2017 Hastings mayoral by-election

2017 Hastings mayoral by-election
November 24, 2017 (2017-11-24)
Turnout22,078
 
Candidate Sandra Hazlehurst Bayden Barber
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 10,154 5,252
Percentage 45.99% 23.79%
Mayor before election

Lawrence Yule
Independent

 Elected mayor

Sandra Hazlehurst
Independent

The 2017 Hastings mayoral by-election was held to elect a new mayor for the Hastings District of New Zealand following the election of incumbent mayor Lawrence Yule as MP for Tukituki. The election took place on 24 November and the winner served until after the 2019 election. The result of the election was a victory for Sandra Hazlehurst, the district's first female mayor.

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