Rural community board by-election 2023

Published on 10 October 2022

Preliminary election results for the Whanganui District were published today – Monday, 10 October – on the Whanganui District Council website and the Vote Whanganui website.  

Results show Peter Oskam has been successfully elected to Whanganui District Council, creating a vacancy in the Whanganui subdivision for the Whanganui Rural Community Board. A by-election for this seat will be held in early 2023.

The other members of the rural community board were elected unopposed, as the number of candidates did not exceed the number of vacancies.

Preliminary results show a change to the order of Whanganui District Council candidates, with Jenny Duncan and Charlotte Melser both moving up a place.

The preliminary result is based upon the counting of 100% of ordinary votes and does not include some special votes that are still to be processed.  The outcome of these elections may change once all votes have been counted.

Currently the voter return is 46.2%, being 15,605 votes, excluding special votes.

The final declared result, including all special votes, will be available by Thursday, 13 October.

Rural community board results

Whanganui Community Subdivision (2 vacancies)

Wells, David

Kai Iwi Community Subdivision (3 vacancies)

Dick, Michael (Independent)

Falkner, Sandra

Skilton, Grant

Kaitoke Community Subdivision (2 vacancies)

Ashworth, Bill

Bailey, Julian (Judd) (Independent)