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Final election results declared for Waikato District Council
18 October 2013
Final election results declared for Waikato District Council
Final election results for Waikato District Council for the 12 October local elections have been declared by Electoral Officer Maria Edgar.
The final results show Allan Sanson won the mayoral race by 1,714 votes. A total of 12,952 electors voted, a 30.75 per cent turnout.
The new Council will be officially sworn in and hold their inaugural meeting from 1pm on Tuesday 29 October at the Council Chambers in Ngaruawahia. Community Boards will be holding their first meetings of the new triennium in the coming weeks.
Final results show the successful Ward Councillors for contested wards are:
· Awaroa ki Tuakau – Jacqui Church, Lionel Petersen
· Onewhero-Te Akau – Rosemarie Costar
· Eureka – Rob McGuire
· Huntly – Shelley Lynch, Graeme Tait
· Ngaruawahia – Janet Gibb, Moera Solomon
· Raglan – Clint Baddeley
The following Ward Councillors were elected unopposed:
· Whangamarino – Jan Sedgwick
· Hukanui-Waerenga – Dynes Fulton
· Newcastle – Noel Smith
· Tamahere – Wally Hayes
Final results show the successful Community Board members for contested Community Boards are:
· Onewhero-Tuakau – Ewen Gilmour, Noel Miller, Ann Anderson, Richard Gee, Bronwyn Watson, Fiona Gower
· Huntly – Shirley Boyde, Sandra Stewart, Bryce Mounsey, Denise Lamb, Ron Farrar, Kim Bredenbeck
The following Community Board members were elected unopposed:
· Taupiri – Ken Clewlow, Elva Gouk, Fred Hansen, Howard William Lovell, Julie Ross, Deane Rodney Vernall
· Ngaruawahia – Jack Hector Ayers, Wendy Diamond, Trish Forsyth, Bryce Sherson, Marae Tukere, James Whetu
· Raglan – Linda Cole, Boyd Turongo Dixon, Matt Holl, Bob Macleod, Jan Taylor, Alan Vink
The following Te Kauwhata Licensing Trust members were elected unopposed:
· Doug Boyde, Blair Cooper, Kevin Daniels, Nireen Jefferis, John van der Star
A by-election will be held in February for the remaining vacancy on Te Kauwhata Licensing Trust.
Full election results with voting figures can be found on Council’s website at www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz/Your-Council/Elections/Results-2013-Local-Authority-Election.aspx
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