Showing posts with label Mt Albert By Election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mt Albert By Election. Show all posts

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Mt Albert By-Election win a Turning Point in Labour Party Leadership

Congratulations to Labour's David Shearer for winning the Mt Albert By-Election by a landslide tonight.

He beat Melissa Lee from National, by a far larger majority than Helen Clark beat the National Candidate in the November 2008 General Election.

What does this tell us?

Well, it says that Shearer is a popular fellow, albeit in a safe seat a Labour party Monkey could win but what it also says is that Phil Goff's days as Labour Party leader are numbered.

With Helen Clark polling lower than Shearer and with Goff a part of Helen's old 2008 team the writing is on the wall for Goff. He was and is part of a dying Labour under Clark and now him and Shearer is its future.

The big win tonight really is the turning point for Goff's leadership and a grab for the top job cant be far off for Shearer and what will be his new team.

Goff simply cannot beat John Key in the 2011 General Election but after tonight Labour Party hierarchy will know for sure that David Shearer will have a much better chance.

Tonight's result has not been good for Phil Goff but it has been great for Labour's chances come 2011.

Related Amazon Reading

Transforming LeadershipTransforming Leadership by James MacGregor Burns 
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $6.34

c Political Animal 2009

Bookmark and Share

LIVE: Mt Albert By Election Results - Final Results


Even though it might seem the results are a fait accompli, you can get Mt Albert Election day results here at Political Animal as they come in.


It aint over until the fat politician has his hands on your money.

By-Election Results -- Mt Albert (Final results)

 
 
Electorate Number:26 Final:No
Polling Places Counted: 30 of 30 (100.0%)  Votes Counted: 19,992
Less than 6 votes taken in Polling Places:0 Special Votes:1,114
Leading Candidate:SHEARER, David (LAB) Majority:9,187
 
Candidates
BAGNALL, JimIND 22
BAKER, AriIND 15
BOSCAWEN, JohnACT 943
BOYCE, BenB&B 151
DYER, SimonneKIWI 85
FRANCE, MalcolmPBP 13
GREEN, DaktaALCP 85
KANE, RustyPCP 5
LEE, MelissaNAT 3,426
NORMAN, RusselGP 2,418
PISTORIUS, JulianLIB 35
SHEARER, DavidLAB 12,613
TURNER, JudyUFNZ 82
VAN DEN HEUVEL, Anthony Joseph JamesHR 14
WOOD, Jackson JamesIND 9
Candidate Informals 76
TOTAL  19,992
 

The Chief Electoral Office aims to have the official results for the 2009 Mt Albert by-election published here by noon Wednesday 24 June.

c Political Animal 2009


Bookmark and Share