1938 Wellington City mayoral election

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1938 Wellington City mayoral election
Wellington Coat Of Arms.svg
  1935 11 May 1938 1941  
Turnout42,860 (56.36%)
  Thomas Charles Atkinson Hislop.jpg C H Chapman NZ.jpg
Candidate Thomas Hislop Charles Chapman
Party Citizens' Labour
Popular vote24,36818,198
Percentage56.8542.45

Mayor before election

Thomas Hislop

Elected Mayor

Thomas Hislop

The 1938 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1938, 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.

Contents

The contest resulted in the re-election of incumbent Thomas Hislop who defeated his only competitor Charles Chapman of the Labour Party. Chapman had unsuccessfully run for Mayor three times prior, in 1915, 1925 and 1927. He also stood as a councillor and was successful. [1]

Mayoralty results

1938 Wellington mayoral election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens' Thomas Hislop 24,368 56.85 +4.39
Labour Charles Chapman 18,19842.45
Informal votes2940.68-0.06
Majority6,17014.39+8.72
Turnout 42,86056.36-4.13

Councillor results

1938 Wellington City Council election [1] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens' Robert Wright 23,530 54.89 +0.32
Labour Robert McKeen 23,458 54.73 -7.42
Labour Charles Chapman 22,142 51.66 -11.65
Citizens' Will Appleton 22,096 51.55 +5.28
Citizens' Malcolm Fraser 21,945 51.20
Citizens' William Gaudin 21,609 50.41 +4.37
Citizens' Martin Luckie 21,513 50.19 +4.94
Citizens' William Duncan 21,103 49.23 +4.73
Labour Peter Butler 20,896 48.75 -1.43
Citizens' Len McKenzie 20,852 48.65 +3.49
Labour Tom Brindle 20,486 47.79 -1.66
Labour Margaret Semple 20,410 47.62
Citizens' Thomas Forsyth 20,113 46.92 +1.63
Labour Adam Black 19,817 46.23 +1.12
Citizens' Robert Macalister 19,689 45.93 +4.87
Citizens' Malcolm Galloway19,46545.41
Citizens' Vincent Ward 19,42445.31
Labour Andrew Parlane19,01644.36-0.05
Labour John Read 18,71943.67-5.62
Labour Jim Collins18,37142.86+0.75
Citizens' Malcolm McCaul18,34742.80
Labour Ken Baxter 18,21042.48
Citizens' Noel Nelson18,18042.41
Labour John Tucker17,99141.97+0.74
Citizens' Richard McVilly 17,92241.81
Labour Michael Walsh17,85841.66-0.41
Citizens' John McLean17,73041.36
Labour Caryll Hay17,49740.82+1.10
Labour William Broadley17,19140.10
Labour Herbert Swindell16,60838.74
Independent Leslie Austin8,65620.19
Independent Jessie Probyn2,2145.16

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wellington City Council". The Evening Post . Vol. CXXV, no. 115. 18 May 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  2. "Election Recounts". The Evening Post . Vol. CXXV, no. 114. 17 May 1938. p. 12. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  3. "Who's Who for the Elections". The Evening Post . Vol. CXXV, no. 107. 9 May 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 27 October 2016.