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1965 Christchurch mayoral election

The 1965 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1965, election were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government positions. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

The 1965 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1965, election were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government positions. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Sitting mayor George Manning was re-elected for a fourth time, defeating his main opponent councillor Peter Skellerup of the Citizens' Association and two other candidates. Labour gained an extra seat on the city council, but lost it after special votes were counted. This left the composition of the council at seven seats to twelve in favour of the Citizens' Association.

The following table gives the election results:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Labour	17,163	62.45	−3.89
	Citizens'	9,220	33.55
	Independent	530	1.92
	Workers' Action	464	1.68
103	0.37	−0.90
7,943	28.90	−4.21
27,480	32.00	−7.50

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Citizens'	16,486	59.99	+3.70
Citizens'	14,681	53.42	+0.98
Labour	14,552	52.95	+4.19
Labour	14,530	52.87	−1.22
Citizens'	14,365	52.27	−0.51
Labour	14,294	52.01	−0.05
Labour	13,489	49.08	−0.53
Citizens'	13,468	49.01
Citizens'	13,260	48.25	−1.55
Citizens'	12,886	46.89	−5.83
Labour	12,796	46.56	+0.88
Citizens'	12,311	44.79
Labour	11,975	43.57	−0.63
Citizens'	11,718	42.64	−5.23
Citizens'	11,716	42.63	−2.96
Labour	11,596	42.19
Citizens'	11,565	42.08
Citizens'	11,521	41.92	−5.00
Citizens'	11,359	41.33	+1.48
Labour	11,272	41.01	−0.05
Citizens'	11,120	40.46	−3.68
Citizens'	10,686	38.88	−4.45
Citizens'	10,574	38.47
Citizens'	10,118	36.81	−8.46
Citizens'	10,047	36.56
Citizens'	9,959	36.24
Labour	9,748	35.47	−4.38
Labour	9,590	34.89
Labour	9,503	34.58
Labour	9,441	34.35
Labour	9,403	34.21
Citizens'	9,328	33.94
Labour	8,732	31.77
Labour	8,487	30.88	−3.74
Labour	8,529	31.03
Labour	8,176	29.75	−3.19
Labour	7,812	28.42
Independent	7,577	27.57	−23.08
Labour	7,518	27.35
Independent	5,212	18.96	−25.40
Workers' Action	2,710	9.86
Liberal	2,485	9.04
Independent	2,437	8.86	+0.28
Liberal	2,175	7.91
Liberal	2,009	7.31
Communist	1,504	5.47
Communist	1,481	5.38	−0.29
Independent	1,285	4.67	−0.55

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