1917 Wellington mayoral election

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1917 Wellington City mayoral election
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  1915 14 April 1917 1919  
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Candidate John Luke
Party Citizens League
Popular voteelected unopposed

Mayor before election

John Luke

Elected mayor

John Luke

The 1917 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1917, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors, also elected biannually. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

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Background

John Luke, the incumbent Mayor sought re-election and retained office unopposed with no other candidates emerging. [1] The current Labour Party contested its first election since unification the previous year. It put forward a small ticket that was still large enough to win a majority, however just as in 1915 no Labour candidates were successful. [2]

Councillor results

1917 Wellington City Council election [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens League George Frost 7,411 72.90 −15.75
Citizens League Robert Wright 7,024 69.09 +16.21
Citizens League Arthur Atkinson 6,797 66.86 +13.20
Citizens League Len McKenzie 6,498 63.92 +8.60
Citizens League Martin Luckie 6,239 61.37 +19.03
Citizens League William Bennett 6,011 59.13 +17.82
Citizens League Alexander Veitch 6,011 59.13 +19.69
Citizens League William Barber 5,754 56.60 −0.30
Citizens League James Godber 5,738 56.44 +8.13
Independent John Castle 5,386 52.98
Citizens League John Shorland 5,258 51.72
Citizens League Charles Norwood 5,201 51.16 +22.63
Citizens League William Hildreth 5,034 49.52 −14.21
Citizens League John Fitzgerald 4,922 48.42 +2.27
Citizens League William Thompson 4,842 47.63 +7.46
Labour John Hutchison4,55144.77
Citizens League Thomas Bush4,54644.72
Independent John Swan 4,43943.66+10.62
Labour Harry Holland 4,40343.31+13.90
Labour John Glover 3,99539.30+13.88
Labour James McKenzie3,96138.96
Labour Charles Chapman 3,86438.01
Labour Edward Kennedy3,69536.35+13.65
Independent Francis McParland3,68236.22
Independent John Jenkinson 3,58435.25+6.33
Labour John Read 3,24931.96+14.88
Labour William Wiles3,07830.28
Independent Edward Perry2,29522.57

Notes

  1. "Biennial Election of Mayor". The Evening Post . Vol. XCIII, no. 89. 14 April 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  2. Betts 1970, pp. 133.
  3. "Wellington City Council". Free Lance. Vol. XVI, no. 878. 4 May 1917. p. 7. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  4. "The Citizens Ticket". The Dominion . Vol. 10, no. 3059. 21 April 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

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