# 1947 Christchurch mayoral election

The 1947 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1947, election were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government positions. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
Incumbent Mayor Ernest Andrews was re-elected, defeating former Labour MP David Barnes and deputy mayor Melville Lyons. Fourteen Citizens' candidates were elected to the Christchurch City Council as well as five from the Labour Party.

## Mayoral results

The following table gives the election results:
1947 Christchurch mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Citizens' | Ernest Andrews | 21,183 | 50.94 | −11.49 |
| | Labour | David Barnes | 15,587 | 37.48 | |
| | Independent | Melville Lyons | 4,811 | 11.57 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 174 | 0.41 | −0.37 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,596 | 13.45 | −11.40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,581 | 46.20 | |

## Council results

1947 Christchurch local election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Citizens' | James Hay | 24,128 | 58.02 | −3.56 |
| Citizens' | Leslie George Amos | 21,726 | 52.24 | −1.96 |
| Labour | George Manning | 21,502 | 51.71 | +0.51 |
| Citizens' | Mary McLean | 21,353 | 51.35 | −6.28 |
| Citizens' | Bill Glue | 19,850 | 47.73 | −5.93 |
| Labour | Teresa Green | 19,828 | 47.68 | −0.31 |
| Citizens' | Jim Clarke | 19,812 | 47.64 | −7.82 |
| Citizens' | Bill MacGibbon | 19,687 | 47.34 | |
| Citizens' | Ron Guthrey | 19,492 | 46.87 | −11.72 |
| Citizens' | John Edward Tait | 19,472 | 46.82 | −4.04 |
| Citizens' | Reginald Gilbert Brown | 19,309 | 46.43 | −6.74 |
| Citizens' | Clyde Sheppard | 19,243 | 46.27 | −6.33 |
| Labour | Thomas Henry Butterfield | 18,992 | 45.67 | |
| Citizens' | Percy Samuel Turnbull | 18,200 | 43.76 | |
| Citizens' | George Griffiths | 18,075 | 43.46 | −5.88 |
| Labour | Robert Macfarlane | 17,902 | 43.05 | |
| Labour | John Mathison | 17,874 | 42.98 | |
| Citizens' | Wilfrid Owen | 17,700 | 42.56 | |
| Citizens' | William James Cowles | 17,651 | 42.45 | |
| Labour | Lyn Christie | 17,647 | 42.44 | +2.02 |
| Citizens' | Frank Llewellyn Brandt | 17,565 | 42.24 | |
| Citizens' | Arthur Norman Stone | 17,293 | 41.58 | |
| Labour | John Edward Jones | 17,239 | 41.45 | +3.95 |
| Citizens' | Michael Francis O'Brien | 17,160 | 41.26 | |
| Citizens' | Frederick Henry Dephoff | 17,099 | 41.12 | |
| Labour | Reg Jones | 16,403 | 39.44 | |
| Citizens' | George Wallace Parmenter | 16,294 | 39.18 | |
| Labour | Norman Reginald Forbes | 16,238 | 39.05 | |
| Labour | Daphne Claudia Fox | 16,236 | 39.04 | |
| Labour | James Shankland | 15,940 | 38.33 | +3.36 |
| Labour | John Gordon Power | 15,537 | 37.36 | |
| Labour | Margaret Mackwell | 15,527 | 37.34 | |
| Labour | Archie Grant | 15,471 | 37.20 | |
| Labour | James Sturrock | 15,449 | 37.15 | |
| Labour | Francis George Hayes | 15,018 | 36.11 | |
| Labour | Frederick Kelso | 15,018 | 36.11 | +4.11 |
| Labour | Hugh Henry McCaw | 14,827 | 35.65 | |
| Labour | Jack Leslie Laby | 13,928 | 33.49 | |
| Independent | Fred Whiley | 4,239 | 10.19 | +1.48 |
| Communist | Jack Locke | 3,473 | 8.35 | |
| Communist | Alec Ostler | 3,276 | 7.87 | |