1931 Wellington City mayoral election

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1931 Wellington City mayoral election
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  1929 8 May 1931 1933  
Turnout25,799 (56.20%)
  Thomas Charles Atkinson Hislop.jpg Martin Maxwell Fleming Luckie.jpg
Candidate Thomas Hislop Martin Luckie
Party Civic League Independent
Popular vote13,59311,678
Percentage52.6845.26

Mayor before election

George Troup

Elected Mayor

Thomas Hislop

The 1931 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1931, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

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Background

Mayor George Troup declined to stand for a third term. Councillor Thomas Hislop was selected as his replacement to stand for the Civic League. The Labour Party did not stand a mayoral candidate, the first time they had not done so since 1917. An election was necessitated when the deputy mayor Martin Luckie accepted the request of a deputation of citizens to run for mayor. [1]

Mayoralty results

1931 Wellington mayoral election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Civic League Thomas Hislop 13,593 52.68
Independent Martin Luckie 11,67845.26
Informal votes5282.04-1.26
Majority1,9157.42
Turnout 25,79956.20+0.45

Councillor results

1931 Wellington City Council election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Civic League William Bennett 12,766 49.48 +1.66
Civic League Will Appleton 12,453 48.26
Civic League William Gaudin 12,452 48.25 -0.20
Labour Charles Chapman 12,425 48.16 +2.96
Civic League Thomas Forsyth 11,290 43.76 -0.67
Civic League Herbert Huggins 10,576 40.99 -2.20
Labour Bob Semple 10,395 40.29 +0.81
Labour Robert McKeen 10,332 40.04 -1.73
Civic League Jacob McEldowney 9,966 38.62
Civic League Frank Meadowcroft 9,808 38.01 -6.99
Civic League John Burns 9,514 36.87 +5.53
Civic League William Duncan 9,282 35.97
Civic League Sydney Holm 8,852 34.31
Civic League John Wallace 8,480 32.86
Independent Jim McDonald 8,351 32.36
Civic League George Mitchell 8,18631.72-6.72
Independent Paul Hoskins7,76430.09
Civic League George Stewart7,34328.46
Independent Herbert Price7,30428.31
Labour William Atkinson7,02927.24-2.14
Independent James Sievwright6,89026.70
Independent Robert Bothamley6,82926.47
Labour John Read 6,63225.70-3.31
Labour Tom Brindle 6,62425.67-4.03
Labour Andrew Parlane6,54825.38-1.79
Labour Jim Collins6,51125.23
Labour Peter Butler 6,39024.76-1.46
Civic League Amy Kane 6,28724.36
Labour Michael Walsh6,25224.231.97
Labour Lawrence Hennessy6,20624.05
Labour Jim Thorn 5,95623.08
Independent Samuel Martin5,84122.64
Independent Annie McVicar 5,55621.53
Labour Sarah Snow 5,31620.60
Civic League Charles Lethaby4,83118.72

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References

  1. "The Mayoralty – Mr. Luckie To Stand". The Evening Post . Vol. CXI, no. 83. 9 April 1931. p. 13.
  2. 1 2 "Election Notices". The Evening Post . Vol. CXI, no. 112. 14 May 1931. p. 6. Retrieved 27 July 2016.