They are
• Richard McPhail, who was elected to the District-wide ward,
• Nick Grant, who was elected to the Gore ward, and
• Stewart MacDonell, who gained the Kaiwera-Waimumu ward unopposed.
All sitting councillors were returned to office. Gore District Mayor Tracy Hicks retained his seat unopposed. This will be his sixth term as mayor. The Mataura Community Board also has a new member with Steve (Boko) Dixon elected.
This is a preliminary result. The final result will be posted next week.
Gore District Mayor Tracy Hicks said he was looking forward to working with the new council.
“The new councillors bring a good mix of skills to the table.”
The mayor intends to meet individually with each member of his team over the next week or so.
The statutory meeting at which the mayor and councillors are sworn in will be held on Tuesday 29 October. As of Friday, 43.44% of voters (3,809 voters) had cast their vote. This does not include votes in transit to the processing centre and special votes.
This year's voter turnout is down on the 2016 election when 59.4% of eligible voters in the District had their say.
Detailed results for the Gore District Council and Mataura Licensing Trust are:
Gore Ward (5 vacancies)
REID, Bronwyn - 1,791 votes
GRANT, Doug - 1,662 votes
HIGHSTED, Bret - 1,600 votes
GRANT, Nick - 1,387 votes
DICKSON, Glenys (Independent) - 1,225 votes
DUNCAN, Adam - 893 votes
INFORMAL - 3
BLANK VOTING PAPERS - 31
Council - At Large (3 vacancies)
MCPHAIL, Richard - 3,014 votes
DAVIS, Nicky - 2,438 votes
BOLGER, Cliff - 2,300 votes
DIXON, Steven Boko - 1,191 votes
INFORMAL - 2
BLANK VOTING PAPERS - 142
Mataura Community Board (5 vacancies)
SINCLAIR, Linda - 296 votes
TAYLOR, Sue - 288 votes
TAYLOR, Alan - 263 votes
DIXON, Steven Boko - 228 votes
CHAFFEY, Greg - 215 votes
THOMAS, Lisa Jayne - 174 votes
ROWLING, Tanya - 152 votes
INFORMAL - 0
BLANK VOTING PAPERS - 1
Mataura Licensing Trust - Ward 2 (3 vacancies)
CORMACK, Alison - 1,455 votes
BURGESS, Bryan - 1,358 votes
ALLISON, Jimmy - 1,256 votes
BANNERMAN, Yvonne - 1,011 votes
HASLEMORE, Ross – 982 votes
INFORMAL - 21
BLANK VOTING PAPERS - 66
Mataura Licensing Trust - Ward 3 (1 vacancy) Votes Received
MURRAY, Brendon (Moe) – 283 votes
DAVIS, Yvette – 83 votes
INFORMAL - 0
BLANK VOTING PAPERS - 9
Gore & Districts Health Inc (4 vacancies)
MCLEARY MOORE, Alison - 2,293 votes
BEALE, Ralph - 2,199 votes
GOODGER, Peter - 2,181 votes
GRANT, Peter - 1,993 votes
AITKEN, Warren - 1,519 votes
INFORMAL - 1
BLANK VOTING PAPERS – 14
This result is based upon the counting of approximately 95% of the returned votes. The progress result does not include some special votes and votes returned today that are still in transit to the processing centre. The outcome of these elections may change once all votes have been counted.
