2019 Bay of Plenty local elections

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The 2019 Bay of Plenty local elections were part of the wider 2019 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Bay of Plenty elections cover one regional council (Bay of Plenty Regional Council), seven territorial authority (city and district) councils, two district health boards, and various local boards and licensing trusts.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Eastern Bay of Plenty General Constituency (2)

Both candidates were elected.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council election, 2019 – Eastern Bay of Plenty General Constituency (2 vacancies) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Bill Clark	n/a
	Independent	Y Douglas Leeder	n/a

Kōhī Māori Constituency (1)

Bay of Plenty Regional Council election, 2019 – Kōhī Māori Constituency (1 vacancy) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Toi Kai Rākau Iti	2,450	60.81%	–
	Independent	N Tiipene Marr	1,579	39.19%	-14.15%
Total valid votes			4,029
Informal votes			8
Turnout			4,037

Mauāo Māori Constituency (1)

Bay of Plenty Regional Council election, 2019 – Mauāo Māori Constituency (1 vacancy) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Matemoana McDonald	1,547	58.00%	–
	Independent	N Riki Nelson	1,120	41.99%	–
Total valid votes			2,667
Informal votes			49
Turnout			2,716

Ōkurei Māori Constituency (1)

The candidate was elected unopposed.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council election, 2019 – Ōkurei Māori Constituency (1 vacancy) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Te Taru White	n/a

Rotorua General Constituency (2)

Bay of Plenty Regional Council election, 2019 – Rotorua General Constituency (2 vacancies) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Kevin Winters	9,573	37.33%	+8.59%
	Independent	Y Lyall Thurston	8,284	32.30%	+1.54%
	Living and Working for Rotorua	N Katie Priscilla Paul	7,787	30.37%	+13.63%
Total valid votes			25,644
Informal votes			5
Turnout			25,649

Tauranga General Constituency (5)

All candidates were elected.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council election, 2019 – Tauranga General Constituency (5 vacancies) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Stuart Crosby	n/a
	LOVE TAURANGA!	Y David Love	n/a
	Lets BANG This OUT	Y Stacey Rose	n/a
	Independent	Y Paula Thompson	n/a
	ACTION not WORDS	Y Andrew von Dadelszen	n/a

Western Bay of Plenty General Constituency (2)

Bay of Plenty Regional Council election, 2019 – Western Bay of Plenty General Constituency (2 vacancies) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Jane Nees	7,067	32.45%	–
	Independent	Y Norm Bruning	5,608	25.75%	–
	Independent	N Matthew Farrell	4,563	20.96%	–
	Independent	N Jenny Hobbs	4,537	20.84%	–
Total valid votes			21,775
Informal votes			40
Turnout

Kawerau District Council

Mayor (1)

2019 Kawerau District mayoral election ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Malcolm Campbell	2,022	87.53%	+2.69%
	Independent	Tracey Hill	288	12.47%	–
Total valid votes			2,310
Informal votes			2
Turnout

Council At-Large (8)

2019 Kawerau District Council election At-Large ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Faylene Tunui	1,689	10.89%	+2.41%
	Independent	Y Berice Joyce Julian	1,619	10.44%	+0.90%
	Independent	Y Sela Kingi	1,581	10.20%	+2.84%
	Independent	Y Carolyn Ion	1,522	9.82%	+0.78%
	Independent	Y Warwick Godfery	1,499	9.67%	+1.59%
	Independent	Y Rex Savage	1,370	8.84%	+0.92%
	Independent	Y Aaron Rangihika	1,234	7.96%	–
	Independent	Y David Sparks	1,171	7.55%	+0.46%
	Independent	Sneha Gray	856	5.52%	–
	Independent	Mike Burrell	807	5.21%	–
	Independent	Whaiora Patrick	796	5.13%	–
	Independent	Derek Speirs	507	3.27%	–
	Independent	Irma Maria Hoani	481	3.10%	–
	Independent	Rae Geary	371	2.39%	–
Total valid votes
Informal votes			4
Turnout

Ōpōtiki District Council

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Mayor (1)

2019 Ōpōtiki District mayoral election ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Lyn Riesterer	1,378	44.94%
	Independent	Alex Dobie	673	21.95%
	Independent	Louis Rāpihana	468	15.26%
	Independent	Peter Irving	247	8.06%
	Independent	Haki McRoberts	198	6.46%
	Independent	Xiao Yu Chen	76	2.48%
	Independent	Les Keane	26	0.85%
Total valid votes			3,066
Informal votes			12
Turnout

Rotorua Lakes Council

Mayor (1)

2019 Rotorua Lakes mayoral election ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Steve Chadwick	9,221	43.82%	+1.03%
	Residents and Ratepayers	Reynold MacPherson	6,579	31.26%	+2.10%
	Independent	Rob Kent	2,689	12.78%	-3.06%
	Independent	Dennis Curtis	2,554	12.14%	–
Total valid votes			21,043
Informal votes			31
Turnout

Council At-Large (10)

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Community boards

Rotorua Lakes Community Board (4)

2019 Rotorua Lakes Council elections – Rotorua Lakes Community Board (4 vacancies) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Nick Chater	952	22.38%	+5.07%
	Independent	Y Phill Thomass	637	14.97%	+0.76%
	Independent	Y Jennifer Rothwell	618	14.53%	–
	Independent	Y Sandra Goodwin	609	14.32%	–
	Independent	Allan Estcourt	567	13.33%	–
	Independent	Robyn Manuel	484	11.38%	–
	Independent	Reina Engelen	387	9.10%	–
Total valid votes			4,254
Informal votes			1
Turnout

Rotorua Rural Community Board (4)

2019 Rotorua Lakes Council elections – Rotorua Rural Community Board (4 vacancies) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Rural Rotorua First	Y Shirley Trumper	1,439	24.43%	–
	Independent	Y Bryce Heard	1,162	19.73%	–
	Independent	Y Ben Hollier	1,119	19.00%	–
	Independent	Y Sarah Thomson	1,105	18.76%	–
	Independent	Janine Dorman	691	11.73%	–
	Independent	Rachel Clark	375	6.37%	–
Total valid votes			5,891
Informal votes			0
Turnout

Tauranga City Council

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Mayor (1)

2019 Tauranga City mayoral election (final results) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Y Tenby Powell	32.58%	12,486	12,505	12,554	12,696	12,857	13,098	13,690	15,085	17,299
	Independent	Greg Brownless	20.82%	7,978	7,993	8,029	8,105	8,180	8,463	8,989	9,647	12,400
	Independent	Kelvin Clout	16.42%	6,295	6,315	6,375	6,484	6,610	6,959	7,533	8,635
	Independent	Andrew Hollis	10.34%	3,964	4,001	4,074	4,219	4,381	4,800	5,715
	Independent	John Robson	7.78%	2,982	3,011	3,044	3,132	3,235	3,474
	Independent	Murray Guy	4.94%	1,893	1,909	1,962	2,031	2,128
	Independent	Christopher Stokes	2.34%	897	916	1,003	1,142
	Independent	Jos Nagels	2.39%	916	932	974
	Independent	RangiMarie Kingi	1.81%	695	703
	Independent	Les Wallen	0.58%	222
Electorate:     Valid: 38,328   Quota:     Turnout:

Western Bay of Plenty District Council

Mayor (1)

2019 Western Bay of Plenty District mayoral election ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Garry Webber	6,537	47.91%	+16.55%
	Independent	Margaret Murray-Benge	5,203	38.13%	–
	Independent	Steve Fawcett	1,905	13.96%	–
Total valid votes			13,645
Informal votes			27
Turnout

Council wards

Kaimai Ward (4)

2019 Western Bay of Plenty District Council elections – Kaimai Ward (4 vacancies) ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Margaret Murray-Benge	2,833	19.01%	-0.66%
	Independent	Y Don Thwaites	2,823	18.94%	-4.35%
	Independent	Y Mark Dean	2,524	16.94%	-1.86%
	Independent	Y Murray Grainger	2,264	15.19%	–
	Independent	John Palmer	2,036	13.66%	-5.05%
	Independent	Suaree Borell	1,452	9.74%	–
	Independent	John Evans	970	6.51%	–
Total valid votes
Informal votes			6
Turnout

Katikati-Waihi Beach Ward (3)

2019 Western Bay of Plenty District Council elections – Katikati-Waihi Beach Ward (3 vacancies) ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y James Denyer	2,255	17.28%	–
	Independent	Y Christina Humphreys	'1,686	12.92%	–
	Independent	Y Anne Henry	1,491	11.43%	–
	Independent	Allan Sole	1,403	10.75%	–
	Independent	John Clements	1,371	10.51%	–
	Independent	David Marshall	1,322	10.13%	-8.53%
	Independent	Kevin Tohiariki	1,182	9.06%	-6.05%
	Independent	Neil Candy	945	7.24%	–
	Independent	George van Dyke	921	7.06%	–
	Independent	Tangiwai Manihera-Palmer	474	3.63%	–
Total valid votes
Informal votes			42
Turnout

Maketu-Te Puke Ward (4)

2019 Western Bay of Plenty District Council elections – Maketu-Te Puke Ward (4 vacancies) ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Monique Lints	2,454	19.94%	–
	Independent	Y John Scrimgeour	2,367	19.23%	+1.43%
	Independent	Y Kevin Marsh	2,169	17.62%	-1.09%
	Independent	Y Grant Dally	2,052	16.67%	+1.16%
	Independent	Mike Lally	1,672	13.59%	-2.79%
	Vector Group Charitable Trust	Stephen Fawcett	1,593	12.94%	–
Total valid votes
Informal votes			2
Turnout

Community boards

Katikati Community Board (4)

2019 Western Bay of Plenty District Council elections – Katikati Community Board (4 vacancies) ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Ben Warren	2,059	16.47%	-5.41%
	Independent	Y Neil Harray	1,963	15.70%	–
	Independent	Y Kate Sutherland	1,604	12.83%	–
	Independent	Christina Humphreys (withdrawn; elected to Katikati-Waihi Beach Ward)	1,533	12.26%	–
	Independent	Y John Clements	1,524	12.19%	–
	Independent	Kamal Yadav	1,315	10.52%	–
	Independent	Norm Mayo	1,314	10.51%	-5.18%
	Independent	George van Dyke	1,190	9.52%	–
Total valid votes
Informal votes			8
Turnout

Maketu Community Board (4)

2019 Western Bay of Plenty District Council elections – Maketu Community Board (4 vacancies) ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Shane Beech	291	24.27%	–
	Independent	Y Laura Rae	274	22.85%	–
	Independent	Y William Ra Anaru	241	20.10%	–
	Independent	Y Stephan Simpson	157	13.09%	–
	Independent	Juliette Brawn	120	10.00%	–
	Independent	Wendy McFadyen	116	9.67%	–
Total valid votes
Informal votes			0
Turnout

Omokoroa Community Board (4)

2019 Western Bay of Plenty District Council elections – Omokoroa Community Board (4 vacancies) ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Teresa Sage	1,080	24.78%	–
	Independent	Y Peter Presland	1,078	24.73%	–
	Independent	Y Derek Sage	948	21.75%	–
	Independent	Y John Evans	630	14.46%	–
	Independent	Puran Bhag Singh	622	14.27%	–
Total valid votes			4,358
Informal votes			0
Turnout

Te Puke Community Board (4)

2019 Western Bay of Plenty District Council elections – Te Puke Community Board (4 vacancies) ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Richard Crawford	1,313	16.98%	–
	Independent	Y Tupaea Rolleston	1,155	14.94%	–
	Independent	Y Dale Snell	1,142	14.77%	–
	Independent	Y Kassie Ellis	1,001	12.94%	–
	Vector Group Charitable Trust	Stephen Fawcett	927	11.99%	–
	Independent	Joan Dugmore	729	9.43%	-6.38%
	Independent	Richard McNair	579	7.49%	–
	Vector Group Charitable Trust	Larissa Hika	528	6.83%	–
	Independent	Gina Davies	359	4.64%	–
Total valid votes			7,733
Informal votes			11
Turnout

Whakatāne District Council

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Mayor (1)

2019 Whakatāne District mayoral election ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y Judy Turner	3,935	31.95%	–
	Independent	Victor Luca	1,833	14.88%	–
	Independent	Lesley Immink	1,589	12.90%	–
	Independent	Julie Jukes	1,322	10.73%	-4.53%
	Independent	Pouroto Ngaropō	1,263	10.25%	–
	Independent	Russell Orr	1,208	9.81%	–
	Independent	Hinerangi Goodman	1,168	9.48%	–
Total valid votes			12,318
Informal votes			56
Turnout

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