2016 Environment Canterbury election

2016 Environment Canterbury election

8 October 2016

The 2016 Environment Canterbury election was a local election held from September to 8 October in the Canterbury region of New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected 7 councillors for the 2016–2019 term of Environment Canterbury; 6 government-appointed commissions also held seats on the council following the election. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.

Environment Canterbury

Christchurch constituency (4)

Christchurch constituency election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
The People's Choice – Independent Lan Pham 55,313
The People's Choice – Independent Cynthia Roberts 50,255
Independent Rod Cullinane 42,491
The People's Choice Steve Lowndes 39,181
Community Voice .nz Rik Tindall 32,538
Independent Craig Pauling 27,553
None Terry Huggins 11,707
None Drucilla Kingi-Patterson 8,926
Total valid votes 267,964
Informal votes 81
Turnout
Registered electors

North Canterbury constituency (1)

Mid-Canterbury constituency (1)

South Canterbury constituency (1)

References

  1. ^ Declaration of Results (PDF), Environment Canterbury, archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2016, retrieved 15 October 2016