2007 Christchurch mayoral election
The 2007 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections. On 13 October of that year, elections were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government roles. Incumbent Garry Moore retired in 2007 after nine years in the office. Bob Parker, previously mayor of Banks Peninsula, beat the Christchurch 2021 representative, Megan Woods, with a majority of 14,212 votes. Media personality Jo Giles, who had previously contested the electorate for the ACT Party for Parliament, came a distant third. A further seven candidate contested the election. Parker's campaign was supported by businessman and Ngāi Tahu board member Nuk Korako, who himself was elected to the House of Representatives in for the National Party.Results
Voting statistics
Participation in local elections has been falling for years. In the 2007 local election, 40.81% of registered voters cast their vote, some two percentage points higher than in 2004. The following table shows the voting statistics since the 1989 local elections:
| 1989 | 1992 | 1995 | 1998 | 2001 | 2004 | 2007 |
| Electors on rolls | 200,915 | 208,533 | 215,621 | 223,832 | 227,793 | 235,930 | 251,173 |
| Voters | 121,680 | 105,982 | 107,450 | 116,511 | 110,068 | 91,027 | 102,495 |
| Percentage voted | 60.56% | 50.82% | 49.83% | 52.05% | 48.32% | 38.58% | 40.81% |
