The 1901 Invercargill Borough Council election was a local election held on 24 April in the Borough of Invercargill of New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Invercargill for a one year term and 12 borough councillors for a two year term. In person voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.
Candidates South Ward councillor Francis Rose intended to contest the election but dropped out in September 1900 and subsequently resigned from the council for "private reasons".
Results
Mayor The results of the mayoral election were: + 1901 Invercargill mayoral electionPartyCandidateVotes% Independent Charles Stephen Longuet 641 49.27 Independent Horace Bastings 357 27.44 Independent Frederick George Stone 293 22.52 Informal 10 0.77 Turnout 1,301 72.64Registered1,791 +Results by wardWardLongquetBastingsStoneNorth491626Second300204101Third1939475South994391Totals641357293
Council
North ward Three candidates were returned unopposed for the three North ward seats. + Affiliation Candidate Votes % Independent William A Ott unopposed Independent David Roche unopposed Independent James Thomson unopposed Second ward Three candidates were returned unopposed for the three Second ward seats. + Affiliation Candidate Votes % Independent Robert Cleave unopposed Independent William Benjamin Scandrett unopposed Independent George Froggatt unopposed
Third ward Candidates Archibald McKellar, John Stead, and William Maclister were elected in the third ward. Affiliation Candidate Votes % Independent Archibald McKellar 235 Independent John Stead 232 Independent William Macalister 206 Independent I Lawrence Petrie136 Informal 10 Turnout Registered South ward Three candidates were returned unopposed for the three South ward seats. + Affiliation Candidate Votes % Independent William Manson unopposed Independent John Frederick Lillicrap unopposed Independent William Stead unopposed
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