Invercargill’s re-elected Tim Shadbolt to serve an eighth term as Mayor. He won the Mayoralty with 11,590 votes from candidates Tom Conroy (6,109 votes) and Karen Arnold (3,193 votes). Four new Councillors were elected: Toni Biddle, Alex Crackett, Lesley Soper and Allan Arnold.
Invercargill City Council Electoral Officer Graham Low said 21,378 votes were received which represents a voter return percentage of 54.9%.
The inaugural Council meeting will be held in the Council Chamber on October 26 at 4pm. The first meeting for the unchanged Bluff Community Board will be held at the Bluff Municipal Chambers on October 31 at 7pm. The final results:
Election Results
Invercargill City Mayoralty (1 vacancy)
SHADBOLT, Tim 11,618
CONROY, Tom 6,118
ARNOLD, Karen 3,198
BLANK 431
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Invercargill City Council (12 vacancies)
| LUDLOW, Darren | 9,666 |
| ESLER, Lloyd | 9,573 |
| BIDDLE, Toni | 9,544 |
| AMUNDSEN, Rebecca | 8,547 |
| LEWIS, Graham | 8,136 |
| CRACKETT, Alex | 7,846 |
| ARNOLD, Karen | 7,793 |
| SOPER, Lesley | 7,632 |
| POTTINGER, Ian | 7,162 |
| ARNOLD, Allan | 7,142 |
| THOMAS, Lindsay | 6,949 |
| ABBOTT, Lindsay | 6,153 |
| _ | |
| SYCAMORE, Graham | 6,147 |
| BONIFACE, Neil | 6,133 |
| KETT, Peter | 5,936 |
| LEYS, Andrew | 5,808 |
| TURNBULL, Jon | 5,276 |
| SURENDRAN, Rochelle | 5,058 |
| ROHAN, Dave | 4,967 |
| CHERRINGTON, Mata | 4,577 |
| DOW, Lindsay | 4,528 |
| KENNEDY, Dave | 4,382 |
| McEWAN, Wayne | 3,752 |
| PLEASANCE, Shane | 3,720 |
| THWAITES, Regan | 3,647 |
| THOMAS, Neil Leonard | 3,526 |
| HALLIGAN-VAN RIEL, Rosie | 3,307 |
| HEENAN, Carl E | 3,082 |
| FOWLER, Kylie | 3,054 |
| FRASER, Brent | 2,673 |
| TRIBE, Rodney | 2,591 |
| CHERNISHOV, Stevey | 2,261 |
| SANFORD, Mike | 1,346 |
| _ | |
| BLANK | 361 |
| INFORMAL | 86 |
Invercargill Licensing Trust Board (6 vacancies)
O’BRIEN, Paddy 11,146
PRENTICE, Suzanne 10,559
MIKA, Mike 10,472
NEWELL, Angela Mary 8,912
DENNIS, Alan 7,805
BELLEW, Sean 6,747
YOUNG, John Norman Philip 6,580
DOWLING, Tom 5,080
HEENAN, Carl E 3,247
BLANK 896
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Donations and Expenses
6Section 112A of the Local Electoral Act 2001 requires every candidate at any election to file a Return of Electoral Donations and Expenses within 55 days of the official declaration of the election results. All returns filed under this section are to be made available for public inspection for a period of seven years and during this period the Electoral Officer must also publish, electronically or in any other manner he considers appropriate, every return so filed.
Mayoralty
ARNOLD, Karen Frances
CONROY, Thomas Brian
SHADBOLT, Timothy Richard
Invercargill City Council
ABBOTT, Lindsay
AMUNDSEN, Rebecca Raer
ARNOLD, Allan James
ARNOLD, Karen Frances
BIDDLE, Toni Marie
BONIFACE, Neil Douglas
CHERNISHOV, Stephen John
CHERRINGTON, Christian Anne
CRACKETT, Alex Holly
DOW, Lindsay Allan
ESLER, Irwin Lloyd
FOWLER, Helen Kylie
FRASER, Brent Thomas
HALLIGAN, Rosemarie Therese
HEENAN, Carl Edward
KENNEDY, David John
KETT, Peter Warren
LEWIS, Graham David
LEYS, Andrew David
LUDLOW, Darren James
McEWAN, Wayne Douglas
PLEASANCE, Shane Edward
POTTINGER, Ian Reay
ROHAN, David Patrick
SANFORD, Michael Keith
SOPER, Lesley Frances
SURENDRAN, Rochelle Monique
SYCAMORE, Graham John
THOMAS, Lindsay Stewart
THOMAS, Neil Leonard
THWAITES, Regan Joseph
TRIBE, Rodney Louis
TURNBULL, Michael Jonathan
Invercargill Licensing Trust
BELLEW, Sean Peter
DENNIS, Alan Geoffrey
DOWLING, Thomas Edwin
HEENAN, Carl Edward
MIKA, Michael Alaifatu
NEWELL, Angela Mary
O’BRIEN, Patric Denis
PRENTICE (DALTON), Suzanne Lena
YOUNG, John Norman Philip
Bluff Community Board
FIFE, Raymond Joseph Carroll
GLASSEY, Wyma Elizabeth
HENDERSON, Gloria Violet
LAIDLAW, Graham Andrew
YOUNG, Patricia Anne
Bluff Community Pool Trust Board
COOPER, Angela Janice
JOHNSON, Sandra Lynn
MORRIS, Anthony Craig
