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2007 Election Results

There were 96 candidates who ran for election to New Plymouth District Council, Taranaki Regional Council or the Taranaki District Health Board in 2007. 52,339 voting documents were issued and 26,504 were returned. This is a voter turnout of 50.6 per cent.

Definitions
Informal votes include those where the elector's voting intention was unclear or ambiguous, the document was marked incorrectly or too many candidates were selected.

Blank votes are  those where the elector did not cast a vote for that issue.

New Plymouth District Council mayoral candidates

Surname	First name	Votes received
GEORGE	Sherill M	6595
MOORE	Kevin	3835
SMITH	Lila	3062
TENNENT	Peter David	12107 - Elected
Informal		78
Blank		820

New Plymouth District Council councillor candidates

Ward	Surname	First name	Votes received
City	ALLUM	Keith	5990
City	ASHFORD	Inia Rupuha	1563
City	BETTS	Maurice	6684 - Elected
City	BIESIEK	Shaun	7897 - Elected
City	BONIFACE	Robert	3630
City	BUBLITZ	Lynn Ross	6644
City	BUCKTHOUGHT	Thomas	1529
City	CREAGH	Trevor	1040
City	CURTIS	Vic	4063
City	DODUNSKI	Heather Joyce	8351 - Elected
City	EASTON	Barry	4183
City	FINCH	Barry	5127
City	GIRLING-BUTCHER	Lance (Independent)	6734 - Elected
City	JUDD	Andrew Mark	8972 - Elected
City	KEIGHLEY	Daniel	1307
City	KNUCKEY	Grant	1441
City	LOONEY	Fay	6076
City	McLEOD	John Horse	10653 - Elected
City	O'NEILL	Kevin	4049
City	PERKINS	Barnaby	1806
City	QUINNEY	Phil	7892 - Elected
City	ROSSITER	Karl	3135
City	ROWLANDS	Jed	8523 - Elected
City	RUMBALL	Alison	8172 - Elected
City	SHOWLER	David	2606
City	SMITH	Lila	6061
City	TAMATI	Howie	5813
City	WADSWORTH	Paul	6581
City	WEST	Morris	5344
City	WOLFE	Neil	6945 - Elected
City	Informal		139
City	Blank		150

Ward	Surname	First name	Votes received
North	GEORGE	Sherill M	2063 - Elected
North	JOHNSTON	Colin	1170
North	LARSEN	Andrew	539
North	McFARLANE	Craig	1842 - Elected
North	MARSHALL	Jonathan	795
North	PRYME	Clive	608
North	Informal		10
North	Blank		67

Ward	Surname	First name	Votes received
South-West	LAWN	Jim	1423
South-West	MATHESON	Alex	1906 - Elected
South-West	PEARCE	Marie	2122 - Elected
South-West	Informal		0
South-West	Blank		159

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New Plymouth District Council community board candidates

Board	Surname	First name	Votes received
Clifton	ALLERTON	Dave	611 - Elected
Clifton	OXENHAM	John	574 - Elected
Clifton	RANSOM	Judy	448 - Elected
Clifton	VICKERS	Ian Gace	643 - Elected
Clifton	WALLACE	Rena	352
Clifton	Informal		0
Clifton	Blank		53

Board	Surname	First name	Votes received
Inglewood	JORDAN	Richard Thomas	1313 - Elected
Inglewood	MEADS	Graham Thomas	1364 - Elected
Inglewood	PEARCE	Marie	2000 - Elected *
Inglewood	PIERCE	Jean	1325 - Elected
Inglewood	ROWE	Phillip John	1170 - Elected
Inglewood	Informal		0
Inglewood	Blank		113

* Note: Marie Pearce elected to South-West Ward. Phillip John Rowe appointed to Inglewood Community Board.

Board	Surname	First name	Votes received
Kaitake	HISLOP	Doug	Elected unopposed
Kaitake	PILLETTE	Mike	Elected unopposed
Kaitake	PLUMMER	Keith	Elected unopposed
Kaitake	RAWLINSON	Alan	Elected unopposed

Board	Surname	First name	Votes received
Waitara	ARMSTRONG-SMITH	Christine	1300 - Elected
Waitara	BEDFORD	Ken	1360 - Elected
Waitara	HALL	Trent	787
Waitara	JOHNSTON	Colin	1506 - Elected
Waitara	McFARLANE	Craig	1995 - Elected *
Waitara	PRYME	Clive	942
Waitara	RAUNER	Joe	1574 - Elected
Waitara	Informal		4
Waitara	Blank		42

* Note: Craig McFarlane elected to NorthReturn to top Ward. Christine Armstrong-Smith appointed to Waitara Community Board.

Taranaki Regional Council candidates

Constituency	Surname	First name	Votes received
New Plymouth	CLOKE	Tom	10579 - Elected
New Plymouth	COXHEAD	Clem	3686
New Plymouth	HENDRY	Rex (Independent)	4103
New Plymouth	HORTON	Peter	6461 - Elected
New Plymouth	IRVING	Moira	7285 - Elected
New Plymouth	KANE	Rusty	4367
New Plymouth	LAWLEY	Michael	4304
New Plymouth	LEAN	David Lloyd	10236 - Elected
New Plymouth	MARSH	Barry	7405 - Elected
New Plymouth	PHILLIPS	Neil Kerry	4457
New Plymouth	WILLIAMSON	Craig	6154
New Plymouth	Informal		33
New Plymouth	Blank		1317

Constituency	Surname	First name	Votes received
North Taranaki	DAVEY	Mike	3953 - Elected
North Taranaki	McINTYRE	Donald Hugh	3593
North Taranaki	MAXWELL	Roger	4517 - Elected
North Taranaki	Informal		2
North Taranaki	Blank		737

Constituency	Surname	First name	Votes received
South Taranaki	CUDBY	Bruce	3101
South Taranaki	JOYCE	Michael	3803 - Elected
South Taranaki	MACLEOD	David Nigel	4998 - Elected
South Taranaki	MENZIES	Joe	2761
South Taranaki	O'BRIEN	Graham	2703
South Taranaki	THOMAS	Kevin John	1757
South Taranaki	WALKER	Neil	4352 - Elected
South Taranaki	Informal		60
South Taranaki	Blank		404

Constituency	Surname	First name	Votes received
Stratford	JEFFARES	Brian	Elected unopposed

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Taranaki District Health Board candidates

Surname	First name	Status	Quota	Vote count
DEVADHAR	Dan (Yoga with Rose)	Elected	4307.375	7300
CATT	Peter	Elected	4307.375	7153
EAGLES	Karen	Elected	4055.061035	4237.79
RUAKERE	Tony	Elected	4043.958252	4137.83
BALLANTYNE	Alex	Elected	3962.678223	3987.27
GILKISON	Flora	Elected	3899.074707	3928.72
NAGER	Jenny	Elected	3899.074707	3922.2
ROEBUCK	Lou	Excluded	3899.074707	3653.76
STEPHENS	Shirley	Excluded	4043.958252	2648.05
CUNNINGHAM	Hugh	Excluded	4107.922363	2434.96
KANE	Rusty	Excluded	4161.783203	2099.71
REID	John Roy (Grey Power)	Excluded	4197.231445	1500.3
MARTIN	Melva (Green Party)	Excluded	4217.470703	1090.77
FREEMAN	Michael	Excluded	4237.868164	1035.31
CROSSLEY	Gloria Louise	Excluded	4247.525879	844.48
DOW	Patrick	Excluded	4253.791016	697.28
KNUCKEY	Grant	Excluded	4261.581055	482.53
KEIGHLEY	Daniel	Excluded	4265.136719	251.12

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