The 2022 Hamilton mayoral election was a local election held from 16 September to 8 October in Hamilton, New Zealand, as part of that year's city council election and nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Hamilton for the 2022–2025 term of the Hamilton City Council. Postal voting and the single transferable vote and postal voting was used (the latter for the first time).
Incumbent mayor Paula Southgate was re-elected.
Key dates
Background
Campaign
List of candidates Declared candidates +CandidatePhotoAffiliationNotesLee BloorIndependentLachlan ColemanIndependentJack GielenThe People's VoiceFormer deputy leader of The Republic of New Zealand Party and serial election candidateHoriana HendersonIndependentRiki ManarangiNoneDonna Pokere-PhillipsOutdoorsCo-leader of the NZ Outdoors & Freedom PartyPaula SouthgateIndependentIncumbent mayorGeoff TaylorNoneDeputy mayor
Declined to be candidates Louise Hutt, 2019 mayoral candidate Angela O'Leary, city councillor Ewan Wilson, city councillor
Results
Aftermath
On 14 October 2022, Southgate named Angela O'Leary as deputy mayor.
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