Former Tauranga City councillor John Robson will be making good on his 2013 election promise to give back a percentage of his council salary if he failed to be re-elected.
Based on today's progress results Mr Robson was 3896 votes shy of the 10,752 the lowest polling candidate to be elected to the At Large ward, Rick Curach, received.
If not re-elected he promised to pay a percentage of its funds to the city, depending on his share of the vote.
"There's over $150,000 in there [an off-limits trust account]. At the moment it looks like I'll get to keep about 60 per cent of it. We're looking at giving back in the order of $55-$60,000," he told the Bay of Plenty Times this afternoon.
Mr Robson said he had spoken to new mayor Greg Brownless to congratulate him on the win and told him he would like to give the money back in the form of electric cars to be used as part of the council fleet.