The 2019 Hamilton City mayoral election was part of the
New Zealand local elections and was held on 12 October 2019 to determine the
Mayor of Hamilton.
Key dates
Key dates for the election are:
* 1 July: Electoral Commission enrolment campaign starts.
* 19 July: Nominations open for candidates. Rolls open for inspection.
* 16 August: Nominations close at 12 noon. Rolls close.
* 21 August: Election date and candidates' names announced.
* 20 to 25 September: Voting documents delivered to households. Electors can post the documents back to electoral officers as soon as they have voted.
* 12 October: Polling day. Voting documents must be at council before voting closes at 12 noon. Preliminary results will be 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
* James Casson, Hamilton City Councillor
* Jack Gielen
* Louise Hutt
*
Andrew King, incumbent Mayor of Hamilton
* Lisa Lewis
* Angela O'Leary, Hamilton City Councillor
*
Paula Southgate
Paula Anne Southgate is a New Zealand politician. She has held several positions in local government since 2001. In October 2019 she was elected the Mayor of Hamilton.
Early life
Southgate was born in 1963 or 1964 to Margaret Southgate and atte ...
, Hamilton City Councillor
* Mike West
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]
Declined to be candidates
* Martin Gallagher
Martin Owen Gallagher (born 11 February 1952) is a New Zealand politician and was Labour member of Parliament representing the Hamilton West electorate until November 2008. Currently, he is councillor on the Hamilton City Council West Ward a ...
, Deputy Mayor of Hamilton[
]
Endorsements
Louise Hutt was endorsed by Organise Aotearoa
Organise Aotearoa (founded 2018) is a New Zealand socialist organisation who describes itself as a movement "for liberation and socialism." With an extra-parliamentary focus and a membership composed of various prison-abolitionist, anti-imperial ...
after surveying all the candidates.
Campaign
The Employers and Manufacturers Association hosted a debate at Wintec
Wintec Saddles was launched in 1986 and is a saddle brand known for the first synthetic saddles.
History
The company is a subsidiary of Saddlery Brands International. (formerly Bates Australia), originally established in 1934,
Saddles
The Easy ...
on 4 September 2019. Hutt, King, O'Leary, Southgate and West attended. Another debate was held on 11 September 2019 at the event centre in Claudelands
Claudelands is a suburb directly to the east of central Hamilton, New Zealand, across the Waikato River. It is linked to the central city by the Claudelands road bridge and the East Coast Main Trunk Railway bridge.
History
Miropiko Pā, at R ...
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Paula Southgate was motivated to re-apply for mayoralty, after missing out in the previous election by only seven votes. Southgate claimed that it is easy for mayoral candidates to make lavish promises but that at the council table, they're only one voice. Gielen's broom symbolized a claimed need for a clean sweep of council, while the colourful head attire was to represent an inclusive community.
A Waikato Chamber of Commerce and ''Waikato Times
The ''Waikato Times'' is a daily newspaper published in Hamilton, New Zealand and owned by media business Stuff Ltd. It has a circulation to the greater Waikato region and became a tabloid paper in 2018.
The newspaper has won the title of Ne ...
'' poll conducted on 2 October found Southgate with 20.4% support, King with 14.1%, O'Leary with 13.7%, Casson with 3.1%, West on 3.0%, Hutt with 1.8%, Lewis with 1.5% and Gielen with 0.8%. Undecided voters made up 41.5% of respondents.
Results
References
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2019 elections in New Zealand
Mayoral elections in New Zealand
Politics of Hamilton, New Zealand