2004 Wellington City mayoral election

2004 Wellington City mayoral election
Turnout	52,067
Mayor before election; Kerry Prendergast;	Elected Mayor ; Kerry Prendergast;

The 2004 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the 2004 New Zealand local elections. On 9 October 2004, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles. Kerry Prendergast was re-elected for a second term as mayor of Wellington.^[1] This was the first Wellington mayoral election to be held under the Instant runoff voting system.

Candidates[edit]

There were seven candidates nominated for the election:^[2]

Bryon Charles Burke, a Newtown environmentalist
Rob Goulden, Councillor for the Eastern Ward since 1998
Stephen Hay, an unemployed film-maker stood for the Anti-Capitalist Alliance
Timothy O'Brien, a writer and broadcaster from Mount Cook
Kerry Prendergast, Incumbent Mayor since 2001
Bryan Pepperell, Councillor for the Southern Ward since 1996
Jack Ruben, former city councillor

Bryon Burke withdrew from the Mayoral election on 13 September 2004.^[1]

Results[edit]

2004 Wellington mayoral election^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Kerry Prendergast	42.39	22,069	22,200	23,170	23,926	27,002
	Independent	Bryan Pepperell	15.35	7,993	8,274	10,448	14,220	18,115
	Independent	Rob Goulden	14.79	7,703	7,868	9,334	10,388
	Independent	Timothy O'Brien	12.60	6,560	6,778	7,537
	Independent	Jack Ruben	12.57	6,547	6,724
	Anti-Capitalist Alliance	Stephen Hay	2.30	1,195
Valid: 52,067 Spoilt: 268 Quota: 22,559

Ward results[edit]

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

	Party/ticket	Councillors
	Independent	11
	Labour	1
	Greens	1
	Alliance	1

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Election Results - 2004 Results". Wellington City Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
^ Jacobson, Julie (21 August 2004). "Wildcards dealt in mayoral race". The Dominion Post. p. A8.
^ "Calculator Commentary" (PDF). Wellington City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

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[Results-1] "Election Results - 2004 Results". Wellington City Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2010.

[2] Jacobson, Julie (21 August 2004). "Wildcards dealt in mayoral race". The Dominion Post. p. A8.

[3] "Calculator Commentary" (PDF). Wellington City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

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