1919 Wellington mayoral election

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1919 Wellington City mayoral election
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  1917 30 April 1919 1921  
Turnout17,290 (54.11%)
  John Luke.jpg John Read.jpg William Henry Peter Barber.jpg
Candidate John Luke John Read William Barber
Party Citizens League Labour Independent
Popular vote7,3616,3763,553
Percentage42.5736.8720.54

Mayor before election

John Luke

Elected mayor

John Luke

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.

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Mayoralty results

1919 Wellington mayoral election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens League John Luke 7,361 42.57
Labour John Read 6,37636.87
Independent William Barber 3,55320.54
Majority 9855.69
Turnout 17,29054.11

Councillor results

1919 Wellington City Council election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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 Meadowcroft5,69341.27
Citizens League Henry Bennett5,60440.63
Labour Tom Brindle 5,48339.75
Citizens League William Hildreth5,44039.44−10.08
Labour Jessie Aitken 5,40039.15
Citizens League William Gaudin 5,37438.96
Independent Frederick Manton5,31638.54
Labour Alexander Croskery 5,29938.42
Labour Alec Monteith 5,16537.44
Labour Fred Evans5,10737.02
Citizens League Sidney Nathan4,96435.99
Citizens League Bert Royle4,93535.78
Labour Sarah Beck4,90435.55
Labour Herbert Swindell4,58833.26
Labour Sarah Snow 4,51132.70
Labour Robert McKeen 4,44632.23
Labour William McArley4,42232.06
Labour Bob Stickney4,26430.91
Independent Edward Righton4,25330.83
Independent John Fitzgerald4,15530.12−18.30
Independent Maud Gibbons3,50925.44
Independent Jane Donaldson2,15515.62
Independent James Clark2,12215.38
Independent Andrew Hornblow1,71612.44
Independent Charles Mackintosh1,66512.07
Independent William Edwards1,56411.33

Notes

  1. "Council Elections". The Evening Post . Vol. XCVII, no. 110. 12 May 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  2. "Wellington City Council". Free Lance. Vol. XVIII, no. 984. 14 May 1919. p. 20. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

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