Chris Darby
{{Short description|Auckland Councillor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}}
{{Resume-like|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Councillor
| name = Chris Darby
| office = North Shore Ward Councillor
| image = Chris Darby 366.JPG
| caption = Darby in 2014
| alongside =Richard Hills
| preceded = Ann Hartley
| termend =
| termstart = 2013
}}
Chris Darby is an Auckland Councillor for the North Shore Ward. He is focused on public transport, urban regeneration and environmental issues. He is an independent who is not affiliated to any political party. He ran on his independent ticket 'Taking the Shore Forward' in the 2013, 2016 and 2019 elections, and was elected each time.
Early political involvement
As a young man, Darby supported Ngāti Whātua's occupation of Bastion Point and was there on the day of the eviction on 25 May 1978.{{cite news |last1=Vaughan |first1=Rod |title=Devonport residents "bunch of greedy mongrels" – Willie Jackson |url=https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/devonport-residents-bunch-greedy-mongrels-says-jackson-subbed-ready-go-rv-p-116589 |accessdate=30 May 2018 |work=National Business Review |date=13 April 2012}} Before the "super city" merger of Auckland's councils into Auckland Council in 2010, Darby served on the North Shore City Council, being first elected in 2004.{{cite news |title=North Shore City re-elects mayor, stable council |date=9 October 2004 |url= https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0410/S00079/north-shore-city-re-elects-mayor-stable-council.htm |newspaper=Scoop |accessdate=8 September 2020}}
Auckland Council
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At the 2010 Auckland Council elections, Darby ran for the North Shore ward of Auckland Council for Shore Voice alongside Ann Hartley, who was elected. Darby finished 6th and was not elected to the council, but was elected to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board for the 2010–2013 term.
At the 2013 Auckland Council elections, Darby ran for Council again and was elected as a Councillor for the North Shore ward, polling higher than both incumbents, George Wood and Ann Hartley.[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1410/S00714/auckland-urban-design-panel-boosts-reputation-of-auckland.htm Auckland urban design panel boosts reputation of Auckland] Scoop.co.nz, 28 October 2014[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11282365 Plan to keep central Auckland square public defeated] Nzherald.co.nz, 26 June 2014 Wood remained Co-Councillor with Darby, given the North Shore ward elects two Councillors, however Hartley lost her seat to Darby, with whom she had campaigned on the Shore Voice ticket in 2010. Darby served his first term on the council with George Wood.
In the 2013–16 Auckland Council he was the Deputy Chair of the Auckland Development Committee and Infrastructure Committee, and is council's Political Urban Design Champion.
Darby was re-elected at the 2016 Auckland elections, with Richard Hills elected to serve with Darby.{{cite web |title=Confirmed local election results 2016 |publisher=Auckland Council |url= http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Documents/Confirmedlocalelectionresults2016.pdf |accessdate=15 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20161019000339/http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Documents/Confirmedlocalelectionresults2016.pdf |archivedate=19 October 2016 |df=dmy }} The new mayor, Phil Goff, appointed Darby the Chairperson of the Planning Committee.{{cite news |last=Orsman |first=Bernard |date=20 October 2016 |title=Auckland mayor Phil Goff announces his 'cabinet' |url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-mayor-phil-goff-announces-his-cabinet/FWMABUGEGHLVVOWUVRQHFA5DKE/ |website=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=5 March 2017}} At both the 2019 and 2022 elections, Darby and Hills were re-elected.{{cite web |url= https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/elections/electionresults/2019-local-elections-results-mayor-council.pdf |date=18 October 2019|accessdate=27 October 2019|title=Local board members |publisher=Auckland Council}}{{Cite web |date=15 October 2022 |title=Local elections 2022 – Official results |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/elections/elections-2022-results/results/local-elections-2022-official-results-combined.pdf |access-date=15 October 2022 |website=Local elections 2022 – Official results |publisher=Auckland Council}}
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