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Election results for Environment Southland & Southland District Council, note these are not final and will be up dated as whatsonivers.nz are advised.
Elections for members of all local authorities (City/District/Regional Councils) are held once every three years throughout New Zealand.
Voting in the 2016 local government elections has now closed and the unconfirmed voting results are displayed below. There are still some voting papers and special votes yet to be counted.
Final voting results will available on Thursday 13 October.
Eastern-Dome Constituency – two councillors
Jeremy McPhail: 3698
David Stevens: 2545
Ali Timms: 2308
Peter Jones: 2085
Invercargill-Rakiura Constituency – six councillors
Eric Roy: 10573
Lyndal Ludlow: 9298
Robert Guyton: 8810
Maurice Rodway: 8523
Neville Cook: 8168
Rowly Currie: 7582
Peter McDonald: 7460
Nathan Surendran: 6225
Russell MacPherson: 5550
William John Watt: 4779
Steve Mitchell: 4347
Fiordland Constituency – one councillor
Ross Cockburn: Elected unopposed
Hokonui Constituency – one councillor
Grant Hubber: Elected unopposed
Southern Constituency – one councillor
Lloyd McCallum: Elected unopposed
Western Constituency – one councillor
Nicol George Horrell: Elected unopposed
Tong returned as Mayor for second term
Gary Tong has been re-elected as Mayor of Southland District Council for his second term.
In preliminary results, Tong received 6873 votes to Steve Fagerlund’s 885. Fagerlund had announced he no longer wished to stand after the nominations closed, so his name remained on the voting papers.
Tong said he was very pleased to be Mayor for a second term and was looking forward to leading a very focused council through the next three years.
“I am really looking forward to meeting the challenges we have and taking Southland District forward. We want to build on the work the Southland Regional Development Strategy is doing and learn from the past three years.
“We have some new councillors and I am keen to get to know them and their interests. I want to take the time, too, to acknowledge the work that the two retiring councillors, Lyall Bailey and Rodney Dobson, did for Southland District,” Mr Tong said.
Complete preliminary results for Council and Community Board representatives are listed below. Successful candidates are highlighted in bold.
Southland District Mayor (election required)
Gary Tong (6873)
Steve Fagerlund (885)
Mararoa-Waimea Ward (3 councillors needed)
John Douglas
Ebel Kremer
Brian Dillon
Stewart Island-Rakiura Ward (1 councillor needed, election required)
Bruce Ford (120)
Jon Spraggon (86)
Waiau-Aparima Ward (3 councillors needed)
George Harpur
Nicholas Perham
Stuart Baird
Waihopai-Toetoes Ward (2 councillors needed)
Paul Duffy
Julie Keast
Winton-Wallacetown Ward (3 councillors needed, election required)
Neil Paterson (1809)
Darren Frazer (1677)
Gavin MacPherson (5669)
Roger Hamilton (1492)
Community Boards
Te Anau Community Board (6 candidates needed)
Kara Matheson
Mary Chartres
Sarah Greaney
Rachel Cockburn
Anthony O’Loughlin
Shaun Cantwell
Stewart Island Rakiura Community Board (6 candidates needed, election required)
Steve Lawrence (155)
Greg Everest (133)
Anita Geeson (125)
Bruce Ford (122) *WITHDRAWN due to election to Council
Jon Spraggon (119)
Dale Chittenden (118)
Aaron Conner (107)
Graham Okey (95)
Graham Cowley (73)
Riverton Aparima Community Board (6 candidates needed)
Blair Stewart
Graeme Stuart
Neil Linscott
Jan Breayley
Corey Mennell
Andrew Wilson
Tuatapere Community Board (6 candidates needed)
Margaret Thomas
Maurice Green
Simon De Vries
Joanne Sanford
Stephen Crack
Otautau Community Board (6 candidates needed, election required)
Andre Bekhuis (315)
Peter Gutsell (288)
David Cowie (283)
Maureen Johnston (264)
Amber Joyce (219)
Bill Marshall (210)
Barry Drake (175)
Gretchen Wilson (158)
Peter Herrick (151)
Eddie Blackburn (54)
Winton Community Board (6 candidates needed, election required)
Doreen McNaught (1084)
Brian Somerville (1035)
Natasha Mangels (986)
Geoffrey Jukes (871)
Neville McPherson (728)
Peter Schmidt (606)
Phil Garaway (432)
Wallacetown Community Board (6 candidates needed)
Peter Laurie
Trina Eade
Francis Shearing
Treena Symons
Anthony Billyard
Raeburn Wilson
Edendale Wyndham Community Board (6 candidates needed)
Melanie Shepherd (Wyndham subdivision)
Pamela Yorke (Wyndham subdivision)
Denise Fodie (Edendale subdivision)
Andrew Roy (Edendale subdivision)