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Auckland mayoral election, 2013

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12 October 2013 (2013-10-12)
  
2016 →

Turnout
  
345,509 (34.72%)

47.78
  
31.67

Registered
  
995,206

164,338
  
108,928

Auckland mayoral election, 2013

Brown – 0–10%   Brown – 10–20%   Brown – 20–30%   Brown – 30–40%   Brown – 40–50%   Brown – 50–60%
  
Palino – 0–10%   Palino – 10–20%

An election was held for the office of Mayor of Auckland on 12 October 2013. It was held as one of many triennial local elections held in Auckland and New Zealand.

Contents

Background

Brown appeared at number seven by the City Mayors Foundation's 2012 World Mayor list.

Candidates

  • Len Brown (independent), incumbent mayor
  • John Palino (independent), restaurant manager and former host of television show The Kitchen Job
  • John Minto (Mana Movement), activist
  • Penny Bright (independent), activist
  • Uesifili Unasa (independent), Christian minister
  • David Willmott (Roads First), stood for mayor in 2010
  • Stephen Berry (Affordable Auckland), also candidate for the Waitematā and Gulf ward
  • Jesse Butler
  • Paul Duffy
  • Susanna Kruger (independent)
  • Matthew Goode
  • Annalucia Vermunt (Communist League)
  • Emmett Hussey
  • Phil O'Connor (Christians Against Abortion)
  • Wayne Young, homeless man and protester, stood for mayor in 2010
  • Reuben Shadbolt, son of Invercargill mayor Tim Shadbolt
  • Julia Parfitt, chair of Hibiscus and Bays local board
  • Prospective candidates who did not stand

  • Maurice Williamson (National), MP for Pakuranga
  • Cameron Brewer (independent), councillor for the Orākei ward
  • Campaign

    Brown's priority for the city was the funding and commencement of the City Rail Link, which had 63% public support in June 2009.

    Palino ran on a conservative policy platform, and his campaign was managed by Communities and Residents president and former National Party president John Slater. He opposed the urban intensification of some Auckland communities, including those on the North Shore, instead proposing a second central business district model based in Manukau.

    Postal ballots were sent to voters from 20 September.

    Opinion polling

         – Some polls were taken after voting began on 20 September.

    By local board

    Source:

    References

    Auckland mayoral election, 2013 Wikipedia