1899 Wellington City mayoral election

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1899 Wellington City mayoral election
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 189829 November 18991900 
Turnout6,947
  John Guthrie Wood Aitken, ca 1902-1908.jpg Kennedy Macdonald.jpg
Candidate John Aitken Kennedy Macdonald
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote3,5662,107
Percentage51.3330.32

Mayor before election

John Rutherford Blair

Elected Mayor

John Aitken

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.

Contents

Background

In 1899 incumbent Mayor John Rutherford 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.

Mayoralty results

The following table gives the election results:

1899 Wellington mayoral election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Aitken 3,566 51.33
Independent Kennedy Macdonald 2,10730.32
Independent James Joseph Devine1,27418.33
Majority1,45921.00
Turnout 6,947

Notes

  1. "Mayoral Elections". Feilding Star. XXI (129). 30 November 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

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