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The 1899 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
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The 1899 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
In 1899 incumbent Mayor John Rutherfurd Blair retired leading to local businessman John Aitken being elected to office as Mayor of Wellington, beating challenges from both Kennedy Macdonald (a former councillor) and James Joseph Devine.
The following table gives the election results:
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| Independent | John Aitken | 3,566 | 51.33 | ||
| Independent | Kennedy Macdonald | 2,107 | 30.32 | ||
| Independent | James Joseph Devine | 1,274 | 18.33 | ||
| Majority | 1,459 | 21.00 | |||
| Turnout | 6,947 | 39.40 | |||
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