1911 Wellington City mayoral election

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1911 Wellington City mayoral election
Wellington Coat of Arms.png
  1910 20 April 1911 1912  
  Thomas Wilford, 1909.jpg
Candidate Thomas Wilford
Party Citizens League
Popular voteelected unopposed

Mayor before election

Thomas Wilford

Elected mayor

Thomas Wilford

The 1911 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1911, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors, also elected biannually. Thomas Wilford, the incumbent Mayor sought re-election and retained office unopposed with no other candidates emerging. [1] The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Councillor results

1911 Wellington City Council election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens League Robert Fletcher 10,900 71.17 −13.46
Citizens League William Barber 9,298 60.71
Labour Alfred Hindmarsh 8,037 52.48 −3.46
Citizens League John Fitzgerald 8,000 52.23 −1.79
Labour David McLaren 7,788 50.85 −20.11
Citizens League Falk Cohen 7,711 50.35 −17.21
Citizens League George Shirtcliffe 7,291 47.61 −19.68
Citizens League Arthur Atkinson 7,272 47.48 −21.00
Citizens League John Smith 7,057 46.08
Independent John Fuller Jr. 6,955 45.41
Citizens League James Godber 6,378 41.64
Citizens League James Trevor 6,301 41.14 −12.91
Independent Len McKenzie 6,247 40.79 +0.02
Citizens League George Frost 6,198 40.47 −6.91
Independent Robert Cameron 6,113 39.91
Citizens League William Bennett5,48335.80−4.82
Citizens League William Thompson5,34634.90
Labour Elijah Carey 4,93932.25+10.02
Labour Michael Reardon 4,92632.16+9.52
Labour Thomas Smith4,83231.55
Citizens League Arthur Hunt4,76631.12
Independent John Castle4,43928.98
Labour Bill Jordan 4,22727.60
Citizens League Stanislaus Moran4,08026.64
Labour George Reyling3,96825.91
Independent Joseph Mandel3,81324.89
Labour Ivor Hazell3,80824.86
Independent Walter Bedford2,80018.28
Citizens League Edwin Gallichan2,68317.51
Independent Charles McIntyre2,22314.51
Independent John Jenkinson 2,18514.26
Independent Vilhelm Jensen1,80411.78−1.82
Independent Arthur Fullford1,79111.69−21.81
Independent Andrew Hornblow1,63710.68
Independent Henry Bodley1,4829.67
Independent Charles Thorpe9906.46

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References

  1. Butterworth, Susan. "Wilford, Thomas Mason - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  2. "Wellington City Council". The Evening Post . Vol. LXXXI, no. 99. 28 April 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 12 May 2016.