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The 1919 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1919, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The incumbent Mayor John Luke retained office for a fourth consecutive term. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Citizens League | John Luke | 7,361 | 42.57 | ||
| Labour | John Read | 6,376 | 36.87 | ||
| Independent | William Barber | 3,553 | 20.54 | ||
| Majority | 985 | 5.69 | |||
| Turnout | 17,290 | 54.11 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Citizens League | Robert Wright | 7,892 | 57.22 | −11.87 | |
| Citizens League | Charles Norwood | 7,468 | 54.14 | +2.98 | |
| Citizens League | Len McKenzie | 7,264 | 52.66 | −11.26 | |
| Citizens League | Martin Luckie | 7,179 | 52.05 | −9.32 | |
| Labour | John Hutchison | 7,100 | 51.47 | +6.70 | |
| Citizens League | John Shorland | 6,745 | 48.90 | −2.82 | |
| Citizens League | William Bennett | 6,684 | 48.46 | −10.67 | |
| Citizens League | Arthur Atkinson | 6,544 | 47.44 | −19.42 | |
| Independent | George Frost | 6,525 | 47.31 | −25.59 | |
| Labour | Peter Fraser | 6,509 | 47.19 | ||
| Independent | James Dale | 6,242 | 45.25 | ||
| Labour | Charles Chapman | 6,239 | 45.23 | +7.22 | |
| Citizens League | Thomas Forsyth | 6,093 | 44.17 | ||
| Citizens League | William Thompson | 6,054 | 43.89 | −3.74 | |
| Labour | John Glover | 5,697 | 41.30 | +2.00 | |
| Citizens League | Frank Meadowcroft | 5,693 | 41.27 | ||
| Citizens League | Henry Bennett | 5,604 | 40.63 | ||
| Labour | Tom Brindle | 5,483 | 39.75 | ||
| Citizens League | William Hildreth | 5,440 | 39.44 | −10.08 | |
| Labour | Jessie Aitken | 5,400 | 39.15 | ||
| Citizens League | William Gaudin | 5,374 | 38.96 | ||
| Independent | Frederick Manton | 5,316 | 38.54 | ||
| Labour | Alexander Croskery | 5,299 | 38.42 | ||
| Labour | Alec Monteith | 5,165 | 37.44 | ||
| Labour | Fred Evans | 5,107 | 37.02 | ||
| Citizens League | Sidney Nathan | 4,964 | 35.99 | ||
| Citizens League | Bert Royle | 4,935 | 35.78 | ||
| Labour | Sarah Beck | 4,904 | 35.55 | ||
| Labour | Herbert Swindell | 4,588 | 33.26 | ||
| Labour | Sarah Snow | 4,511 | 32.70 | ||
| Labour | Robert McKeen | 4,446 | 32.23 | ||
| Labour | William McArley | 4,422 | 32.06 | ||
| Labour | Bob Stickney | 4,264 | 30.91 | ||
| Independent | Edward Righton | 4,253 | 30.83 | ||
| Independent | John Fitzgerald | 4,155 | 30.12 | −18.30 | |
| Independent | Maud Gibbons | 3,509 | 25.44 | ||
| Independent | Jane Donaldson | 2,155 | 15.62 | ||
| Independent | James Clark | 2,122 | 15.38 | ||
| Independent | Andrew Hornblow | 1,716 | 12.44 | ||
| Independent | Charles Mackintosh | 1,665 | 12.07 | ||
| Independent | William Edwards | 1,564 | 11.33 | ||
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