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1909 Wellington City mayoral election

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1909 Wellington City mayoral election

← 1908 29 April 1909 1910 →
Turnout13,411 (44.48%)
 
Candidate Alfred Newman Thomas Wilford
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 4,523 4,240
Percentage 33.72 31.61

 
Candidate Francis Fisher John Rigg
Party Independent Ind. Labour League
Popular vote 3,208 824
Percentage 23.92 6.14

Mayor before election

Thomas William Hislop

Elected mayor

Alfred Newman

The 1909 Wellington City mayoral election 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. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background

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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.

Mayoralty results

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1909 Wellington mayoral election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Fred Bolton 616 4.59
Majority 283 2.11
Turnout 13,411 44.48 −7.16

Councillor results

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1909 Wellington City Council election[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens League John Luke 8,074 84.63 +10.16
Citizens League Robert Fletcher 7,256 76.05 +19.01
Citizens League Thomas Ballinger 7,218 75.60 +9.11
Ind. Labour League David McLaren 6,770 70.96 +7.50
Citizens League Arthur Atkinson 6,533 68.48
Citizens League Falk Cohen 6,446 67.56 +9.99
Citizens League George Shirtcliffe 6,420 67.29 +17.15
Citizens League Walter Morrah 6,330 66.35 +11.35
Citizens League John Smith Jr. 6,320 66.24 +9.54
Citizens League Thomas Carmichael 6,062 63.54 +6.16
Citizens League James Devine 5,796 60.75
Ind. Labour League Alfred Hindmarsh 5,337 55.94 −0.79
Citizens League James Trevor 5,157 54.05 +11.78
Independent John Fitzgerald 5,154 54.02
Independent George Frost 4,521 47.38 +2.34
Citizens League James Dykes 3,969 41.60
Citizens League Herbert Seaton 3,913 41.01
Citizens League Arthur Hume 3,897 40.84
Independent Len 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 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

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  1. ^ a b "Mayoral Elections". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXVII, no. 100. 29 April 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Mayoral Elections". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXVII, no. 98. 27 April 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 26 August 2016.