# 1947 Auckland City mayoral election

The 1947 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1947, 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

1947 Auckland mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Citizens & Ratepayers | John Allum | 25,968 | 55.59 | −7.74 |
| | Labour | Bill Schramm | 19,498 | 41.74 | |
| | Independent | George Mullenger | 908 | 1.94 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 336 | 0.71 | −0.14 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,470 | 13.85 | −3.42 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,710 | | |

## Councillor results

1947 Auckland local election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Leonard Coakley | 26,076 | 58.33 | +3.02 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Fred Ambler | 25,147 | 56.25 | +3.86 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Arthur Bailey | 23,705 | 53.02 | +2.99 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Jack Garland | 23,188 | 51.87 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Joan Rattray | 23,108 | 51.69 | +5.41 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Roy McElroy | 22,918 | 51.26 | +4.39 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Mary Wright | 22,807 | 51.02 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Archibald Ewing Brownlie | 22,741 | 50.87 | +7.74 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | John W. Kealy | 22,391 | 50.08 | +1.56 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Barbara Roche | 22,375 | 50.05 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | William Mackay | 22,039 | 49.30 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Max Tongue | 22,030 | 49.28 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Sidney Takle | 21,899 | 48.98 | +0.47 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Reginald Stanley Harrop | 21,895 | 48.97 | +1.98 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Joyce William Hyland | 21,872 | 48.92 | −4.72 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Keith Buttle | 21,739 | 48.63 | −0.97 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Bob Beechey | 21,421 | 47.91 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Horace Kirk | 21,135 | 47.27 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Howard Edward Gray Matthews | 21,032 | 47.04 | +2.85 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Frederick George Lintott | 20,993 | 46.96 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Aubrey Tronson | 20,615 | 46.11 | |
| Labour | Bill Butler | 19,681 | 44.02 | |
| Labour | Don Armishaw | 18,731 | 41.90 | |
| Labour | Elizabeth Wynn | 18,293 | 40.92 | +6.98 |
| Labour | Albert Berry | 18,104 | 40.49 | +10.85 |
| Labour | Paul Richardson | 17,848 | 39.92 | −5.52 |
| Labour | Catherine Kelleher | 17,824 | 39.87 | |
| Labour | Harold Callagher | 17,791 | 39.79 | |
| Labour | William Duncan | 17,763 | 39.73 | |
| Labour | George Forsyth | 17,681 | 39.55 | |
| Labour | Pat Curran | 17,630 | 39.43 | |
| Labour | Harold S. Callagher | 17,625 | 39.42 | |
| Labour | Denis Brophy | 17,569 | 39.30 | |
| Labour | John Thomas Jennings | 17,536 | 39.22 | |
| Labour | Norman Finch | 17,291 | 38.68 | |
| Labour | Martin Charles Conroy | 17,086 | 38.22 | |
| Labour | Frederick Johnston | 16,671 | 37.29 | |
| Labour | Richard Wrathall | 16,670 | 37.29 | |
| Labour | Thomas Tucker | 16,560 | 37.04 | |
| Labour | Frank Williams | 16,246 | 36.34 | +6.66 |
| Labour | Lyndon Peoples | 16,226 | 36.29 | |
| Labour | Eric Williamson | 16,097 | 36.00 | |
| Communist | Vic Wilcox | 3,369 | 7.53 | |
| Communist | George Jackson | 3,362 | 7.52 | −11.51 |
| Independent | George Mullenger | 3,338 | 7.46 | |
| Communist | Arthur Jackson-Thomas | 2,870 | 6.42 | |
| Independent | Amy Milburn | 2,536 | 5.67 | |