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Eden-Albert Community Board by-election
An extraordinary vacancy has occurred in the
Eden Albert Community Board of the Auckland City Council. Accordingly, a by-election
was required to be held to fill the vacancy. The by-election was conducted under the provisions of the Local Electoral Act 2001 and the Local Electoral Regulations 2001.
Date of by-election
The by-election was held by postal vote on Thursday 9 April 2009.
Voting documents were posted to all eligible electors from Wednesday 18
March 2009.
The three week voting period
- started Wednesday 18 March 2009 and
- finished at noon on election day, Thursday 9 April 2009.
Those eligible to vote at the Eden-Albert by-election are all resident electors and non-resident ratepayer electors whose names appear on the Preliminary Electoral Roll for the
Eden-Albert Community.
Results
These are final results for the Eden-Albert Community Board by-election:
| Candidate |
Votes received |
| BOYS, Peter (Eden/Albert Ratepayers & Residents' Assn) |
2160 |
| BRETHERTON, Tom (Independent) |
871 |
| COOKE, Julie (Citizens & Ratepayers) |
1660 |
| DEMLER, Bob (Focus Eden Albert) |
1742 |
| MITCHELL, Simon (City Vision) |
3378 |
Simon Mitchell is therefore the elected new
community board member for the Eden Albert Community Board.
Voter turnout was 26.1 per cent, which compares to 38.3 per cent for this ward at last
year's triennial election.
Voting
Electors could post their completed voting document back to the Electoral Officer using a pre-paid envelope sent with the voting document. A Polling Place for the issuing of Special Voting documents and for the receiving of completed voting documents
was available over the voting period from the Electoral Office. In addition, completed voting documents
were able to be received at the
Mt Albert community library from 9am to noon on election day (Thursday 9 April 2009).
To be counted, all completed voting documents had to be in the hands of the Electoral Officer or Deputy Electoral Officer, by noon, Thursday 9 April 2009.
Daily returns
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Final daily returns schedule (35kb) PDF
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For further information regarding this by-election, please contact the Electoral Office:
| Phone: |
(09) 307 7211 |
| Fax: |
(09) 307 7443 |
| Email: |
dale.ofsoske@aucklandcity.govt.nz |
| Write to: |
The Electoral Officer
Auckland City Council
P O Box 5135
Wellesley Street
Auckland |
Published April 2009
