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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.
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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Charles 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 | 8,876 | 43.29 | ||
| Labour | Andrew Parlane | 8,746 | 42.66 | +17.28 | |
| Labour | John Robertson | 8,703 | 42.45 | ||
| Citizens' | Sydney Holm | 8,696 | 42.41 | +8.10 | |
| Labour | Jim Collins | 8,312 | 40.54 | +15.31 | |
| Labour | Adam Black | 8,249 | 40.23 | ||
| Labour | Michael Walsh | 8,158 | 39.79 | +15.56 | |
| Labour | James Ranson | 8,150 | 39.75 | ||
| Labour | John Tucker | 8,046 | 39.24 | ||
| Citizens' | Malcolm Galloway | 8,029 | 39.16 | ||
| Labour | Caryll Hay | 7,959 | 38.82 | ||
| Labour | James Barras | 7,779 | 37.94 | ||
| Citizens' | John Wallace | 7,750 | 37.80 | ||
| Citizens' | Herbert Cummings | 7,190 | 35.07 | ||
| Citizens' | Stanley Natusch | 6,980 | 34.04 | ||
| Citizens' | Paul Hoskins | 6,963 | 33.96 | ||
| Citizens' | James Sievwright | 5,981 | 29.17 | +2.47 | |
| Independent | Charles Lethaby | 4,622 | 22.54 | +3.82 | |
| Communist | Richard Webb | 3,098 | 15.11 | ||
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