The 1989 Nelson-Marlborough Regional Council election was a local election held from September to 14 October 1989 in the Nelson-Marlborough region of New Zealand, as part of that year's regional council elections and other local elections held nation-wide. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.
This was the first and only election to the regional council; the authority had been formed as part of the 1989 reforms to local government and was later disestablished in 1992. Thirteen positions were contested across four constituencies, corresponding with the region's territorial authority areas at the time.
Campaign There was healthy competition for the available positions. There were 14 candidates in Nelson, 30 in Marlborough, 23 in Tasman, and 6 in Kaikoura, i.e. 73 candidates in total.
All candidates stood as independents, although the Krammer brothers held party affiliations. Ted Krammer had stood in the 1981 general election for the National Party in the Tasman electorate, and John Krammer unsuccessfully sought the Labour Party nomination for the Nelson electorate in the 1990 general election.
Results The following table shows the members elected:
Name Regional constituency Kaikoura Marlborough Marlborough Marlborough Marlborough Nelson Nelson Nelson Nelson Tasman Tasman Tasman Tasman
Kaikoura constituency +Kaikoura constituency AffiliationCandidateVotes% Independent Bryan Seddon48127.52 Independent Jim Gameson 423 24.20 Independent Don McKenzie 280 16.02 Independent Errol Parker 246 14.07 Independent Richard Latter 217 12.41 Independent Lindsay Clemett 101 5.78 Informal ? ? Turnout 1,748 (~84.00) Registered ? Independent win (new constituency)
Marlborough constituency +Marlborough constituency AffiliationCandidateVotes% Independent Leo McKendry 7,01340.45 Independent Glenys Baldick 5,37831.02 Independent Lin Randle 4,70827.16 Independent Basil Parkes 3,68721.27 Independent Allan Beaton 3,553 20.49 Independent Elizabeth Davidson 3,225 18.60 Independent Bruno Dalliessi 3,025 17.45 Independent Larry Pigou 2,750 15.86 Independent John Lundon 2,717 15.67 Independent Jim Crichton 2,498 14.41 Independent Tony Grigg 1,766 10.19 Independent Frank Stretch 1,662 9.59 Independent James Elkington 1,537 8.87 Independent Lester Munro 1,443 8.32 Independent Ross Kennington 1,373 7.92 Independent Bruce Woolley 1,305 7.53 Independent Margaret Peace 1,259 7.26 Independent Rex Frost 1,216 7.01 Independent Peter (Bluey) Hope 1,141 6.58 Independent Jack Broughan 1,137 6.56 Independent Allan Gifford 1,022 5.90 Independent Brian Schwass 922 5.32 Independent Paul Millen 906 5.23 Independent Pauline Macnab 856 4.94 Independent Peter Thomson 655 3.78 Independent Allison Register 588 3.39 Independent Andrew Whelan 495 2.86 Independent Graeme Clarke 494 2.85 Independent Stuart McCallum 490 2.83 Independent Jim Fraser 441 2.54 Informal 78 0.45 Turnout 17,336 (~73.80) Registered ? Independent win (new constituency) Independent win (new constituency) Independent win (new constituency) Independent win (new constituency)
Nelson constituency +Nelson constituencyAffiliationCandidateVotes% Independent Len Ardell 3,919 23.63 Independent Craig Potton 3,827 23.08 Independent Derek Shaw 3,091 18.64 Independent Ted Krammer 3,059 18.45 Independent Gwenny Davis 2,927 17.65 Independent Trevor Horne 2,633 15.88 Independent Roy McLennan 2,506 15.11 Independent Colin Neale 1,980 11.94 Independent Judith Billens 1,776 10.71 Independent Nick Barber 1,572 9.48 Independent Mike Johnston 1,018 6.14 Independent John Bealing 742 4.47 Independent Tony Vari 542 3.27 Independent Roger Wincer 363 2.19 Informal ? ? Turnout 16,583 (~70.00) Registered ? Independent win (new constituency) Independent win (new constituency) Independent win (new constituency) Independent win (new constituency)
Tasman constituency +Tasman constituency AffiliationCandidateVotes% Independent John Krammer 3,761? Independent Murray Borlase 3,667? Independent David Ogilvie 3,549 ? Independent Elaine Henry 3,527 ? Independent Kate Light 3,136 ? Independent Owen Jennings 3,121 ? Independent Bill Eggers 2,823 ? Independent Liz Thomas 2,750 ? Independent Keith Fry 2,542 ? Independent Courtney Lawry 2,388 ? Independent Bruce Rowling 1,909 ? Independent Michael Higgins 1,811 ? Independent Rob Maling 1,767 ? Independent Andrew Joseph 1,719 ? Independent Graham Lines 1,709 ? Independent Gwyn Thurlow 1,581 ? Independent Basil Hodgkinson 1,573 ? Independent Christopher St Johanser 1,503 ? Independent Clive Bird 1,492 ? Independent David Thompson 1,420 ? Independent Denis Schwass 771 ? Independent Thomas Russell 481 ? Informal ? ? Turnout ? ? Registered ? Independent win (new constituency) Independent win (new constituency) Independent win (new constituency) Independent win (new constituency)
Aftermath Chair election Once the council convened, the councillors elected Len Ardell as their chairperson.
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