2022 Carterton District Council election

2022 Carterton local elections
18 October 2022
Position of Carterton District within the Greater Wellington region
Mayoral election
Mayor before election

Greg Lang

 Elected mayor

Ron Mark

The 2022 Carterton District Council election took place between 16 September and 18 October 2022 via postal vote as part of nation-wide local elections.

Background

The Carterton District Council used the first-past-the-post system to elect the Mayor of Carterton and district councillors for the 2022–2025 term.[1] Voter turnout was 59.06%.[2] The positions of mayor and eight district councillors elected at-large were contested by the following candidates:[3]

Mayor

There was one vacancy for the mayoralty of Carterton. The incumbent Greg Lang stood for re-election, with Ron Mark, former Carterton mayor (2010–2014) and New Zealand First MP (1996–2008 and 2014–2020), standing against him.[3]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ron MarkIndependent2,47554.66
Greg Lang†Independent2,05345.34
Total4,528100.00
Valid votes4,52898.52
Invalid/blank votes681.48
Total votes4,596100.00
Source: [2]

†Incumbent candidate

Council

CandidatePartyVotes%
Steve LaurenceIndependent2,5599.29
Dale Williams†Independent2,5509.26
Steve Cretney†Independent2,4718.97
Steve GallonIndependent2,4118.75
Lou NewmanIndependent2,4008.71
Robyn Cherry-Campbell†Community at heart2,1487.80
Brian Deller†Independent2,1107.66
Grace AylingIndependent2,0297.37
Roger BoulterIndependent2,0007.26
Michael O'DonnellIndependent1,7926.51
Jill Greathead†Refreshing Local Democracy1,5155.50
Andy RogersIndependent1,3104.76
Ben DugdaleIndependent1,2414.51
Thomas LissingtonIndependent1,0113.67
Total27,547100.00
Valid votes27,54799.56
Invalid/blank votes1210.44
Total votes27,668100.00
Source: [2]

†Incumbent candidate

References

  1. ^ "Election Questions and Answers". cdc.govt.nz. Carterton District Council. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Carterton District Council | 2022 Triennial Elections" (PDF). www.electionz.com. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Nominations for Carterton District Council 2022 Triennial Elections". www.electionz.com. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
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