1901 Invercargill Borough Council election

1901 Invercargill Borough Council election
← 1900 24 April 1901 1902 →
Turnout	1,791 (72.64%)
	Mayoral election
Mayor before election; James Smith Goldie;	Elected mayor ; Charles Stephen Longuet;
	Council election
	12 seats on the Invercargill Borough Council; 7 seats needed for a majority

The 1901 Invercargill Borough Council election was a local election held on 24 April in the Borough of Invercargill of New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Invercargill for a one year term and 12 borough councillors for a two year term. In person voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.

Candidates

South Ward councillor Francis Rose intended to contest the election but dropped out in September 1900 and subsequently resigned from the council for "private reasons".^[1]^[2]^[3]

Results

Mayor

The results of the mayoral election were:^[4]^[5]

1901 Invercargill mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Charles Stephen Longuet	641	49.27
	Independent	Horace Bastings	357	27.44
	Independent	Frederick George Stone	293	22.52
Informal			10	0.77
Turnout			1,301	72.64
Registered^[6]			1,791

Results by ward^[7]
Ward	Longquet	Bastings	Stone
North	49	16	26
Second	300	204	101
Third	193	94	75
South	99	43	91
Totals	641	357	293

Council

North ward

Three candidates were returned unopposed for the three North ward seats.^[8]^[5]


	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William A Ott	unopposed
Independent	David Roche	unopposed
Independent	James Thomson	unopposed

Second ward

Three candidates were returned unopposed for the three Second ward seats.^[8]^[5]


	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Robert Cleave	unopposed
Independent	William Benjamin Scandrett	unopposed
Independent	George Froggatt	unopposed

Third ward

Candidates Archibald McKellar, John Stead, and William Maclister were elected in the third ward.^[7]^[9]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Archibald McKellar	235
	Independent	John Stead	232
	Independent	William Macalister	206
	Independent	I Lawrence Petrie	136
Informal			10
Turnout
Registered

South ward

Three candidates were returned unopposed for the three South ward seats.^[8]^[5]


	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William Manson	unopposed
Independent	John Frederick Lillicrap	unopposed
Independent	William Stead	unopposed

References

↑ "THE MAYORALTY". The Southland Times. Papers Past. 28 July 1900.
↑ "General News". The Southern Cross. Papers Past. 22 September 1900.
↑ "Invercargill Borough Council". The Southland Times. Papers Past. 5 October 1900.
↑ "Municipal Elections". The Southern Cross. Papers Past. 27 April 1901.
1 2 3 4 "Public Notices". Southland Times. No. 14923. 17 April 1901. p. 3.
↑ "The Mayoral Election". Southland Times. No. 14930. 25 April 1901. p. 2.
1 2 "Municipal Elections". Southland Times. No. 14930. 25 April 1901. p. 2.
1 2 3 "Borough Elections – Invercargill". Southland Times. No. 14923. 17 April 1901. p. 2.
↑ "Special Advertisments Column". Southland Times. No. 14930. 25 April 1901. p. 3.

[1] "THE MAYORALTY". The Southland Times. Papers Past. 28 July 1900.

[2] "General News". The Southern Cross. Papers Past. 22 September 1900.

[3] "Invercargill Borough Council". The Southland Times. Papers Past. 5 October 1900.

[4] "Municipal Elections". The Southern Cross. Papers Past. 27 April 1901.

[:0-5] 1 2 3 4 "Public Notices". Southland Times. No. 14923. 17 April 1901. p. 3.

[6] "The Mayoral Election". Southland Times. No. 14930. 25 April 1901. p. 2.

[:1-7] 1 2 "Municipal Elections". Southland Times. No. 14930. 25 April 1901. p. 2.

[nominations-8] 1 2 3 "Borough Elections – Invercargill". Southland Times. No. 14923. 17 April 1901. p. 2.

[9] "Special Advertisments Column". Southland Times. No. 14930. 25 April 1901. p. 3.

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