Final results of Hamilton City Council election

Hamilton City Council electoral officer Anthony Dick has officially declared the results of Saturday’s local election. The official declaration was made yesterday afternoon [14 October 2010].

The final results confirm that Julie Hardaker won the mayoral race by 956 votes.

The successful West Ward Councillors are confirmed as Martin Gallagher, John Gower, Ewan Wilson, Angela O’Leary, Dave Macpherson and Maria (Marijke) Westphal. Gordon Chesterman, Pippa Mahood, Peter Bos, Roger Hennebry, Daphne Bell and Margaret Forsyth are confirmed as the successful Councillors in the East Ward.

The new Council will be officially sworn in next Friday, 22 October at 9am in the Hamilton City Council Reception Lounge.

The final results are:
MAYORAL ELECTION - (One (1) Candidate to be elected)
Candidate Affiliation Votes Received Rank
Hardaker, Julie 13626 1
Simcock, Bob Independent 12670
Hennebry, Roger Rates Control Team 5236
Lewis, Lisa 987
Gielen, Jack The Republic of New Zealand Party 432
Johnstone, Andrew 431
BLANK 535
INFORMAL 100

WEST WARD - (Six (6) Councillors to be elected)
Candidate Affiliation Votes Received Rank
Gallagher, Martin Independent 9983 1
Gower, John Independent 7464 2
Wilson, Ewan Independent 7392 3
O'Leary, Angela Independent 6045 4
Macpherson, Dave Independent 5129 5
Westphal, Maria (Marijke) Independent 4940 6
Phillips, Ronny Rates Control Team 4837
Hennebry, Tania Rates Control Team 4458
Cawood, Sharyn Independent 4440
Williamson, Geoff Independent 4037
Hamilton, Ryan Rates Control Team 3855
Allen, Possum (Warren) Independent 3785
King, Andrew Independent 3276
Fletcher, Robin Independent 2803
Busch, Annette Rates Control Team 2738
Heritage, John Rates Control Team 2082
Percy, Hugo Rates Control Team 2033
Phillips, Christina (Tina) 1740
Vernon, Ken Independent 1615
Wikiriwhi, Tim Independent 1615
Curtis, Robert 1089
BLANK 221
INFORMAL 128

EAST WARD - (Six (6) Councillors to be elected)
Candidate Affiliation Votes Received Rank
Chesterman, Gordon Independent 9062 1
Mahood, Pippa Independent 7643 2
Bos, Peter Independent 7249 3
Hennebry, Roger Rates Control Team 7080 4
Bell, Daphne Independent 6615 5
Forsyth, Margaret Rates Control Team 6252 6
Mallett, Garry The Rates Cutter 5876
Saunders, Glenda 5680
Harding, Denise Rates Control Team 4935
Buckley, Andrew Rates Control Team 4441
Cargo, Jason Rates Control Team 4046
Servian, Mark 4Hamilton 3869
Metcalfe, Greig Independent 3544
Dickson, Matiu Independent 3428
MacLeod, Ross Independent 2599
Hotene, Celia 2262
Kowalewski, Clare 2013
Lewis, Lisa 1863
BLANK 380
INFORMAL 81

ENDS

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