# 1927 Auckland City mayoral election

The 1927 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the 1927 New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1927, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

## Mayoralty results

1927 Auckland mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Citizens' | George Baildon | 8,796 | 41.49 | −20.66 |
| | Labour | Tom Bloodworth | 7,194 | 33.93 | |
| | Independent | James Warnock | 3,256 | 15.36 | |
| | Independent | Harold Schmidt | 1,703 | 8.03 | −29.82 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 248 | 1.16 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,602 | 7.55 | −16.75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,197 | 51.93 | |

## Councillor results

1927 Auckland local election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive Citizens' | Frederick Brinsden | 8,838 | 51.69 | |
| Progressive Citizens' | Andrew Entrican | 8,675 | 50.92 | −1.40 |
| Progressive Citizens' | Matthew John Bennett | 8,519 | 50.18 | +4.39 |
| Progressive Citizens' | John Dempsey | 8,481 | 50.01 | +0.08 |
| Progressive Citizens' | Alfred Eady | 8,407 | 49.66 | −5.93 |
| Independent | Ellen Melville | 8,138 | 48.39 | −2.35 |
| Independent | John W. Court | 7,871 | 47.13 | −6.74 |
| Progressive Citizens' | John Allum | 7,797 | 46.78 | −3.56 |
| Progressive Citizens' | George Knight | 7,563 | 45.67 | −4.75 |
| Labour | Ted Phelan | 7,492 | 45.34 | +13.61 |
| Progressive Citizens' | Michael John Coyle | 7,389 | 44.85 | −0.98 |
| Progressive Citizens' | John Barr Patterson | 7,224 | 44.08 | +2.86 |
| Progressive Citizens' | Samuel Crookes | 7,061 | 43.31 | +3.48 |
| Progressive Citizens' | James Donald | 6,976 | 42.91 | −2.63 |
| Labour | George Davis | 6,472 | 40.53 | |
| Progressive Citizens' | George Ashley | 6,369 | 40.04 | |
| Independent | William Lang Casey | 5,928 | 37.96 | |
| Labour | Oscar McBrine | 5,846 | 37.57 | |
| Independent | Walter Harry Murray | 5,788 | 37.30 | |
| Progressive Citizens' | Alice Basten | 5,726 | 37.01 | +7.51 |
| Progressive Citizens' | Arthur Stallworthy | 5,696 | 36.87 | |
| Progressive Citizens' | George Brownlee | 5,668 | 36.73 | −0.49 |
| Independent | Alfred Hall Skelton | 5,455 | 35.73 | |
| Independent | George Grey Campbell | 5,307 | 35.03 | |
| Progressive Citizens' | Daniel Flynn | 5,215 | 34.60 | |
| Labour | Dick Barter | 5,083 | 33.97 | +4.05 |
| Progressive Citizens' | Harry Jenkins | 4,929 | 33.25 | |
| Independent | Ewen William Alison | 4,925 | 33.23 | |
| Independent | Finlay McLiver | 4,923 | 33.22 | |
| Labour | Jim Purtell | 4,874 | 32.99 | |
| Labour | Arthur Rosser | 4,789 | 32.59 | |
| Independent | William James Potter | 4,788 | 32.58 | |
| Independent | Thomas McNab | 4,765 | 32.47 | |
| Labour | Jeremiah James Sullivan | 4,596 | 31.68 | |
| Independent | Alexander Eccles | 4,587 | 31.63 | |
| Independent | William Hugh McKinney | 4,461 | 31.04 | −0.51 |
| Labour | Hector James Sutherland | 4,432 | 30.90 | +4.16 |
| Labour | Charles Stephen Morris | 4,299 | 30.28 | |
| Labour | Charles Arthur Watts | 4,276 | 30.17 | +4.49 |
| Independent | John Lundon | 4,112 | 29.39 | |
| Labour | Bernard Martin | 3,995 | 28.84 | +6.65 |
| Labour | Bernard Clews | 3,922 | 28.50 | +4.84 |
| Independent | George Leonard Brett | 3,841 | 28.12 | |
| Independent | John Brockie King | 3,668 | 27.30 | |
| Labour | William Edward Sill | 3,488 | 26.45 | |
| Independent | Martha Schmidt | 3,404 | 26.05 | |
| Independent | John Francis Shanly | 3,389 | 25.98 | |
| Independent | Dick Thompson | 3,355 | 25.82 | −10.43 |
| Independent | H. Oakley Browne | 3,284 | 25.49 | |
| Progressive Citizens' | Wilfred Skegg | 3,154 | 24.87 | |
| Progressive Citizens' | William Henry Nagle | 2,916 | 23.75 | |
| Independent | George Rochester Metcalfe | 2,847 | 23.43 | +8.24 |
| Independent | Percy McElwain | 2,720 | 22.83 | |
| Independent | Samuel Turkington | 2,685 | 22.66 | |
| Independent | Hallyburton Johnstone | 2,630 | 22.40 | −9.99 |
| Independent | Walter Glover | 2,268 | 20.69 | +3.67 |
| Progressive Citizens' | Thomas Clinton Pow | 2,207 | 20.41 | |
| Independent | Sydney Brown | 2,104 | 19.92 | |
| Independent | George Herbert Guy | 1,618 | 17.63 | |
| Labour | Bill Schramm | 1,419 | 16.69 | |
| Independent | Basil Howse | 1,362 | 16.42 | |