2019 Tasman District Council election

The 2019 Tasman District Council election was held on 12 October 2019 as part of the wider 2019 New Zealand local elections to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. One mayor and thirteen district councillors were elected in Tasman District, as well as the members of two community boards.

2019 Tasman District Council election

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District council election
Turnout	19,846 (51.68%)
Seats	13 Independents
Mayoral election
Turnout	19,846 (51.68%)
Candidate Tim King Brent Maru Popular vote 8,034 5,841 Percentage 39.80 28.94   Candidate Dean McNamara Maxwell Clark Popular vote 3,417 2,514 Percentage 16.93 12.45
Mayor before election Tim King Independent Elected mayor Tim King Independent
Vote share of elected district councillors

Elected members

Mayor

The incumbent mayor, Richard Kempthorne, announced in March 2019 that he would not stand for re-election. Kempthorne had first been elected as a district councillor in the 2001 local election and after serving two terms as a councillor, he had been mayor since winning the 2007 local election.^[1][2] Tim King, who had been Tasman's deputy mayor since 2001^[1] and had first been elected to Tasman District Council as a councillor in the 1998 local elections,^[3] was elected to succeed Kempthorne in the mayoralty. Brent Maru, who was the incumbent chairperson of the Motueka Community Board, came in second place. Dean McNamara came third; this was his third mayoral election. McNamara was re-elected as a Moutere-Waimea ward councillor. Maxwell Clark came fourth in the mayoral contest.^[4]

2019 Tasman mayoral election^[5]

Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Tim King	8,034	39.80
None	Brent Maru	5,841	28.94
None	Dean McNamara	3,417	16.93
None	Maxwell Clark	2,514	12.45
Informal		25	0.12
Blank		355	1.76
Turnout		20,186

Council

Summary of results

Ward	Incumbent[6]		Elected[5]
Golden Bay		Sue Brown		Chris Hill
Golden Bay		Paul Sangster		Celia Butler
Lakes–Murchison		Stuart Bryant
Moutere–Waimea		Tim King		Christeen MacKenzie
Moutere–Waimea		Anne Turley
Moutere–Waimea		Dean McNamara
Motueka		David Ogilvie
Motueka		Peter Canton		Trindi Walker
Motueka		Paul Hawkes		Claire Hutt
Richmond		Dana Wensley
Richmond		Trevor Tuffnell
Richmond		Kit Maling
Richmond		Mark Greening

Details

The two incumbents in the Golden Bay ward, Sue Brown and Paul Sangster, were both defeated. Chris Hill and Celia Butler were elected with large majorities. Sangster came third, receiving about half the votes of Hill. Brown came fifth in the contest that had six candidates.^[6][5]

Golden Bay ward^[5]

Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Chris Hill	1,555
None	Celia Butler	1,303
None	Paul Sangster	734
None	Kaya Blown	480
None	Sue Brown	417
None	Reg Turner	376
Informal		4
Blank		9
Turnout

Motueka ward^[5]

Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	David Ogilvie	2,492	x
None	Trindi Walker	2,463	x
None	Clair Hutt	2,172	x
Independent	Barry Dowler	2,148	x
Independent	Trevor Norriss	1,940	x
Independent	Paul Dixon-Didier	1,104	x
Informal		25	x
Blank		71	x
Turnout		x

Moutere–Waimea ward^[5]

Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Anne Turley	2,040	x
None	Dean McNamara	2,033	x
Independent	Christeen MacKenzie	1,881	x
None	Julie Nevin	1,672	x
None	Don Everitt	1,590	x
None	Richard Johns	1,397	x
None	Elisabeth Siegmund	980	x
None	Jennifer Beatson	949	x
None	Julian Eggers	916	x
None	Hayden Stevenson	680	x
Informal		8	x
Blank		179	x
Turnout		x

Richmond ward^[5]

Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Dana Wensley	3,856	x
None	Kit Maling	3,464	x
None	Trevor Tuffnell	3,090	x
None	Mark Greening	2,673	x
None	Stan Holland	2,040	x
None	Maxwell Clark	2,030	x
None	Gary Watson	1,677	x
None	Peter Lynch	1,348	x
None	Maurie White	1,010	x
Informal		7	x
Blank		90	x
Turnout		x

Lakes–Murchison ward

In the Lakes–Murchison ward, Stuart Bryant was declared elected unopposed.^[5]

Community boards

Summary of results

Board	Incumbent[5]		Elected[5]
Motueka		Brent Maru
Motueka		Richard Horrell
Motueka		Claire Hutt		David Armstrong
Motueka		Barry Dowler[a]		Joni Tomsett
Golden Bay		Lynne Ensor		Averill Grant
Golden Bay		Abbie Langford
Golden Bay		Grant Knowles
Golden Bay		Dave Gowland

Details

Golden Bay Community Board^[5]

Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Averill Grant	1,616	x
None	Abbie Langford	1,560	x
None	Grant Knowles	1,470	x
None	Dave Gowland	1,316	x
None	Robert Hewison	1,283	x
None	Wendy Andrews	737	x
Informal		1	x
Blank		75	x
Turnout		x

Motueka Community Board^[5]

Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Brent Maru	3,916	x
None	Trindi Walker[b]	3,020	x
None	Richard Horrell	2,492	x
None	David Armstrong	2,059	x
None	Joni Tomsett	1,938	x
None	Charmaine Petereit	1,055	x
None	Jon Taylor	675	x
Informal		3	x
Blank		94	x
Turnout		x

Notes

1. Elected in a February 2017 by-election^[7]
2. Withdrawn, elected as district councillor^[5]