2016 Elections

2016 Triennial Elections

Declaration of Results

The final result for the Ōtorohanga District Council elections held on Saturday, 8 October 2016 is as follows:

Members for Ōtorohanga Ward (2 vacancies)

Votes Received

MCCONNELL

Paul (Porky)

505

CHRISTISON

Katrina

392

CHETTY

Nigel

327

COWAN

Liz

227

BRIGHTWELL

Glenn

101

Informal

4

Blank Voting Papers

11

Paul (Porky) McConnell and Katrina Christison are declared elected.

Members of the Ōtorohanga Community Board (4 vacancies)

Votes Received

*CHRISTISON

Katrina

574

COWAN

Liz

407

GADD

Neville

397

COVENTRY

Peter

394

BUCKMAN

Alan

381

WOOSTER

Derek Kotuku 

370

MACDONALD

Pera

208

Informal 

1

Blank Voting Papers 

5

Alan Buckman, Peter Coventry, Liz Cowan and Neville Gadd are declared elected.

*Section 88A of the Local Electoral Act provides that if a person is declared to be elected as a member of the council, and that person is also declared to be elected as a member of a community board, that person must be treated as having vacated office as a member of the community board.

Elected Members - Unopposed:

MAYOR

BAXTER

Max 

KĀWHIA-TIHIROA WARD  

PILKINGTON

Deborah 

WILLIAMS

Annette 

WAIPĀ WARD

JOHNSON

Roy

KIO KIO / KORAKONUI WARD

PHILLIPS

Ken

WHAREPUHUNGA WARD

KLOS

Robyn

KĀWHIA COMMUNITY BOARD - KĀWHIA SUB-DIVISION

JEFFRIES

C.E. (Kit)

RUTHERFORD

Alan

WALSH

Dave

KĀWHIA COMMUNITY BOARD - AOTEA SUB-DIVISION

GANE

Annette

The voter return was 25.11%, being 1,468 votes, excluding special votes.  

Electoral Officer:

Warwick Lampp           

Ōtorohanga District Council                         

13 October 2016

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The purpose of a pre-election report is to provide information to promote public discussion about the issues facing the Council.

According to section 99A of the Local Government Act 2002:

The preparation of and the nature of the content in this document is a legal requirement which is placed on the chief executive officer of the council.

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