Richard Kempthorne has been re-elected as Tasman district mayor for a fourth term after winning Saturday’s local council elections.
The results, which were posted on the Tasman District Council website at 1pm, show that Richard received 6192 votes, with Kit Maling second on 5304 and Maxwell Clark third on 4608.
However, Kit Maling was elected as one of the 13 councillors receiving 2801 votes. The other candidates who were elected as councillors are Trevor Tuffnell, Dana Wensley and Mark Greening in Richmond, Tim King, Dean McNamara and Anne Turley in Moutere Waimea, Peter Canton, Paul Hawkes and David Ogilvie in Motueka and Sue Brown and Paul Sangster in Golden Bay – Stu Bryant had already been elected unopposed in Lakes-Murchison.
The voter return was 46.13% (16,957 votes), excluding voting papers in transit to the processing centre and special votes.
This result is based upon the counting of approximately 98% of the returned voting papers. The progress result does not include some special votes and voting papers returned today that are still in transit to the processing centre. The outcome of these elections may change once all voting papers have been counted.
Results:
Mayor, Tasman District
Richard Kempthorne 6192
Kit Maling 5304
Maxwell Clark 4608
Richmond Ward Councillor (Four members)
Trevor Tuffnell 3070
Dana Wensley 3050
Kit Maling 2801
Mark Greening 2328
Michael Higgins 2206
Wayne Mackey 1886
Murray Dawson 1533
Dennis Gibbs 1013
Moutere/Waimea Ward Councillor (Three members)
Anne Turley 2255
Tim King 2458
Dean McNamara 1835
Graeme Stradling 1660
Andrew Gould 1341
Gary Watson 927
Richard Osmaston 639
Motueka Ward Councillor (Three members)
David Ogilvie 2162
Peter Canton 2110
Paul Hawkes 1920
Barry Dowler 1855
Martin Lucas 1302
Golden Bay Ward Councillor (Two members)
Sue Brown 1000
Paul Sangster 993
Richard Cox 207
Brian Ensor 681
Bryony Pearson 620
Reg Turner 291
Candidates Elected Unopposed
Lakes/Murchison Ward Councillor (One member)
Stuart Bryant
Motueka Community Board (Four members)
Paul Hawkes
Richard Horrell
Claire Hutt
Brent Maru
Golden Bay Community Board (Four members)
Lynne Ensor
Dave Gowland
Grant Knowles
Abbie Langford