2001 Porirua City Council election

2001 Porirua local elections
13 October 2001
Position of Porirua City within Wellington Region

The 2001 Porirua City Council election was part of the 2001 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. Members were elected to the city council, the district health board and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Council

The Porirua City Council consisted of a mayor and thirteen councillors elected from three wards (Eastern, Northern and Western).

Mayor

Main article: 2001 Porirua mayoral election
2001 Porirua mayoral election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jenny Brash unopposed

Eastern Ward

The Eastern Ward elected five members to the Porirua City Council

Eastern Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jasmine Underhill 2,958 91.72 +17.58
Labour David Stanley 2,846 88.24 +22.39
Labour Kevin Watson 2,746 85.14 +19.98
Labour Litea Ah Hoi 2,732 84.71
Labour Naureen Palmer 2,650 82.17 +19.88
Independent Romeri Ranfurly 1,117 34.63
Independent Jason Ryder 1,012 31.37
Informal votes 65 2.01 +1.72
Majority 1,533 47.53
Turnout 3,225

Northern Ward

The Northern Ward elected five members to the Porirua City Council

Northern Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Nick Leggett 4,003 80.28 +34.98
Independent Sue Dow 3,783 75.87
Independent Maureen Gillon 3,756 75.33 −0.26
Independent John Green 3,305 66.28 +14.26
Independent Robert Shaw 2,902 58.20
Independent Murray Woodhouse 2,887 57.90 −3.92
Green Olivia Mitchell 2,644 53.02
Independent Allan Bloomfield 1,614 32.37
Informal votes 36 0.72 +0.45
Majority 15 0.30
Turnout 4,986

Western Ward

The Western Ward elected three members to the Porirua City Council

Western Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ken Douglas 1,540 61.42 +16.62
Labour Bud Lavery 1,375 54.84 +8.48
Independent Tracey Waters 1,345 53.64 +18.59
Independent Helen Smith 1,258 50.17 +13.04
Independent Barbara Seddon 879 35.06
Independent Rosemary Hudson 611 24.37 +10.06
Independent Jim Harland 479 19.10
Informal votes 34 1.35 −0.35
Majority 87 3.47
Turnout 2,507

Other local elections

Wellington Regional Council

The Porirua Ward elected one member to the Wellington Regional Council

Porirua Ward[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Shields unopposed

Capital & Coast District Health Board

The Porirua Ward elected one member to the Capital & Coast District Health Board

Porirua Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Faulkner 3,442 26.90
Independent Don Borrie 2,488 19.44
Independent Robert Shaw 2,278 17.80
Independent Marama Parore-Katene 1,069 8.35
Independent Taima Fagaloa 1,021 7.98
Independent Martin Rosevear 575 4.49
Independent Angela Yoeman 521 4.07
Independent Keith Huntington 168 1.31
Independent Ron Bell 123 0.96
Informal votes 1,108 8.66
Majority 954 7.45
Turnout 12,793

References

  1. ^ "Porirua; Sleepwalk to term two". The Evening Post. 8 September 2001. p. 4.
  2. ^ a b c "Porirua City Council - Declaration of Result of Election of Councillors". The Evening Post. 14 October 1998. p. 33.
  3. ^ "Wellington Regional Council - Declaration of Results of Election". The Evening Post. 17 October 1998. p. 23.
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