2007 Invercargill mayoral election

The 2007 Invercargill mayoral election began on Saturday, 13 October 2007. It was conducted under the First Past the Post system using postal voting, and was held as part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections.

2007 Invercargill mayoral election

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Turnout	18,773
Candidate Tim Shadbolt Corey Vreugdenhil Party Independent Independent Popular vote 15,615 3,158 Percentage 83.17 16.83
Mayor before election Tim Shadbolt Elected mayor Tim Shadbolt

The incumbent mayor, Tim Shadbolt, was comfortably returned to his position with 83% of the vote.^[1]

Results

The following table gives the election results:

2007 Invercargill mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tim Shadbolt	15,615	83.17	−1.48
	Independent	Corey Vreugdenhil	3,158	16.83
Majority			12,457	66.35	−3.67
Turnout			18,773