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Hastings District Council’s election results are in, with Lawrence Yule again elected mayor.
The 14 councillors joining him at the council table are: George Lyons, Rod Heaps, Ann Redstone, Jacoby Poulain, Henare O'Keefe, Sandra Hazlehurst, Malcolm Dixon, Kevin Watkins, Damon Harvey, Geraldine Travers, Bayden Barber, Simon Nixon and Adrienne Pierce. Tania Kerr was elected unopposed in her electorate.
The Hastings District Rural Community Board members were elected unopposed: Nicholas Dawson (Kaweka Subdivision), Peter Kay (Maraekakaho); Mick Lester (Poukawa); Susan Maxwell (Tutira).
The Flaxmere Licensing Trust members, also elected unopposed, are Martha Greening, Susan Hopkins, Warwick Howie, Kenneth Kibblewhite, Bertram Lincoln and Jacob Poulain.
The final results have been announced (October 14, 2016).
The full results are:
Hastings District Council
2016 Triennial Elections
Mayor Votes Received
YULE, Lawrence 11,533
WELLWOOD, Guy 7,988
PIERCE, Adrienne 5,053
INFORMAL 43
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 465
Heretaunga Ward (2 vacancies) Votes Received
HEAPS, Rodney 2,357
REDSTONE, Ann 2,075
WHAITIRI, Jason 2071
INFORMAL 5
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 131
Hastings-Havelock North Ward (8 vacancies) Votes Received
HAZLEHURST, Sandra Independent 8,878
DIXON, Malcolm 8,336
HARVEY, Damon 7,915
WATKINS, Kevin 7,869
BARBER, Bayden 6,788
TRAVERS, Geraldine 6,678
PIERCE, Adrienne 6,324
NIXON, Simon JH 6,320
BRADSHAW, Wayne Lindsay 5,692
MACKINTOSH, David 5,644
PERLEY, Chris 4,206
MCHATTIE, Graeme 4,092
PORTER, John Independent 2,134
INFORMAL 19
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 414
Flaxmere Ward (2 vacancies) Votes Received
POULAIN, Jacoby 1,429
O'KEEFE, Henare Ngaera 1,210
AITCHESON-JOHNSON, Lynlee 632
INFORMAL 1
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 24
Kahuranaki Ward (1 vacancy) Votes Received
LYONS, George 1,479
PERRY, Stuart 557
INFORMAL 0
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 178
The voter return was 46.78%, being 24,860 votes, plus special votes.
Jackie Evans
Electoral Officer
Hastings District Council
14 October 2016
4 October 2017
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