1931 Invercargill mayoral election 1931 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand 1931 Invercargill mayoral election ← 1929 6 May 1931 1933 → Turnout6,688 Candidate John Miller John D. Campbell Party Independent Independent Popular vote 3,366 3,322 Percentage 50.32 49.67 Mayor before election John D. Campbell Elected mayor John Miller The 1931 Invercargill mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. Incumbent mayor John D. Campbell was narrowly defeated by the former mayor John Miller. ResultsThe following table gives the election results: 1931 Invercargill mayoral election[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent John Miller 3,366 50.32 +10.74 Independent John D. Campbell 3,322 49.67 −10.74 Majority 44 0.65 Turnout 6,688 References ^ "MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS". Horowhenua Chronicle. 7 May 1931. Mayors of InvercargillMayors William Wood George Lumsden Thomas Pratt John Walker Mitchell John Cuthbertson Joseph Hatch George Lumsden (2nd) George Goodwillie Nicholas Johnson Henry Jaggers John Kingsland William Sherriffs Moir George Froggatt John Lyon McDonald David Roche Edwin Alfred Tapper Thomas Fleming John Walker Mitchell (2nd) William Horatio Hall James Walker Bain Duncan McFarlane Andrew Raeside William Benjamin Scandrett John Sinclair Josiah Hanan Hugh Mair John Stead James Smith Goldie Charles Stephen Longuet George Froggatt (2nd) William Benjamin Scandrett (2nd) Charles Stephen Longuet (2nd) William Ott William Benjamin Scandrett (3rd) Duncan McFarlane (2nd) John Stead (2nd) John Lillicrap Andrew Bain John Miller John Campbell John Miller (2nd) Ralph Hanan John Robert Martin Abraham Wachner William Aitchison Brian Hewat Adam Adamson Neil Watson F. Russell Miller Eve Poole Tim Shadbolt David Harrington Tim Shadbolt (2nd) Nobby Clark ElectionsAnnual term 1871 1872† 1873† 1874 1875† 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881† 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 (June)‡ 1887 (November) 1888† 1889 1890 1891† 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897† 1898 1899 1901 1902† 1903 1904† 1905 1906† 1907 1908 1909 1910† 1911† 1912 1913 1914 Biennial term 1915 1917 1919 1921 1923 1925† 1927 1929 1931 1933 Triennial term 1935† 1938 (May) 1938 (October)‡ 1941† 1942‡ 1944 1947 1950† 1953 1956† 1959† 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974 1977† 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1993‡ 1995 1998 2001† 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 † Elected unopposed ‡ By-election
