1889 Invercargill mayoral election

1889 Invercargill mayoral election

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27 November 1889

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Turnout

394


Candidate	John Walker Mitchell	James Mackintosh
Party	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	234	160
Percentage	59.39	40.61

Mayor before election

Elected mayor

John Walker Mitchell

The 1889 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 27 November 1889.

Former mayor John Walker Mitchell defeated James Mackintosh.

Results

The following table gives the election results:^[1]

1889 Invercargill mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Walker Mitchell	234	59.39
	Independent	James Mackintosh	160	40.61
Majority			74	18.78
Turnout			394

References

^ "INVERCARGILL". North Otago Times. Papers Past. 29 November 1889.

Mayors of Invercargill

Mayors

Elections

Annual term	1871 1872† 1873† 1874 1875† 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881† 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 (June)‡ 1887 (November) 1888† 1889 1890 1891† 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897† 1898 1899 1901 1902† 1903 1904† 1905 1906† 1907 1908 1909 1910† 1911† 1912 1913 1914
Biennial term	1915 1917 1919 1921 1923 1925† 1927 1929 1931 1933
Triennial term	1935† 1938 (May) 1938 (October)‡ 1941† 1942‡ 1944 1947 1950† 1953 1956† 1959† 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974 1977† 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1993‡ 1995 1998 2001† 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022

† Elected unopposed
‡ By-election