1885 Wellington mayoral election

1885 Wellington City mayoral election

←  1884 25 November 1885 1886  →
Turnout	1,694
Candidate Arthur Brown Sam Brown Tommy McKenzie Party Independent Independent Independent Popular vote 606 563 435 Percentage 35.77 33.23 25.67
Mayor before election George Fisher Elected mayor Arthur Winton Brown

The 1885 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year to decide who would take the office of Mayor of Wellington.

Background

Incumbent mayor George Fisher retired after four years. ^[1] Three city councillors (Arthur Winton Brown, Sam Brown and Thomas Wilmor McKenzie) as well as a former mayor (Joe Dransfield) contested the mayoralty. ^[2]

Election results

The following table gives the election results:

1885 Wellington mayoral election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Arthur Winton Brown	606	35.77
	Independent	Sam Brown	563	33.23
	Independent	Tommy McKenzie	435	25.67
	Independent	Joe Dransfield	90	5.31
Majority			43	2.53
Turnout			1,694

Notes

1. Betts 1970, pp. 262.
2. "The Mayoral Nominations". New Zealand Mail. No. 716. 20 November 1885. p. 2 (Supplement).
3. "Annual Election of Mayor". The New Zealand Times . Vol. XLV, no. 7641. 26 November 1885. p. 3.

References

• Betts, George (1970). Betts on Wellington: A City and its Politics. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. ISBN   0-589-00469-7.