1992 Wellington City mayoral election

Wellington City mayoral election, 1992

10 October 1992
Turnout	57,157 (53.26%)
Candidate Fran Wilde Helene Ritchie Ken Comber Party Labour Independent Citizens' Popular vote 18,795 9,715 8,751 Percentage 32.91% 17.00% 15.31%
Mayor before election Sir Jim Belich Labour Elected Mayor Fran Wilde Labour

The Wellington City mayoral election, 1992 was part of the New Zealand local elections, 1992. In 1992, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles including 21 councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background

Fran Wilde, the former MP for Wellington Central, was elected as the new mayor of Wellington replacing incumbent Sir Jim Belich who had retired after serving two terms. Wilde became Wellington's first female mayor, defeating former Deputy Mayor Helene Ritchie and her predecessor as MP for Wellington Central Ken Comber who ran for the Citizens' Association.

Results

The following table gives the election results:

Wellington mayoral election, 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fran Wilde	18,795	32.91
	Independent	Helene Ritchie	9,715	17.00	-10.12
	Citizens'	Ken Comber	8,751	15.31
	Green	Stephen Rainbow	6,122	10.71
	Independent	Ruth Gotlieb	5,851	10.23
	Independent	David Bull	4,683	8.19	-0.12
	Independent	Rana Waitai	2,607	4.56
	McGillicuddy Serious	John Morrison	299	0.52	-1.41
	Private Enterprise	Frank Moncur	134	0.23	-0.15
	Communist League	Patrick Brown	112	0.19
	Independent	Margaret Barry-Gellen	88	0.15
Informal votes			632	1.10	-1.54
Majority			9,080	15.88
Turnout			57,157	53.26	+3.32

Results by ward

Fran Wilde polled the highest in all seven of Wellington's electoral wards.

Wards won by Wilde

	Fran Wilde		Helene Ritchie		Ken Comber		Stephen Rainbow		Others		Total
Ward	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Eastern	3,246	28.1	2,200	19.0	1,909	16.5	1,125	9.7	3,093	26.7	11,573
Lambton	3,035	43.2	737	10.5	1,020	14.5	1,015	14.4	1,221	17.4	7,028
Northern	2,295	29.0	1,810	22.9	1,006	12.7	634	8.0	2,160	27.4	7,905
Onslow	2,151	34.0	838	13.2	1,101	17.4	600	9.5	1,644	25.9	6,334
Tawa	1,153	24.6	928	19.8	856	18.3	377	8.1	1,366	29.2	4,680
Southern	3,856	37.0	1,909	18.3	1,260	12.1	1,308	12.5	2,096	20.1	10,429
Western	3,041	33.1	1,291	14.0	1,597	17.4	1,060	11.5	2,211	24.0	9,200
Total	18,795	32.9	9,715	17.0	8,751	15.3	6,122	10.7	13,774	24.1	57,157

Ward results

See also: Wellington local elections, 1992

Candidates were also elected from wards to the Wellington City Council.

	Party/ticket	Councillors
	Citizens'	6
	Labour	5
	Greens	4
	Independent	6

See also

• Wellington Central by-election, 1992