This is the provisional result of the election for mayor, council and Wanaka Community Board. Candidate Votes received Mayoralty BOULT, Jim 5,531 COCKS, Lyal 2,409 TOMPKINS, Roger 954 MANN, John 845 ANGUS, Al 654 Queenstown-Wakatipu Ward (6 vacancies) HILL, Tony 3,258 FORBES, Alexa 2,847 MILLER, Valerie 2,695 FERGUSON, Craig (Ferg) 2,562 CLARK, Penny 2,233 MACDONALD, John 2,062 ANDERSON, Terri 1,967 FAUL, Peter 1,923 AOAKE, Merv 1,599 STAMERS-SMITH, Simon 1,414 TURNBULL, Hudson 1,303 GLADDING, Niki 1,238 RAMSAY, Michael 961 MARUERA, Tamati Daniel 666 Wanaka Ward (3 vacancies) MACLEOD, Calum 3,110 LAWTON, Ella 2,459 MCROBIE, Ross 1,850 BATTSON, Jude 1,670 SMITH, Quentin 1,560 Wanaka Community Board (4 vacancies) TAYLOR, Ed 2,357 BROWN, Rachel 2,306 SMITH, Quentin 2,050 HARRISON, Ruth 1,745 LLOYD, Bryan 1,724 O'CONNOR, Michael 1,435 BRUCE, Barry 1,272The voter return was 51.58%, being 10,899 votes, excluding votes in transit to the processing centre and special votes. There will be a full recount of the votes next week, including all votes received in Queenstown and Wanaka this morning, and special votes. Once that has been completed, our Electoral Officer will make the official declaration of the election results. That is currently expected to be by the end of next week (14 October).

Source: Otago Daily Times October 08, 2016 01:41 UTC