1974 Invercargill mayoral election

1974 Invercargill mayoral election

12 October 1974

Candidate F. Russell Miller C. V. Barham Party Independent Independent Popular vote 9,282 2,394 Percentage 79.49 20.50

Mayor before election F. Russell Miller Elected mayor F. Russell Miller

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

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

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