1927 Wellington City mayoral election

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1927 Wellington City mayoral election
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  1925 3 May 1927 1929  
Turnout23,043 (54.86%)
  George Alexander Troup (1863-1941) by Stanley Polkinghorne Andrew (c.1879-1964) in 1927.jpg C H Chapman NZ.jpg
Candidate George Troup Charles Chapman
Party Civic League Labour
Popular vote12,54910,494
Percentage54.4545.55

Mayor before election

Charles Norwood

Elected mayor

George Troup

The 1927 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1927, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

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Background

Mayor Charles Norwood declined to stand for a second term. In an open contest, architect and city councillor George Troup was elected mayor, defeating trade unionist and former councillor Charles Chapman.

Mayoralty results

1927 Wellington mayoral election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Civic League George Troup 12,549 54.45
Labour Charles Chapman 10,49445.55−1.58
Majority2,0558.91
Turnout 23,04354.86−4.95

Councillor results

1927 Wellington City Council election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Civic League Thomas Hislop 11,575 50.23
Civic League William Gaudin 11,479 49.81
Civic League George Mitchell 11,435 49.62
Civic League William Bennett 11,340 49.60 −1.42
Labour Bob Semple 11,286 48.77 +8.46
Independent Henry Bennett 11,223 48.70 −0.80
Civic League Martin Luckie 10,984 47.66 −0.03
Civic League John Burns 10,823 46.96 +5.31
Civic League Herbert Huggins 10,664 46.27 +3.60
Civic League John Caughley 10,415 45.19
Civic League Richard McVilly 10,415 45.19
Labour Robert McKeen 10,288 44.64 +4.26
Civic League Frank Meadowcroft 10,165 44.11 −2.17
Civic League Benjamin Burn 10,036 43.55 −1.20
Civic League John Aston 9,600 41.66 −3.34
Labour John Glover 9,08439.42+4.91
Independent Frederick Manton8,90238.63
Labour Walter Nash 8,81638.25
Civic League John Wallace7,62933.10
Civic League James Doherty7,50332.56
Independent Charlton Morpeth7,39332.08
Civic League Gilbert Fownes7,35331.90
Labour Walter Bromley7,28731.62
Labour Tom Brindle 7,19831.23−1.41
Labour Andrew Parlane7,17431.13
Labour Tom Young 7,10131.13−3.14
Labour Lawrence Hennessy7,00430.81+2.81
Labour Allison Murray6,10226.48
Labour Charles Baker6,00026.03
Independent Percy Brady4,34518.85
Independent Archibald Whitelaw4,24518.42
Communist Fred Freeman3,70416.07

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References

  1. 1 2 "Election Notices". The Evening Post . Vol. CXIII, no. 103. 4 May 1927. p. 6. Retrieved 22 July 2016.