1992 Wellington City Council election

1992 Wellington City Council election

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Results by ward, shaded by highest polling party/candidate vote share

The 1992 Wellington City Council election was part of the 1992 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The polling was conducted using the first-past-the-post electoral method.

Council

The Wellington City Council consisted of a mayor and twenty-one councillors elected from seven wards (Eastern, Lambton, Northern, Onslow, Southern, Tawa, Western).

Mayor

Main article: 1992 Wellington mayoral election

1992 Wellington mayoral election ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fran Wilde	18,795	32.91
	Independent	Helene Ritchie	9,715	17.00	−10.12
	Citizens'	Ken Comber	8,751	15.31
	Green	Stephen Rainbow	6,122	10.71
	Independent	Ruth Gotlieb	5,851	10.23
	Independent	David Bull	4,683	8.19	−0.12
	Independent	Rana Waitai	2,607	4.56
	McGillicuddy Serious	John Morrison	299	0.52	−1.41
	Private Enterprise	Frank Moncur	134	0.23	−0.15
	Communist League	Patrick Brown	112	0.19
	Independent	Margaret Barry-Gellen	88	0.15
Informal votes			632	1.10	−1.54
Majority			9,080	15.88
Turnout			57,157	53.26	+3.32
Registered electors			108,505

Eastern Ward

The Eastern Ward returned four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Eastern Ward ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ruth Gotlieb	5,916	58.50	−5.01
	Green	Sue Kedgley	5,721	56.57
	Citizens'	Brian Barraclough	4,531	44.80	+2.55
	Labour	Hazel Armstrong	4,179	41.32
	Citizens'	Rama Ramanathan	3,451	34.12	−3.26
	Citizens'	Kathryn Olsen	3,321	32.84
	Citizens'	Heather Thompson	3,289	32.52
	Green	Lorna Sandeman	3,150	31.15
	Labour	Richard Young	3,045	30.11
	Labour	Mary Sinclair	2,917	28.84
	Private Enterprise	Frank Moncur	928	9.17	+4.97
Informal votes			286	2.82	+1.09
Turnout			10,112	47.43	+0.58
Registered electors			21,316

Lambton Ward

The Lambton Ward returned three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Lambton Ward ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Stephen Rainbow	3,857	60.49	+18.45
	Green	Liz Thomas	2,331	36.55
	Citizens'	Rex Nicholls	2,266	35.53
	Citizens'	Russell Armitage	1,948	30.55	−12.30
	Labour	Tony Burton	1,780	27.91
	Green	Myra Giese	1,601	25.10
	Citizens'	Grahame Anderson	1,556	24.40
	Labour	Barbara Buckett	1,434	22.49
	Labour	Peter Cleave	919	14.41
	Independent	William MacQueen	830	13.01
	Capital Action	Ann Nolan	606	9.50
Informal votes			284	4.45	+1.38
Turnout			6,376	43.43	+4.14
Registered electors			14,681

Northern Ward

The Northern Ward returned three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Northern Ward ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens'	Sarah Lysaght	3,769	52.88	−9.70
	Independent	Ian Hutchings	3,314	46.49	+9.88
	Labour	Ken Boyden	3,263	45.78	−0.46
	Green	Anne Duncan	2,591	36.35
	Citizens'	Richard Nanson	2,497	35.03
	Labour	Jill Main	2,492	34.96
	Citizens'	Kenneth Tocker	2,346	32.91
	Labour	Vita Harmor	1,110	15.57
Informal votes			254	3.56	−0.44
Turnout			7,127	47.27	+2.41
Registered electors			15,077

Onslow Ward

The Onslow Ward returned two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Onslow Ward ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Bull	3,392	58.45
	Citizens'	Sally Baber	2,565	44.20	−20.46
	Citizens'	Les Stephens	2,518	43.39	−12.45
	Green	Martin Wilson	1,516	26.12
	Capital Action	Colin Cloverdale	692	11.92
	Independent	Bob Monks	682	11.75	−13.81
	Independent	Alexander Schiff	241	4.15
Informal votes			246	4.23	+0.37
Turnout			5,803	53.74	+1.38
Registered electors			10,797

Southern Ward

The Southern Ward returned four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Southern Ward ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Parussini	4,894	53.98
	Labour	John Gilberthorpe	4,599	50.72	+1.05
	Labour	Margaret Bonner	4,422	48.77
	Green	Merrin Downing	4,051	44.68	+6.21
	Labour	Tala Cleverley	3,997	44.08	−2.46
	Green	Celia Wade-Brown	3,310	36.51
	Independent	Eddie Mollier	2,178	24.02
	Independent	Alan Chambers	2,093	23.08
	Citizens'	Mary Bishop	1,950	21.50
	Citizens'	Mulitalo Mano'o	1,716	18.92
	Alliance	Chris Ellis	1,543	17.01	+6.73
	Alliance	Beverly Arnell	1,514	16.69
Informal votes			388	4.27	−0.69
Turnout			9,086	42.96
Registered electors			21,147

Tawa Ward

The Tawa Ward returned two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Tawa Ward (2 vacancies) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kerry Prendergast	Unopposed
	Independent	David Watt	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,911

Western Ward

The Western Ward returned three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Western Ward ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Val Bedingfield	5,008	61.50	−5.81
	Citizens'	Bryan Weyburne	3,343	41.05
	Citizens'	Andy Foster	2,910	35.74
	Green	Sheila Ahern	2,637	32.38
	Citizens'	Alfie Des Tombe	2,320	28.49
	Capital Action	Colin Robertson	1,997	24.52
	Green	James Shaw	1,820	22.35
	Labour	Frank Mackinnon	1,788	21.96
	Green	Alexander Ewing	1,553	19.07
	Capital Action	Ashley Lewis	1,050	12.89
Informal votes			380	4.66	+2.78
Turnout			8,143	50.56	−0.43
Registered electors			16,103

Results of the city council election

Following the 1992 Wellington City Council election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Summary

Ward	Previous		Elected
Mayor		Jim Belich		Fran Wilde
Eastern Ward		Ruth Gotlieb		Ruth Gotlieb
		Les Paske		Sue Kedgley
		Nic Dalton		Brian Barraclough
		Brian Barraclough		Hazel Armstrong
Lambton Ward		Russell Armitage		Stephen Rainbow
		Stephen Rainbow		Liz Thomas
		Terry McDavitt		Rex Nicholls
Northern Ward		Sarah Lysaght		Sarah Lysaght
		Ken Boyden		Ian Hutchings
		Ian Hutchings		Ken Boyden
Onslow Ward		Sally Baber		David Bull
		Les Stephens		Sally Baber
Southern Ward		Margaret Bonner		Peter Parussini
		John Gilberthorpe		John Gilberthorpe
		Tala Cleverley		Margaret Bonner
		Merrin Downing		Merrin Downing
Tawa Ward		David Watt		Kerry Prendergast
		Kerry Prendergast		David Watt
Western Ward		Val Bedingfield		Val Bedingfield
		Anna Weir		Bryan Weyburne
		Sue Driver		Andy Foster

Other local elections

Wellington Regional Council – Wellington Ward

The Wellington ward returned five councillors to the Wellington Regional Council.

Wellington Ward ^{[1] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sue Driver	27,963	63.76
	Citizens'	Ian Lawrence	26,162	59.65
	Green	Denis Foot	25,634	58.45
	Labour	Terry McDavitt	20,406	46.53
	Citizens'	Les Paske	19,034	43.40
	Citizens'	Euan McQueen	14,077	32.10
	Citizens'	James Cornish	13,080	29.82
	Citizens'	Jim Rowe	12,837	29.27
	Labour	Peter Graham	12,166	27.74
	Labour	Robert Logan	11,607	26.46
	Labour	Patrick McLean	9,655	22.01
	Alliance	Dallas Moore	8,014	18.27
	Alliance	Vernon Tile	6,676	15.22
	Alliance	Ron England	6,583	15.01
	Alliance	Simon Leys	5,368	12.24
Informal votes			4,736	10.79
Turnout			43,856	40.41
Registered electors			108,505

References

1. Bly, Ross (1992). City of Wellington: Local Body Elections, 1992 (Report). Wellington City Council.
2. "Declaration of Results of Elections – City of Wellington". The Evening Post . 17 October 1992. p. 39.
3. "Declaration of Results of Election – Wellington Region". The Evening Post . 17 October 1992. p. 39.