# 1965 Auckland City mayoral election

The 1965 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1965, 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.

## Background

Incumbent two-term Mayor Dove-Myer Robinson was defeated by Roy McElroy of the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket. Robinson's position had been worsened by the entry of Labour Party councillor George Forsyth to the race which allowed McElroy to win on a split vote.

## Mayoralty results

1965 Auckland mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Citizens & Ratepayers | Roy McElroy | 17,132 | 46.93 | |
| | Independent | Dove-Myer Robinson | 15,998 | 43.82 | −7.35 |
| | Labour | George Forsyth | 3,373 | 9.25 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,134 | 3.10 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,503 | 47.23 | |

## Councillor results

1965 Auckland local election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Arapeta Awatere | 22,274 | 61.01 | +21.97 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Sir Keith Park | 21,701 | 59.44 | −11.15 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Tom Pearce | 21,506 | 58.91 | +22.13 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Fred Glasse | 20,489 | 56.12 | +12.22 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Tom Bloodworth | 19,672 | 53.89 | +1.25 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Bob Beechey | 19,578 | 53.63 | −10.91 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | John Dale | 19,508 | 53.44 | −7.24 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Winifred Horton | 19,159 | 52.48 | +6.77 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Harold Watts | 19,153 | 52.46 | +5.69 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Winifred Delugar | 18,718 | 51.27 | ±0.00 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Max Tongue | 18,657 | 51.11 | −0.93 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Thomas Littlejohn | 17,788 | 48.73 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | George Russell Tutt | 17,298 | 47.38 | +5.80 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Mel Tronson | 16,916 | 46.34 | |
| Independent | Fred Ambler | 16,884 | 46.25 | +1.40 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Ian McKinnon | 16,599 | 45.47 | |
| Independent | Eric Armishaw | 15,394 | 42.17 | −1.42 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Thomas Roy Sussex | 15,236 | 41.73 | |
| Labour | George Forsyth | 13,994 | 38.33 | +1.96 |
| Labour | Alex Dreaver | 13,490 | 36.95 | −4.50 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Bill Clark | 13,316 | 36.47 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Alan George Simms | 12,448 | 34.10 | |
| Independent | William Grant-Mackie | 12,305 | 33.70 | +0.46 |
| Labour | Lew Pryme | 11,686 | 32.01 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Basil Roy Arnott | 11,635 | 31.87 | −1.16 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Robert Alfred Heaney | 11,412 | 31.26 | +0.47 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Edward Cecil Nimon | 11,438 | 31.33 | |
| Labour | Annie Elizabeth Beresford | 10,593 | 29.01 | +2.92 |
| Civic Action | Daniel Finnigan | 10,099 | 27.66 | |
| Civic Action | Michael Hart | 9,933 | 27.21 | |
| Labour | Roy Turner | 9,526 | 26.09 | |
| Labour | Graham Caldwell | 9,454 | 25.89 | +6.37 |
| Labour | Thomas Price | 8,975 | 24.58 | +5.41 |
| Labour | Frank Haigh | 8,713 | 23.86 | |
| Civic Action | Alison Bridgeman | 7,810 | 21.39 | |
| Labour | Eileen Johnson | 7,680 | 21.03 | |
| Labour | John Mita Karaka | 7,142 | 19.56 | |
| Independent | Barry Donovan | 6,952 | 19.04 | |
| Labour | Whai Mataira | 6,933 | 18.99 | |
| Civic Action | Francis Halpin | 6,729 | 18.43 | |
| Labour | Anita Rona Von Zalinski | 6,553 | 17.95 | −2.34 |
| Labour | James Gerrard Taylor | 6,251 | 17.12 | |
| Labour | Inez Freeman | 6,266 | 17.16 | |
| Labour | Irene Margaret Offen | 6,167 | 16.89 | −3.23 |
| Communist | Diana Grant-Mackie | 5,901 | 16.16 | |
| Independent | Albert Edward Bailey | 5,370 | 14.71 | −25.88 |
| Labour | Robert Elsender | 5,339 | 15.62 | |
| Independent | Barry Wright | 5,286 | 14.48 | |
| Labour | Derek Brunning | 5,267 | 14.42 | |
| Labour | Matthew Sosich | 5,058 | 13.85 | |
| Independent | Pat Curran | 4,497 | 12.31 | |
| Communist | Bill Andersen | 3,141 | 8.60 | −10.75 |
| Communist | James Casey | 2,694 | 7.38 | |
| Communist | Donald McEwan | 2,485 | 6.80 | |
| Communist | Mortimer Irvine | 2,166 | 5.93 | |
| Communist | Lenard Thomas Smith | 2,059 | 5.64 | |
| Communist | Alec Ostler | 1,681 | 4.60 | −1.59 |
| Communist | Peter McAra | 1,659 | 4.54 | −0.22 |
| Communist | Alec Rait | 1,197 | 3.27 | |