1974 Invercargill mayoral election

The 1974 Invercargill mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. After just barely failing to rejoin the council at the 1971 election,^[1] former councillor C. V. Barham once again contested the mayoralty. Incumbent mayor F. Russell Miller easily defeated him, albeit with a reduced majority.

Results edit

The following table gives the election results:^[2]

1974 Invercargill mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	F. Russell Miller	9,282	79.49	-2.61
	Independent	C. V. Barham	2,394	20.50
Majority			6,888	58.99	-5.22
Turnout			11,676

References edit

^ "Local Body Election Results" (PDF). The Southland Times. 11 October 1971.
^ "Local Election Results" (PDF). The Southland Times. 14 October 1974.

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[1] "Local Body Election Results" (PDF). The Southland Times. 11 October 1971.

[2] "Local Election Results" (PDF). The Southland Times. 14 October 1974.

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