Claim: In the1923 Auckland local election for Mayor, George Baildon of the Progressive Citizens' party won the most votes with 72.7% and Walter Glover received the least votes.
Evidence: George Baildon Progressive Citizens' 72.67 Independent Walter Glover 2.69 Independent John Henry Hannan 7.72 Labour Arthur Shapton Richards 14.60 15.74 William Moxsom Labour Labour Bernard Clews 16.33 18.42 Frederick Coles Jordan Independent Labour Pat Hickey 18.75 25.11 Jim Purtell Labour Labour Charles Arthur Watts 25.50 Alfred Hall-Skelton Independent Independent Daniel Flynn 28.82 27.32 31.38 Richard Barter Labour Labour Ted Phelan 31.80 32.17 Bernard Martin Labour Labour Oscar McBrine 33.93 36.64 George Russell Magee Progressive Citizens' Progressive Citizens' James Robertson 48.26 52.70 Aldred Edwin Lawry Progressive Citizens' Progressive Citizens' Samuel Crookes 53.38 49.66 Charles MacIndoe Independent Progressive Citizens' Christopher H. Furness 51.51 51.51 Ellen Melville Progressive Citizens' Progressive Citizens' Dick Thompson 51.63 53.61 Thomas Garland Progressive Citizens' Progressive Citizens' John Barr Paterson 53.60 54.39 James Donald Progressive Citizens' Progressive Citizens' Frederick Brinsden 57.52 60.12 John Dempsey Progressive Citizens' Progressive Citizens' Matthew John Bennett 61.58 62.44 Andrew Entrican Progressive Citizens' Progressive Citizens' John Allum 62.51 64.11 John William Hardley Progressive Citizens' Labour Tom Bloodworth 64.45 65.31 George R. Hutchison Progressive Citizens' Progressive Citizens' James Alexander Warnock 66.30 66.81 George Knight Progressive Citizens' 1923 Auckland local election