The 1947 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1947, elections were held for the

Mayor of Auckland The mayor of Auckland is the elected head of local government in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island; one of 67 Mayors in New Zealand, mayors in the country. The principle city of the region (and its namesake) is Auckland. The may ...

plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard

first-past-the-post First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...

electoral method.

Background

;Citizens & Ratepayers The incumbent mayor,

John Allum Sir John Andrew Charles Allum (27 January 1889 – 16 September 1972) was a New Zealand businessman and engineer, and was Mayor of Auckland City from 1941 to 1953. Biography Early life and career Allum was born in London and educated at Golds ...

, stood for re-election for a third term. ;Labour The Labour Party had three people nominated for the mayoralty: *Paul Richardson, a member of the Auckland Transport Board and president of the

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branch of the Labour Party *

Bill Schramm Frederick William Schramm (28 March 1886 – 28 October 1962) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was the eleventh Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1944 to 1946. Biography Early life Schramm was born in Hokitika ...

, former MP for (1931-46) * John Stewart, former city councillor (1935-38) and Labour candidate for in At the candidate selection meeting Schramm was selected as Labour's mayoral candidate alongside a full ticket of 21 candidates for the

Auckland City Council Auckland City Council was the local government authority for Auckland City, New Zealand, from 1989 to 1 November 2010, when it and Auckland's six other city and district councils were amalgamated to form the Auckland Council. It was an elec ...

Mayoralty results

Councillor results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Auckland City Mayoral Election, 1947 Mayoral elections in Auckland 1947 elections in New Zealand Politics of the Auckland Region 1940s in Auckland November 1947 in Oceania