valid: 38328   Spoilt: 73 + 466 blank   Quota: 1st iteration: 19,164; final iteration: 14,850

References

1. "Race for the mayoralty: What you need to know". Radio NZ. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
2. "Businessman Tenby Powell, Dame Susan Devoy contest Tauranga mayoralty". 11 May 2019.
3. "Local Focus: Kelvin Clout to run for mayor, again". 15 April 2019.
4. "Six join Tauranga Mayor in race for mayoralty". 11 May 2019.
5. "Local body elections: 10-horse race for Tauranga mayoralty after late additions". 16 August 2019.
6. "Tenby Powell to run for Tauranga mayoralty". 11 May 2019.
7. "Tauranga mayoral candidates face off at public meeting before 400 people". 12 June 2019.
8. "Former director of the failed Bella Vista subdivision announces mayoral bid". 2 May 2019.
9. "Danny Cancian pulls out of mayoralty race". 15 August 2019.
10. "Dame Susan Devoy to run for mayor of Tauranga". 11 May 2019.
11. "Dame Susan Devoy withdraws from Tauranga mayoralty race". 9 June 2019.
12. "Local body elections: Meet the Mayors around New Zealand". Newshub. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
13. "Tauranga City Council 2019 Triennial Elections" (PDF). 2019.
14. "2019 Triennial Elections" (PDF). www.tauranga.govt.nz. Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
15. "2019 Triennial Elections | DECLARATION OF RESULT" (PDF). www.tauranga.govt.nz. Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 6 November 2022.