Election Name: | 1941 Auckland City mayoral election |
Country: | New Zealand |
Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Auckland.svg |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1938 Auckland City mayoral election |
Previous Year: | 1938 |
Next Election: | 1944 Auckland City mayoral election |
Next Year: | 1944 |
Election Date: | 17 May 1941 |
Turnout: | 32,969 (50.19%) |
Candidate1: | John Allum |
Party1: | Citizens & Ratepayers |
Popular Vote1: | 16,353 |
Percentage1: | 49.60 |
Candidate2: | Joe Sayegh |
Party2: | New Zealand Labour Party |
Popular Vote2: | 15,010 |
Percentage2: | 45.52 |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Sir Ernest Davis |
After Election: | John Allum |
The 1941 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1941, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
The election saw deputy-mayor John Allum defeating the Labour nominee Joe Sayegh who suffered defeat for the third time in succession. Sayegh did not stand for the council as an inducement to vote for him as mayor, but he was elected to the Harbour Board and Hospital Board. The only successful Labour candidate for the council was Mary Dreaver, with the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket winning all other council seats.
Sayegh was elected as the Labour candidate at a selection meeting of party delegates.[3]