2022 Hamilton, New Zealand, mayoral election
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The 2022 Hamilton mayoral election was a local election held from 16 September to 8 October in Hamilton, New Zealand, as part of that year's city council election and nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Hamilton for the 2022–2025 term of the Hamilton City Council. Postal voting and the single transferable vote and postal voting was used (the latter for the first time).
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8 October 2022
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Incumbent mayor Paula Southgate was re-elected.
Key dates
Background
Campaign
List of candidates
Declared candidates
| Candidate | Photo | Affiliation | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Bloor | Independent | |||
| Lachlan Coleman | Independent | |||
| Jack Gielen | The People's Voice | Former deputy leader of The Republic of New Zealand Party and serial election candidate[1] | ||
| Horiana Henderson | Independent | |||
| Riki Manarangi | None | |||
| Donna Pokere-Phillips | Outdoors | Co-leader of the NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party[2] | ||
| Paula Southgate |  |
Independent | Incumbent mayor[3] | |
| Geoff Taylor | None | Deputy mayor[4] | ||
Declined to be candidates
Results
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Paula Southgate | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 15,880 | ||
| Independent | Geoff Taylor | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 14,043 | ||
| Independent | Horiana Henderson | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1,789 | |||
| Outdoors | Donna Pokere-Phillips | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1,248 | ||||
| Independent | Lachlan Coleman | ? | ? | ? | 1,109 | |||||
| Independent | Riki Manarangi | ? | ? | 969 | ||||||
| The Peoples Voice | Jack Gielen | ? | 517 | |||||||
| Independent | Lee Bloor | 416 | ||||||||
| Quota: 14,962 | ||||||||||
Aftermath
On 14 October 2022, Southgate named Angela O'Leary as deputy mayor.[7]