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Final vote count in for Tasman
Media Release
13 October 2016
Final vote count in for Tasman
The final results are in for the Tasman District Council election which closed on 8 October. Despite the slight increase or decrease of votes received across the board for all candidates there has been no change in representation on the Council frpom the earlier preliminary count.
The final results also allow us to confirm the need for a by-election for the Motueka Community Board said Electoral Officer Sandra Hartley. “The by-election will be decided by postal vote on 17 February 2017.”
The new Council for the 2016 Triennium will be sworn in 9.30am 20 October at the Tasman District Council Chambers in Richmond.
The final result for the elections held on Saturday 8th October is as follows.
Mayoralty Votes Received
| Candidate | Number of Votes |
| Maxwell Clark | 5,142 |
| Richard Kempthorne | 6,838 |
| Kit Maling | 5,761 |
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PAPERS 500
Richard Kempthorne is declared
elected.
Golden Bay Ward (2 vacancies) Votes Received
| Candidate | Number of Votes |
| Sue Brown | 1,089 |
| Richard Cox | 226 |
| Brian Ensor | 733 |
| Bryony Pearson | 668 |
| Paul Sangster | 1,074 |
| Reg Turner | 315 |
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PAPERS 31
Sue Brown and Paul Sangster are declared elected.
Moutere-Waimea Ward (3 vacancies) Votes Received
| Candidate | Number of Votes |
| Andrew Gould | 1,447 |
| Tim King | 2,671 |
| Dean McNamara | 1,994 |
| Richard Osmaston | 706 |
| Graeme Stradling | 1,838 |
| Anne Turley | 2,446 |
| Gary Watson | 1,030 |
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Tim King, Dean McNamara and Anne Turley are declared elected.
Motueka Ward (3 vacancies) Votes Received
| Candidate | Number of Votes |
| Peter Canton | 2,310 |
| Barry Dowler | 2,049 |
| Paul Hawkes | 2,089 |
| Martin Lucas | 1,438 |
| David Ogilvie | 2,409 |
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Peter Canton, Paul Hawkes and David Ogilvie are declared elected.
Richmond Ward (4 vacancies) Votes Received
| Candidate | Number of Votes |
| Murray Dawson | 1,760 |
| Dennis Gibbs | 1,162 |
| Mark Greening | 2,654 |
| Michael Higgins | 2,500 |
| Wayne Mackey | 2,122 |
| Kit Maling | 3,101 |
| Trevor Tuffnell | 3,419 |
| Dana Wensley | 3,446 |
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Mark Greening, Kit Maling, Trevor Tuffnell and Dana Wensley are declared elected.
The voter return was
49.4%, being 18,161 votes, including special
votes.
Please note the voter return number does not
include the 115 Special votes received as it is only the
voters registered on the roll at the time of the election
which are measured in the voter return percentage.
Candidates Elected Unopposed
There
were three elections where there was no need for an election
as the nominations for the roles equaled the number of seats
therefore the candidates are deemed to be elected
unopposed.
Lakes/Murchison Ward Councillor (One
member)
Stuart Bryant
Motueka
Community Board (Four members)
Paul
Hawkes
Richard Horrell
Claire Hutt
Brent
Maru
Golden Bay Community Board (Four
members)
Lynne Ensor
Dave Gowland
Grant
Knowles
Abbie
Langford
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