1910 Wellington mayoral election

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1910 Wellington City mayoral election
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  1909 28 April 1910 1911  
Turnout11,515 (35.87%)
  Thomas Wilford, 1909.jpg Charles John Crawford.jpg
Candidate Thomas Wilford Charles John Crawford
Party Citizens League Independent
Popular vote6,2485,267
Percentage54.2645.74

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.

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Background

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

Cartoon of the mayoral race Wellington Mayoral election, 1910.jpg
Cartoon of the mayoral race

The following table gives the election results:

1910 Wellington mayoral election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens League Thomas Wilford 6,248 54.26 +22.75
Independent Charles John Crawford5,26745.74
Majority 9818.51
Turnout 11,51535.87−8.61

Notes

  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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