1910 Wellington City mayoral election

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1910 Wellington City mayoral election

← 1909 28 April 1910 1911 →
Turnout11,515 (35.87%)
 
Candidate Thomas Wilford Charles John Crawford
Party Citizens League Independent
Popular vote 6,248 5,267
Percentage 54.26 45.74

Mayor before election

Alfred Newman

Elected Mayor

Thomas Wilford

The 1910 Wellington City mayoral election was held to determine the next Mayor of Wellington. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background[edit]

The incumbent Mayor, Alfred Newman did not stand for re-election. At this time Wellington held their council elections biennially and the Mayoralty was annually. Thomas Wilford was elected to office as the new Mayor of Wellington, after four unsuccessful attempts prior, beating his sole opponent Charles John Crawford.

The 1910 local elections were the first in which residents as well as ratepayers were eligible to vote.[1]

Mayoralty results[edit]

Cartoon of the mayoral race

The following table gives the election results:

1910 Wellington mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens League Thomas Wilford 6,248 54.26 +22.75
Independent Charles John Crawford 5,267 45.74
Majority 981 8.51
Turnout 11,515 35.87 -8.61

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Betts 1970, pp. 42.
  2. ^ "Mayoral Elections". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXIX, no. 99. 28 April 1910. p. 8. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

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