1968 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand
1968 Invercargill mayoral election
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| ← 1965 | 12 October 1968 | 1971 → |
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| |  | | | Candidate | Neil Watson | C. V. Barham | | Party | Independent | Independent | | Popular vote | 6,935 | 2,482 | | Percentage | 73.64 | 26.35 | |
Mayor before election
Neil Watson
| Elected mayor
Neil Watson
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The 1968 Invercargill mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. Incumbent mayor Neil Watson was re-elected with an increased majority, defeating former councillor C. V. Barham.
Results
The following table gives the election results:[1]
1968 Invercargill mayoral election | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Neil Watson | 6,935 | 73.64 | +12.12 |
| | Independent | C. V. Barham | 2,482 | 26.35 | |
| Majority | 4,453 | 47.29 | +24.24 |
| Turnout | 9,417 | | |
References
- ^ "Local Body Election Results" (PDF). The Southland Times. 14 October 1968.
Mayors of Invercargill
| Mayors | - William Wood
- George Lumsden
- Thomas Pratt
- John Walker Mitchell
- John Cuthbertson
- Joseph Hatch
- George Lumsden (2nd)
- George Goodwillie
- Nicholas Johnson
- Henry Jaggers
- John Kingsland
- William Sherriffs Moir
- George Froggatt
- John Lyon McDonald
- David Roche
- Edwin Alfred Tapper
- Thomas Fleming
- John Walker Mitchell (2nd)
- William Horatio Hall
- James Walker Bain
- Duncan McFarlane
- Andrew Raeside
- William Benjamin Scandrett
- John Sinclair
- Josiah Hanan
- Hugh Mair
- John Stead
- James Smith Goldie
- Charles Stephen Longuet
- George Froggatt (2nd)
- William Benjamin Scandrett (2nd)
- Charles Stephen Longuet (2nd)
- William Ott
- William Benjamin Scandrett (3rd)
- Duncan McFarlane (2nd)
- John Stead (2nd)
- John Lillicrap
- Andrew Bain
- John Miller
- John Campbell
- John Miller (2nd)
- Ralph Hanan
- John Robert Martin
- Abraham Wachner
- William Aitchison
- Brian Hewat
- Adam Adamson
- Neil Watson
- F. Russell Miller
- Eve Poole
- Tim Shadbolt
- David Harrington
- Tim Shadbolt (2nd)
- Nobby Clark
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