1899 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand
1899 Invercargill mayoral election | ← 1898 | 29 November 1899 | 1901 → |
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| Turnout | 691 (58.16%) |
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| |  |  | | Candidate | James Smith Goldie | John Stead | | Party | Independent | Independent | | Popular vote | 365 | 326 | | Percentage | 52.82 | 47.17 | |
Mayor before election
John Stead
| Elected Mayor
James Smith Goldie
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The 1899 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 29 November 1899 as part of that year's local elections. Voting booths were provided in each ward for the first time.[1]
Incumbent mayor John Stead was defeated by councillor James Smith Goldie.
Results
The following table gives the election results:[2]
1899 Invercargill mayoral election | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Smith Goldie | 365 | 52.82 | |
| | Independent | John Stead | 326 | 47.17 | -32.48 |
| Majority | 39 | 5.65 | |
| Turnout | 691 | 58.16 | |
References
- ^ "MAYORAL ELECTIONS". South Canterbury Times. Papers Past. 30 November 1899.
- ^ "General News". The Southern Cross. Papers Past. 2 December 1899.
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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