# 1983 Auckland City mayoral election

The 1983 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1983, 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 Mayor Colin Kay was defeated by Labour Party candidate Catherine Tizard who became Auckland's first female Mayor and first from the Labour Party, while the council saw a landslide result to the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket who picked up all but one council seat.
It also marked the last time in Auckland where local body elections elected councillors at large.

## Mayoralty results

1983 Auckland mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Catherine Tizard | 11,701 | 34.37 | +2.93 |
| | Independent | Colin Kay | 8,559 | 25.14 | −11.35 |
| | Citizens & Ratepayers | John Horrocks | 7,393 | 21.72 | |
| | Independent | Dove-Myer Robinson | 3,823 | 11.23 | −20.03 |
| | Independent | Michael Hart | 2,416 | 7.09 | |
| | Independent | Malcolm Moses | 78 | 0.22 | |
| | Independent | William Peter Bradley | 65 | 0.19 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,142 | 9.23 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,035 | | |

## Councillor results

1983 Auckland City Council election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Catherine Tizard | 19,923 | 58.53 | +2.19 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Harold Goodman | 17,332 | 50.92 | −9.55 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Elizabeth Currey | 15,313 | 44.99 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Denese Henare | 14,837 | 43.59 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Phil Warren | 14,664 | 43.08 | −1.72 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Marie Quinn | 14,642 | 43.02 | −8.17 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | John Strevens | 14,229 | 41.80 | −13.88 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Gordon Barnaby | 13,620 | 40.01 | −7.47 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Clive Edwards | 12,907 | 37.92 | −13.02 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Juliet Yates | 12,748 | 37.45 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Bill Clark | 12,639 | 37.13 | −7.15 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Barrie Hutchinson | 12,382 | 36.38 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Patricia Thorp | 12,303 | 36.14 | −15.13 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Trevor Rogers | 12,203 | 35.85 | −7.45 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Sefulu Ioane | 11,852 | 34.82 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Patricia Tauroa | 11,772 | 34.58 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Stephen Kirkwood | 11,728 | 34.45 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Bob Johnson | 11,669 | 34.28 | −7.87 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Ian McKinnon | 11,547 | 33.92 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Ross Johns | 11,099 | 32.61 | |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Douglas Ross | 10,863 | 31.91 | |
| Labour | Richard Northey | 10,668 | 31.34 | −5.86 |
| Citizens & Ratepayers | Winsbury Robinson | 10,520 | 30.90 | |
| Citizens Independent | Mel Tronson | 10,450 | 30.70 | |
| Independent | Olly Newland | 9,634 | 28.30 | −14.09 |
| Labour | Audrey Evans | 9,458 | 27.78 | |
| Labour | Janice Scott | 9,312 | 27.36 | |
| Labour | Elsa Kaye | 9,097 | 26.72 | |
| Labour | James Cullen | 8,231 | 24.18 | |
| Labour | Graham Baird | 8,182 | 24.03 | |
| Labour | John Clarke | 8,116 | 23.84 | |
| Labour | Robin Tulloch | 8,049 | 23.69 | |
| Independent | Selwyn Dawson | 8,024 | 23.57 | −12.00 |
| Citizens Independent | Herb Dyer | 7,975 | 23.43 | −20.69 |
| Labour | John Collyns | 7,923 | 23.27 | |
| Labour | John Buckingham | 7,693 | 22.60 | |
| Labour | Tepare Kavana | 7,471 | 21.95 | |
| Labour | Alan Graham | 7,412 | 21.77 | |
| Labour | Anthony Daly | 7,215 | 21.19 | |
| Labour | Chris Eichbaum | 7,188 | 21.11 | |
| Labour | Garth Houltham | 7,093 | 20.84 | |
| Labour | John King | 7,052 | 20.71 | |
| Labour | Neil Morris | 6,782 | 19.92 | |
| Labour | Gene Leckey | 6,744 | 19.81 | |
| Labour | Harry Manaman | 6,725 | 19.75 | |
| Labour | Bute Hewes | 6,612 | 19.42 | |
| Labour | Gordon Welsh | 6,605 | 19.40 | |
| Independent | David Christie | 5,903 | 17.34 | |
| Independent | Peter Boys | 5,634 | 16.55 | |
| Independent | Conway McCarthy | 5,588 | 16.41 | |
| Independent | Des Roberts | 5,329 | 15.65 | |
| Independent | Ratu Danieia | 5,247 | 15.41 | |
| Independent | Malcolm Moses | 4,728 | 13.89 | |
| Citizens Alternative | Cec Field | 4,658 | 13.68 | |
| Independent | Alister MacDonald | 4,170 | 12.25 | |
| Independent | Bradley Stanford | 3,751 | 11.02 | −7.56 |
| Independent | William Peter Bradley | 2,571 | 7.55 | |
| Socialist Unity | Bill Andersen | 2,025 | 5.94 | |
| Socialist Unity | Peter Devlin | 1,256 | 3.69 | |
Table footnotes:
* ↑ As Tizard won the Mayoralty her election to the council was voided and her seat was awarded to the highest polling unsuccessful candidate.