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Updated preliminary election results have been released by Hastings District Council. The members of Council remain the same at this stage however the vote count numbers have changed. The final results are expected to be announced later this week.
Council will be led by returning mayor Lawrence Yule. The 14 councillors who will join him (subject to final results) 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.
UPDATED PRELIMINARY RESULT
The preliminary result for the Hastings District Council elections held on Saturday 8th October is as follows.
Mayor Votes Received
YULE, Lawrence 11,429
WELLWOOD, Guy 7,927
PIERCE, Adrienne 5,002
INFORMAL 43
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 458
Heretaunga Ward (2 vacancies) Votes Received
HEAPS, Rodney 2,343
REDSTONE, Ann 2,063
WHAITIRI, Jason 2,061
INFORMAL 5
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 128
Hastings-Havelock North Ward (8 vacancies) Votes Received
HAZLEHURST, Sandra Independent 8,797
DIXON, Malcolm 8,267
HARVEY, Damon 7,836
WATKINS, Kevin 7,806
BARBER, Bayden 6,704
TRAVERS, Geraldine 6,623
PIERCE, Adrienne 6,279
NIXON, Simon JH 6,278
BRADSHAW, Wayne Lindsay 5,642
MACKINTOSH, David 5,605
PERLEY, Chris 4,168
MCHATTIE, Graeme 4,062
PORTER, John Independent 2,117
INFORMAL 19
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 408
Flaxmere Ward (2 vacancies) Votes Received
POULAIN, Jacoby 1,417
O'KEEFE, Henare Ngaera 1,199
AITCHESON-JOHNSON, Lynlee 628
INFORMAL 1
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 24
Kahuranaki Ward (1 vacancy) Votes Received
LYONS, George 1,469
PERRY, Stuart 546
INFORMAL 0
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 176
The voter return was 46.78%, being 24,859 votes, excluding special votes.
Jackie Evans
Electoral Officer
Hastings District Council
9 October 2016
4 October 2017
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