Nick Smith

Currently serving: Mayor, Nelson City Council
Party Independent
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Nick Smith’s Elections & Candidacies

Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2020, 2017 and 2014 general elections, the 2025 local government election and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.

Contested 8 races — 4 elected 4 not elected

2025 NZ Local Government • October 11, 2025 Local
  • Mayor
    Nelson City Council
    Affiliation: Independent
    [email protected] 027 547 2314 Ballot name: Nick Smith
    Policy Source
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 59.4%
    10,957 votes
2022 NZ Local Government • October 8, 2022 Local
  • Mayor
    Nelson City Council
    Filed Elected
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: SMITH, Nick
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Nelson
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: SMITH, Nick
    Source
    Final Not elected
    Vote share • 38.4%
    16,851 votes
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: SMITH, Nick
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Nelson
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: SMITH, Nick
    Source
    Final Elected
2014 NZ General Election • September 20, 2014 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: N Smith
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Nelson
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Source
    Final Elected
Offices held
  • Mayor
    Nelson City Council
    Oct 2022 – present
In the News
Nelson Mayor wants to stop a $3m promise for new museum building
1 News — August 21, 2025
Nelson Mayor Nick Smith launches his re-election campaign
RNZ — August 8, 2025

Nelson Mayor Nick Smith has launched his re-election campaign, with a pledge to keep rate increases over the next three years under 5 percent, except in the case of an extraordinary event like a natural disaster.

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