Mayoral elections in Eastbourne

Elections were held at regular times in Eastbourne, New Zealand, from its proclamation as a borough in 1905 to its abolition in 1989. Elections were held annually until 1915 when two year terms were introduced which lasted until 1935 when the mayoral term was extended to three years. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Election results

1906 election

1906 Eastbourne mayoral election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Fred Bolton	225	63.02
	Independent	John Coombe	93	26.05
	Independent	Henry Savage	39	10.92
Majority			132	36.97
Turnout			357

1907 election

Fred Bolton was re-elected mayor unopposed.

1908 election

Fred Bolton was re-elected mayor unopposed.^[2]

1909 election

1909 Eastbourne mayoral election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Barr	182	50.98
	Independent	Herbert William Shortt	172	48.17
Informal votes			3	0.84
Majority			10	2.80
Turnout			357

1910 election

1910 Eastbourne mayoral election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Herbert William Shortt	240	64.69	+16.52
	Independent	William Hobbs	131	35.31
Majority			109	29.38
Turnout			371

1911 election

1911 Eastbourne mayoral election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Herbert William Shortt	340	57.92	−6.77
	Independent	David Robertson	247	42.07
Majority			93	15.84
Turnout			587

1912 election

1912 Eastbourne mayoral election^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Herbert William Shortt	190	59.56	+1.64
	Independent	William Hobbs	129	40.43
Majority			61	19.12
Turnout			319

1913 election

William John Organ was elected mayor unopposed.^[7]

1914 election

William John Organ was re-elected mayor unopposed.^[8]

1915 election

James Patrick Kelly was elected mayor unopposed.^[9]

1917 election

Phineas Levi was elected mayor unopposed.^[10]

1919 election

1919 Eastbourne mayoral election^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Francis Henry Mather	314	52.95
	Independent	Phineas Levi	201	33.89
	Independent	Charles Russell	72	12.14
Informal votes			6	1.01
Majority			113	19.05
Turnout			593

1920 by-election

1920 Eastbourne mayoral by-election^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Francis Henry Mather	229	53.01	+0.06
	Independent	Phineas Levi	202	46.76	+12.87
Informal votes			1	0.23	−0.78
Majority			27	6.25	−12.80
Turnout			432

1921 election

Francis Henry Mather was re-elected mayor unopposed.^[13]

1923 election

Francis Henry Mather was re-elected mayor unopposed.^[14]

1924 election

Herbert William Shortt was elected mayor in the absence of Francis Henry Mather who was suffering from ill health.^[15]

1925 election

1925 Eastbourne mayoral election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Henry Morgan Jones	459	55.31
	Independent	Archibald Walker	369	44.45
Informal votes			2	0.24
Majority			90	10.84
Turnout			830

1927 election

Henry Morgan Jones was re-elected mayor unopposed.^[17]

1929 election

Henry Morgan Jones was re-elected mayor unopposed.^[18]

1931 election

Sam Fisher was elected mayor unopposed.^[19]

1933 election

1933 Eastbourne mayoral election^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Wally Wise	617	56.65
	Independent	Sam Fisher	465	42.69
Informal votes			7	0.64
Majority			152	13.95
Turnout			1,089

1935 election

Wally Wise was re-elected mayor unopposed.^[21]

1938 election

1938 Eastbourne mayoral election^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Wally Wise	784	63.89
	Independent	Margaret Magill	438	35.69
Informal votes			5	0.40
Majority			346	28.19
Turnout			1,227

1941 election

Wally Wise was re-elected mayor unopposed.^[23]

1944 election

1944 Eastbourne mayoral election^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Wally Wise	738	59.90
	Independent	Sam Fisher	484	39.28
Informal votes			10	0.81
Majority			274	22.24
Turnout			1,232

1947 election

1947 Eastbourne mayoral election^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wally Wise	796	55.82	−4.08
	Independent	Alister Hunter MacAndrew	557	39.07
Informal votes			73	5.11	+4.30
Majority			239	16.76	−5.48
Turnout			1,426

1950 election

1950 Eastbourne mayoral election^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Cliff Bishop	1,025	74.59
	Independent	Wally Wise	349	25.40	−30.42
Majority			676	49.19
Turnout			1,374

1953 election

Cliff Bishop was re-elected mayor unopposed.^[27]

1956 election

Cliff Bishop was re-elected mayor unopposed.^[28]

1959 election

Cliff Bishop was re-elected mayor unopposed.^[29]

1962 election

Cliff Bishop was re-elected mayor unopposed.^[30]

1965 election

1965 Eastbourne mayoral election^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Cliff Bishop	1,373	66.68
	Independent	John Stannus Stichbury	686	33.32
Majority			687	33.36
Turnout			2,059

1968 election

Cliff Bishop was re-elected mayor unopposed.^[32]

1971 election

Cliff Bishop was re-elected mayor unopposed.^[33]

1974 election

1974 Eastbourne mayoral election^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Cliff Bishop	1,458	55.75
	Independent	Alan Souness	1,149	43.94
Informal votes			8	0.31
Majority			309	11.81
Turnout			2,615

1977 election

Cliff Bishop was re-elected mayor unopposed.^[35]

1980 election

1980 Eastbourne mayoral election^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Elaine Jakobsson	1,170	52.73
	Independent	Malcolm James Burdan	1,049	47.27
Majority			121	5.45
Turnout			2,219

1983 election

Elaine Jakobsson was re-elected mayor unopposed.^[37]

1986 election

1986 Eastbourne mayoral election^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Charles Bagnall	1,142	60.40
	Independent	Barry Cranston	749	39.60
Majority			393	20.78
Turnout			1,891	57.00

1988 by-election

1988 Eastbourne mayoral by-election^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ross Jamieson	891	43.56
	Independent	Ray Smith	411	20.09
	Independent	Joy Baird	375	18.33
	Independent	Barry Cranston	243	11.88
	Independent	Jock Young	82	4.00
	Independent	Jim Allen	43	2.10
Majority			480	23.47
Turnout			2,045	58.80	+1.80

References

^ "Eastbourne Borough – Election of Mayor and Councillors". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXI, no. 134. 7 June 1906. p. 5.
^ "Eastbourne Borough Council – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXV, no. 95. 22 April 1908. p. 8.
^ "Eastbourne Borough Council – Result of Poll for Election of Mayor and Eight Councillors". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXVII, no. 100. 29 April 1909. p. 8.
^ "Eastbourne Borough Council – Result of Poll". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXIX, no. 99. 28 April 1910. p. 8.
^ "Eastbourne Borough Council – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXXIII, no. 98. 27 April 1911. p. 8.
^ "Eastbourne Borough Council – Election of Mayor". The New Zealand Times. Vol. XXXVI, no. 8095. 25 April 1912. p. 3.
^ "Eastbourne Borough". The Dominion. 24 April 1913. p. 8.
^ "Eastbourne". The Evening Post. 6 May 1914. p. 8.
^ "Eastbourne Borough Council – Election of Mayor and Eight Councillors". New Zealand Times. 22 April 1915. p. 3.
^ "Eastbourne". The Evening Post. 2 May 1917. p. 8.
^ "Eastbourne Borough Council – Biennial Election of Mayor". New Zealand Times. 5 May 1919. p. 3.
^ "Eastbourne Borough Council – Extraordinary Election of Mayor". The Dominion. 4 May 1920. p. 9.
^ "Eastbourne Borough Council – Biennial Election of Mayor and Councillors". The Evening Post. 20 April 1921. p. 3.
^ "Eastbourne Borough Council – Biennial Election of Mayor". The Dominion. 23 April 1923. p. 9.
^ "Mayor of Eastbourne". The Evening Post. 8 February 1924. p. 8.
^ "Borough of Eastbourne". The Dominion. 2 May 1925. p. 8.
^ "Borough of Eastbourne – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 14 April 1927. p. 3.
^ "Eastbourne Borough Council – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 22 April 1929. p. 4.
^ "Eastbourne Council". The Dominion. Vol. 24, no. 179. 27 April 1931. p. 6.
^ "Borough of Eastbourne – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 12 May 1933. p. 2.
^ "Borough of Eastbourne – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 27 April 1935. p. 5.
^ "Borough of Eastbourne – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 14 May 1938. p. 5.
^ "Civic Elections". The Evening Post. Vol. CXXXI, no. 104. 5 May 1941. p. 9.
^ "Borough of Eastbourne – Election of Mayor". The Dominion. 1 June 1944. p. 3.
^ "Borough of Eastbourne – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 27 November 1947. p. 3.
^ "Eastbourne Borough Council – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 28 November 1950. p. 2.
^ "Mayors Elected Unopposed". The Evening Post. 2 November 1953. p. 10.
^ "Details of Local Polling". The Evening Post. 19 November 1956. p. 7.
^ "Details of Local Voting on Saturday". The Evening Post. 23 November 1959. p. 11.
^ "Detailed Election Results". The Evening Post. 15 October 1962. p. 12.
^ "Declaration of Result of Poll – Eastbourne Borough Council – Mayor". The Evening Post. 13 October 1965. p. 2.
^ "Election Night Totals". The Evening Post. 14 October 1968. p. 13.
^ "Details of Voting For Council". The Evening Post. 11 October 1977. p. 4.
^ "Declaration of Result of Election – Eastbourne Borough Council". The Evening Post. 19 October 1974. p. 30.
^ "Details of Election Voting". The Evening Post. 10 October 1977. p. 2.
^ "Declaration of Result of Election – Eastbourne Borough Council". The Evening Post. 18 October 1980. p. 22.
^ "Local Body Polls '83". The Evening Post. 10 October 1983. p. 8.
^ "Eastbourne unchanged". The Evening Post. 16 October 1986. p. 22.
^ "Declaration of Result of Election – Eastbourne Borough Council". The Evening Post. 24 February 1988. p. 39.

[1] "Eastbourne Borough – Election of Mayor and Councillors". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXI, no. 134. 7 June 1906. p. 5.

[2] "Eastbourne Borough Council – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXV, no. 95. 22 April 1908. p. 8.

[3] "Eastbourne Borough Council – Result of Poll for Election of Mayor and Eight Councillors". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXVII, no. 100. 29 April 1909. p. 8.

[4] "Eastbourne Borough Council – Result of Poll". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXIX, no. 99. 28 April 1910. p. 8.

[5] "Eastbourne Borough Council – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXXIII, no. 98. 27 April 1911. p. 8.

[6] "Eastbourne Borough Council – Election of Mayor". The New Zealand Times. Vol. XXXVI, no. 8095. 25 April 1912. p. 3.

[7] "Eastbourne Borough". The Dominion. 24 April 1913. p. 8.

[8] "Eastbourne". The Evening Post. 6 May 1914. p. 8.

[9] "Eastbourne Borough Council – Election of Mayor and Eight Councillors". New Zealand Times. 22 April 1915. p. 3.

[10] "Eastbourne". The Evening Post. 2 May 1917. p. 8.

[11] "Eastbourne Borough Council – Biennial Election of Mayor". New Zealand Times. 5 May 1919. p. 3.

[12] "Eastbourne Borough Council – Extraordinary Election of Mayor". The Dominion. 4 May 1920. p. 9.

[13] "Eastbourne Borough Council – Biennial Election of Mayor and Councillors". The Evening Post. 20 April 1921. p. 3.

[14] "Eastbourne Borough Council – Biennial Election of Mayor". The Dominion. 23 April 1923. p. 9.

[15] "Mayor of Eastbourne". The Evening Post. 8 February 1924. p. 8.

[16] "Borough of Eastbourne". The Dominion. 2 May 1925. p. 8.

[17] "Borough of Eastbourne – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 14 April 1927. p. 3.

[18] "Eastbourne Borough Council – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 22 April 1929. p. 4.

[19] "Eastbourne Council". The Dominion. Vol. 24, no. 179. 27 April 1931. p. 6.

[20] "Borough of Eastbourne – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 12 May 1933. p. 2.

[21] "Borough of Eastbourne – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 27 April 1935. p. 5.

[22] "Borough of Eastbourne – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 14 May 1938. p. 5.

[23] "Civic Elections". The Evening Post. Vol. CXXXI, no. 104. 5 May 1941. p. 9.

[24] "Borough of Eastbourne – Election of Mayor". The Dominion. 1 June 1944. p. 3.

[25] "Borough of Eastbourne – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 27 November 1947. p. 3.

[26] "Eastbourne Borough Council – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 28 November 1950. p. 2.

[27] "Mayors Elected Unopposed". The Evening Post. 2 November 1953. p. 10.

[28] "Details of Local Polling". The Evening Post. 19 November 1956. p. 7.

[29] "Details of Local Voting on Saturday". The Evening Post. 23 November 1959. p. 11.

[30] "Detailed Election Results". The Evening Post. 15 October 1962. p. 12.

[31] "Declaration of Result of Poll – Eastbourne Borough Council – Mayor". The Evening Post. 13 October 1965. p. 2.

[32] "Election Night Totals". The Evening Post. 14 October 1968. p. 13.

[33] "Details of Voting For Council". The Evening Post. 11 October 1977. p. 4.

[34] "Declaration of Result of Election – Eastbourne Borough Council". The Evening Post. 19 October 1974. p. 30.

[35] "Details of Election Voting". The Evening Post. 10 October 1977. p. 2.

[36] "Declaration of Result of Election – Eastbourne Borough Council". The Evening Post. 18 October 1980. p. 22.

[37] "Local Body Polls '83". The Evening Post. 10 October 1983. p. 8.

[38] "Eastbourne unchanged". The Evening Post. 16 October 1986. p. 22.

[39] "Declaration of Result of Election – Eastbourne Borough Council". The Evening Post. 24 February 1988. p. 39.

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