1992 Porirua City Council election

1992 Porirua City Council election

The 1992 Porirua City Council election was part of the 1992 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The polling was conducted using the first-past-the-post electoral method.

Council

The Porirua City Council following the 1992 election consisted of a mayor and thirteen councillors elected from five wards (Plimmerton, Horokiri, Titahi Bay, Tairangi and Cannons Creek).

Mayor

Main article: 1992 Porirua mayoral election
1992 Porirua mayoral election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Burke 8,606 59.32 −5.26
Independent Don Borrie 5,377 37.06
Informal votes 523 3.60 −2.13
Majority 3,229 22.25 −12.66
Turnout 14,506

Ward One, Plimmerton

The Plimmerton ward elected two members to the Porirua City Council

Plimmerton Ward[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Shaw 1,474 56.32
Independent Jenny Brash 1,385 52.92
Independent Russell Marshall 1,199 45.81
Independent Jan Bennett 1,091 41.68 −41.63
Informal votes 84 3.20 −2.69
Majority 186 7.10
Turnout 2,617

Ward Two, Horokiri

The Horokiri ward elected two members to the Porirua City Council

Horokiri Ward[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Murray Woodhouse 2,138 86.66 +1.16
Independent Lynne Thomas 1,576 63.88
Independent John Green 1,113 45.11
Informal votes 107 4.33 +0.98
Majority 463 18.76
Turnout 2,467

Ward Three, Titahi Bay

The Titahi Bay ward elected three members to the Porirua City Council

Titahi Bay Ward[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Helen Smith 1,756 53.71 −24.56
Labour Terewhiti Arthur 1,672 51.14 −17.13
Independent Don Borrie 1,586 48.51
Labour Gwyn Skinner 1,379 42.18
Independent Kim Arnold 1,356 41.48
Independent Henry Sharman 1,016 31.07
Independent Peter Windsor 961 29.39
Informal votes 80 2.44 −3.61
Majority 207 6.33
Turnout 3,269

Ward Four, Tairangi

The Tairangi ward elected two members to the Porirua City Council

Tairangi Ward[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lua Lepaio 1,143 65.95
Labour Naureen Palmer 1,127 65.03 −1.20
Independent Rita Magson 516 29.77
Independent Josephine Lancaster 362 20.88
Independent Rosalie Kalolo 249 14.36
Informal votes 68 3.92 −3.49
Majority 611 35.25
Turnout 1,733

Ward Five, Cannons Creek

The Cannons Creek ward elected four members to the Porirua City Council

Cannons Creek Ward[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jasmine Underhill 2,525 89.25 +14.85
Labour Geoff Walpole 2,221 78.50 +5.45
Labour Charles Ford 2,206 77.97 +11.42
Labour Elenuipo Matagi 1,477 52.20
Independent Taleni Tanieluy 1,104 39.02
Independent David Leggott 1,060 37.46
Independent Luta Gaualofa 629 22.23
Informal votes 93 3.28 −1.90
Majority 373 13.18
Turnout 2,829

Other local elections

Wellington Regional Council - Porirua Ward

The Porirua Ward elected two members to the Wellington Regional Council

Porirua Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Gray 9,410 75.24 +9.89
Independent Maxine Arnold 7,896 63.14 +7.70
Labour Barbara Brooks[nb 1] 6,863 54.88
Informal votes 841 6.72 +1.49
Majority 1,033 8.26
Turnout 12,505

Table footnotes:

  1. ^ Brooks was appointed to the council on 16 February 1993 to replace Ken Gray who died on 18 November 1992

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "City of Porirua - Declaration of Results of Election". The Evening Post. 17 October 1992. p. 39.
  2. ^ "Declaration of Results of Election - Wellington Region". The Evening Post. 17 October 1992. p. 39.
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