1909 Wellington City mayoral election
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The Wellington City mayoral election, 1909 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1909, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. Thomas William Hislop, the incumbent Mayor, did not seek re-election. Alfred Newman was elected to office as the new Mayor of Wellington, beating four other contenders. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
Mayoralty results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Alfred Newman | 4,523 | 33.72 | ||
Independent | Thomas Wilford | 4,240 | 31.61 | -2.75 | |
Independent | Francis Fisher | 3,208 | 23.92 | ||
Ind. Labour League | John Rigg | 824 | 6.14 | ||
Independent | Frederick Bolton | 616 | 4.59 | ||
Majority | 283 | 2.11 | |||
Turnout | 13,411 |
Councillor results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Luke | 8,074 | 84.63 | +10.16 | |
Independent | Robert Fletcher | 7,256 | 76.05 | +19.01 | |
Independent | Thomas Ballinger | 7,218 | 75.60 | +9.11 | |
Ind. Labour League | David McLaren | 6,770 | 70.96 | +7.50 | |
Independent | Arthur Richmond Atkinson | 6,533 | 68.48 | ||
Independent | Falk Cohen | 6,446 | 67.56 | +9.99 | |
Independent | George Shirtcliffe | 6,420 | 67.29 | +17.15 | |
Independent | Walter Morrah | 6,330 | 66.35 | +11.35 | |
Independent | John Smith Jr. | 6,320 | 66.24 | +9.54 | |
Independent | Thomas Carmichael | 6,062 | 63.54 | +6.16 | |
Independent | James Devine | 5,796 | 60.75 | ||
Ind. Labour League | Alfred Hindmarsh | 5,337 | 55.94 | -0.79 | |
Independent | James Trevor | 5,157 | 54.05 | +11.78 | |
Independent | John Fitzgerald | 5,154 | 54.02 | ||
Independent | George Frost | 4,521 | 47.38 | +2.34 | |
Independent | James Dykes | 3,969 | 41.60 | ||
Independent | Herbert Seaton | 3,913 | 41.01 | ||
Independent | Arthur Hume | 3,897 | 40.84 | ||
Independent | Leonard McKenzie | 3,894 | 40.81 | ||
Independent | William Bennett | 3,876 | 40.62 | ||
Independent | Arthur Fullford | 3,196 | 33.50 | +9.53 | |
Independent | Albert Casey | 3,097 | 32.46 | ||
Ind. Labour League | Charles Henry Chapman | 2,860 | 29.97 | ||
Independent | Wilfred Higginbottom | 2,595 | 27.20 | ||
Ind. Labour League | Albert Cooper | 2,448 | 25.66 | -7.08 | |
Ind. Labour League | William Hampton | 2,439 | 25.56 | -5.97 | |
Independent | John Aston | 2,422 | 25.38 | ||
Ind. Labour League | Michael Reardon | 2,160 | 22.64 | -7.95 | |
Independent | Robert McKenzie | 2,140 | 22.43 | ||
Ind. Labour League | Elijah Carey | 2,102 | 22.03 | ||
Ind. Labour League | William Noot | 1,924 | 20.16 | ||
Independent | Charles Monaghan | 1,482 | 15.53 | ||
Independent | Vilhelm Jensen | 1,298 | 13.60 |
References
- ^ a b "Mayoral Elections". Evening Post. Vol. LXXVII, no. 100. 29 April 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ "Mayoral Elections". Evening Post. Vol. LXXVII, no. 98. 27 April 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 26 August 2016.