In the1923 Auckland local election for Mayor (where the polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method), George Baildon of the Progressive Citizens' party won the most votes with 72.7% and Walter Glover received the least votes.
The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. Progressive Citizens' George Baildon 6,281 72.67 George Knight James Alexander Warnock George R. Hutchison Tom Bloodworth John William Hardley John Allum Andrew Entrican Matthew John Bennett John Dempsey Frederick Brinsden James Donald John Barr Paterson Thomas Garland Dick Thompson Ellen Melville Christopher H. Furness Charles MacIndoe Samuel Crookes Aldred Edwin Lawry James Robertson George Russell Magee Oscar McBrine Bernard Martin Ted Phelan Richard Barter Daniel Flynn Alfred Hall-Skelton Charles Arthur Watts Jim Purtell Pat Hickey Frederick Coles Jordan Bernard Clews William Moxsom Arthur Shapton Richards John Henry Hannan Walter Glover 1,510 
