Media Release
13 October 2016

Final vote count in for Tasman

The final results are in for the Tasman District Council election which closed on 8 October. Despite the slight increase or decrease of votes received across the board for all candidates there has been no change in representation on the Council frpom the earlier preliminary count.

The final results also allow us to confirm the need for a by-election for the Motueka Community Board said Electoral Officer Sandra Hartley. “The by-election will be decided by postal vote on 17 February 2017.”

The new Council for the 2016 Triennium will be sworn in 9.30am 20 October at the Tasman District Council Chambers in Richmond.

The final result for the elections held on Saturday 8th October is as follows.

Mayoralty Votes Received

INFORMAL 25
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 500

Richard Kempthorne is declared elected.

Golden Bay Ward (2 vacancies) Votes Received

INFORMAL 7
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 31

Sue Brown and Paul Sangster are declared elected.

Moutere-Waimea Ward (3 vacancies) Votes Received

INFORMAL 9
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 175

Tim King, Dean McNamara and Anne Turley are declared elected.

Motueka Ward (3 vacancies) Votes Received

INFORMAL 8
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 105

Peter Canton, Paul Hawkes and David Ogilvie are declared elected.

Richmond Ward (4 vacancies) Votes Received

INFORMAL 10
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 192

Mark Greening, Kit Maling, Trevor Tuffnell and Dana Wensley are declared elected.

The voter return was 49.4%, being 18,161 votes, including special votes.
Please note the voter return number does not include the 115 Special votes received as it is only the voters registered on the roll at the time of the election which are measured in the voter return percentage.

Candidates Elected Unopposed
There were three elections where there was no need for an election as the nominations for the roles equaled the number of seats therefore the candidates are deemed to be elected unopposed.

Lakes/Murchison Ward Councillor (One member)
Stuart Bryant

Motueka Community Board (Four members)
Paul Hawkes
Richard Horrell
Claire Hutt
Brent Maru

Golden Bay Community Board (Four members)
Lynne Ensor
Dave Gowland
Grant Knowles
Abbie Langford

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