1995 Porirua City Council election

1995 Porirua City Council election
14 October 1995
Position of Porirua City within Wellington Region

The 1995 Porirua City Council election was part of the 1995 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 1995 election consisted of a mayor and thirteen councillors elected from five wards (Plimmerton, Horokiri, Titahi Bay, Tairangi and Cannons Creek).

Mayor

Main article: 1995 Porirua mayoral election
1995 Porirua mayoral election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Burke 6,156 40.33 −18.99
Independent Robert Shaw 3,849 25.21
Independent Jenny Brash 3,595 23.55
Independent Tino Meleisea 1,185 7.76
McGillicuddy Serious Grant Prankerd 210 1.37
Informal votes 269 1.76 −1.84
Majority 2,307 15.11 −7.14
Turnout 15,264 46.00 −8.00

Ward One, Plimmerton

The Plimmerton ward elected two members to the Porirua City Council

Plimmerton Ward[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Shaw 1,674 52.18 −4.14
Independent Sue Dow 1,323 41.24
Labour Philip Quinn 1,200 37.40
Independent Bill Taylor 859 26.77
Independent Valerie Pearson 716 22.31
Independent Paul Crisp 584 18.20
Informal votes 59 1.83 −1.37
Majority 123 3.83
Turnout 3,208

Ward Two, Horokiri

The Horokiri ward elected two members to the Porirua City Council

Horokiri Ward[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Murray Woodhouse 1,863 57.76 −28.90
Independent Lynne Thomas 1,702 52.77 −11.11
Independent John Green 1,422 44.09 −1.02
Independent Margaret Henderson 1,320 40.93
Informal votes 142 4.40 +0.07
Majority 280 8.68 −10.08
Turnout 3,225

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 1,744 55.96 +2.25
Labour Bud Lavery 1,662 53.33
Independent Don Borrie 1,573 50.48 +1.97
Labour Terewhiti Arthur 1,566 50.25 −0.89
Independent Graeme Ebbett 1,388 44.54
Independent Peter Windsor 885 28.40 −0.99
Independent Afoa Elisara 468 14.01
Informal votes 60 1.92 −0.52
Majority 7 0.22
Turnout 3,116

Ward Four, Tairangi

The Tairangi ward elected two members to the Porirua City Council

Tairangi Ward[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Naureen Palmer 1,114 79.06 +14.03
Labour Kevin Watson 997 70.75
Independent Le'autuli Sauvao 655 46.48
Informal votes 51 3.61 −0.31
Majority 342 24.27
Turnout 1,409

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 1,588 75.22 −14.03
Labour Geoff Walpole 1,464 69.35 −9.15
Labour David Stanley 1,393 65.98
Labour Lua Lepaio 1,313 62.19
Independent Papali'i Tanielu 697 33.01
Independent Elizabeth Lee-Lo 445 21.08
Independent Elenuipo Matagi 353 16.72 −35.48
Independent Manusina Finau 340 16.10
Informal votes 849 40.21 +36.93
Majority 616 29.18
Turnout 2,111

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 Margaret Shields 10,062 78.56
Independent Jim Gray 6,383 49.83
Labour Barbara Donaldson 5,787 45.18 −9.70
Independent Kenneth Betteridge 3,383 26.41
Majority 596 4.65
Turnout 12,808

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Porirua City Council – Declaration of Result of Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 20 October 1995. p. 30.
  2. ^ "Declaration of Results of Election – Wellington Region". The Evening Post. 17 October 1992. p. 39.
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