Andrew Von Dadelszen is disappointed not to be re-elected to Bay of Plenty Regional Council and says after six years of hard work he is now in the unenviable position of having to find a new job.

Andrew Von Dadelszen is upset about not being re-elected after feeling he has done a good job for the region. He is pictured here (left) with local and central government politicians discussing SmartGrowth opportunities.

Andrew is proud of his achievements on the council though, particularly with developing the region's transport infrastructure.
'I have had a big part to play in transport for the city,” says Andrew, who was a key player in changes to the public transport service in increasing usage of the Bay Hoppers and in working toward improving roading.

He was chairperson of the region's joint council transport committee and was often involved in 'getting central and local government collaborating together”.
Also not re-elected is Karen Summerhayes. Karen and Andrew did return considerable support though.
'There was a split vote,” says Andrew, 'there were six of us in that range between 10-12,000.”
Phillip Sherry and John Cronin are re-elected, and worthy of their position, says Andrew.
'I expected them to be re-elected and was hoping that we would all be there.”
Andrew and Karen are replaced as Tauranga constituent representatives on Bay of Plenty Regional Council by Douglas Owens and Paula Thompson.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council progress results in full here:

Tauranga General Constituency (four vacancies)
CRONIN, John 16,601
SHERRY, Philp 14,651
OWENS, Douglas 11,829
THOMPSON, Paula 11,612
SUMMERHAYES, Karen 11,535
VON DADELSZEN, Andrew 10,890
DILLON, Mary 9869
WILLOUGHBY, Alan 5854
VAN DER BEEK, Jeroen 4763

Eastern Bay of Plenty General Constituency (2 vacancies)
MANSELL, Jim 6956
WHITAKER, Malcolm 4525
HOLMES, Colin 3660
CLARK, Bill 3589
FORD, Robin 2309

Rotorua General Constituency (2 vacancies)
THURSTON, Lyall 8027
OPPATT, Neil 6634
BENTLEY, Peter 6477
GILLIONS, Aaron 2419

Western Bay of Plenty General Constituency (2 vacancies)
NEES, Jane 6015
NOBLE, Ian 4623
BRUNING, Norm 4183
SHORT, Tim 2791

Kohi Maori Constituency (1 vacancy)
MARR, Tiipene 1514
ARAROA, Miro 757
HOHAPATA-OKE, John 755

Mauao Maori Constituency (1 vacancy)
BENNETT, Raewyn 1626
PATERSON, Andre 379

Okurei Maori Constituency (1 vacancy)
ERU, Tai 569
MIHIMUI, Roku 553
TAHANA, Joe 405
POTAKA-DEWES, Kiri 290
BERRYMAN-KAMP, Eugene 260
MEHA, Morris 215
WEPA, Matt 205
GOLDSMITH, James 136