1933 Wellington City mayoral election

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1933 Wellington City mayoral election
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  1931 4 May 1933 1935  
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Candidate Thomas Hislop
Party Citizens'
Popular voteelected unopposed

Mayor before election

Thomas Hislop

Elected Mayor

Thomas Hislop

The 1933 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1933, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including the fifteen city councillors, also elected biannually. Thomas Hislop, the incumbent Mayor sought re-election and retained office unopposed with no other candidates emerging. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

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Background

The Labour Party chose not to stand a candidate for the mayoralty and decided to put all its resources in to winning a majority on the council, thinking this was the best way to achieve their goals. Labour actually polled more votes than the conservative Citizens' Association, but won fewer seats by virtue of most Labour votes being won by several popular candidates with the rest of the ticket trailing well behind them, whilst the Citizens' vote was far more evenly spread among its candidates. This was to be the first of five local elections where Labour won a majority of votes but did not gain control of the council. [1] However Labour did manage to carry on momentum to win a by-election later in the year and thereby increase their representation. [2]

Councillor results

1933 Wellington local election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Henry Chapman 13,617 66.42 +18.26
Labour Robert McKeen 13,196 64.37 +24.08
Labour Bob Semple 12,687 61.88 +21.84
Citizens' William Gaudin 10,843 52.89 +4.64
Citizens' William Bennett 10,772 52.54 +3.06
Citizens' Martin Luckie 10,003 48.79
Citizens' Will Appleton 9,887 48.22 -0.04
Citizens' Len McKenzie 9,843 48.01
Independent Herbert Huggins 9,667 47.15 +6.16
Citizens' William Duncan 9,621 46.93 +10.96
Citizens' Thomas Forsyth 9,531 46.49 +2.73
Labour Tom Brindle 9,408 45.89 +20.22
Independent Frank Meadowcroft 9,162 44.62 +6.61
Independent John Burns 9,113 44.45 -7.58
Labour Peter Butler 8,993 43.86 +19.10
Citizens' Robert Macalister 8,87643.29
Labour Andrew Parlane8,74642.66+17.28
Labour John Robertson 8,70342.45
Citizens' Sydney Holm8,69642.41+8.10
Labour Jim Collins8,31240.54+15.31
Labour Adam Black8,24940.23
Labour Michael Walsh8,15839.79+15.56
Labour James Ranson8,15039.75
Labour John Tucker8,04639.24
Citizens' Malcolm Galloway8,02939.16
Labour Caryll Hay7,95938.82
Labour James Barras7,77937.94
Citizens' John Wallace7,75037.80
Citizens' Herbert Cummings7,19035.07
Citizens' Stanley Natusch6,98034.04
Citizens' Paul Hoskins6,96333.96
Citizens' James Sievwright5,98129.17+2.47
Independent Charles Lethaby4,62222.54+3.82
Communist Richard Webb3,09815.11

Notes

  1. Betts 1970, pp. 146.
  2. "Labour Win". Auckland Star . LXIV (152). 30 June 1933. p. 12. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  3. "Mr. Butler Elected". The Evening Post . CXV (14). 9 May 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

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