2016 Invercargill mayoral election
The 2016 Invercargill mayoral election finished on Saturday, 8 October 2016 and was conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system using the postal voting system. It was held as part of the 2016 New Zealand local elections.
The incumbent mayor Tim Shadbolt sought a record eighth term, and was re-elected to the position with a reduced majority. Shadbolt was challenged by television host Tom Conroy and sitting Invercargill City councillor Karen Arnold. Shadbolt was re-elected with a decreased majority.
Candidates
Declared candidates
- Karen Arnold, Invercargill City Councillor
- Tom Conroy, television host
- Tim Shadbolt, incumbent Mayor of Invercargill
Declined to be candidates
- Neil Boniface, Invercargill City Councillor
- Lindsay Dow, former Invercargill City Councillor and 2013 mayoral candidate
- Darren Ludlow, Deputy Mayor of Invercargill
- Ian Pottinger, Invercargill City Councillor
- Penny Simmonds, chief executive of the Southern Institute of Technology