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Under section 10 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, a "general election of members of every local authority or community board must be held on the second Saturday in October in every third year" from the date the Act came into effect in 2001, meaning 9 October 2010.
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The planned ECan election in October 2010 would be deferred until such time as the commissioners have completed their task. Under any circumstances the next regional council elections in Canterbury will take place no later than the elections scheduled for late
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There was a notable leftward shift in the local elections throughout the country and many notable long term centre-right mayors were replaced by left-wing mayors throughout the country. In the new position of Auckland supermayor,
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passed special legislation deferring Canterbury Regional Council's election until 2013 and replacing the existing councillors with appointed commissioners.
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on 1 May 2010. The Southern DHB had 14 members from the two former boards, but was reduced to the standard seven elected members after the election.
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Key dates for the election as set out by the Local Government Commission and Elections New Zealand are:
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system. Members of DHBs and mayors and councillors in six territorial authorities, including
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won with 22,382 votes at the last iteration (21,757 first preference), defeating incumbent
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Except for all DHBs and six territorial authorities, officials were elected by the
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This was the first time elections were held for the new Auckland Council, and the
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were triennial elections to select local government officials and
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that damaged the city five weeks to the day before the election.
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won with 68,245 votes, a majority of 16,679 over Wigram MP
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won with 16,275 votes, a majority of 10,964 over singer
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Various local and community boards and licensing trusts.
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as mayor Chalky Leary was re-elected without challenge.
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Logo used for promotion of the local body elections.
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