2001 Wellington City mayoral election

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2001 Wellington City mayoral election
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  1998 13 October 2001 2004  
Turnout58,642 (47.78%)
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Candidate Kerry Prendergast Mary Varnham John Morrison
Party Independent Independent Independent
Popular vote19,78211,09710,289
Percentage33.73%18.92%17.54%

Mayor before election

Mark Blumsky

Elected mayor

Kerry Prendergast

The 2001 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the 2001 New Zealand local elections held at that time. Elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles. Kerry Prendergast, the former deputy mayor, was elected as mayor of Wellington replacing Mark Blumsky who had retired. This was the last Wellington mayoral election that used the First past the post method.

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Results

2001 Wellington mayoral election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Kerry Prendergast 19,782 33.73
Independent Mary Varnham 11,09718.92
Independent John Morrison 10,28917.54
Independent Andy Foster 3,9826.79
Alliance Stephanie Cook3,6486.22−16.24
Independent Merepeka Raukawa-Tait 3,1745.41
Independent Rob Goulden1,8273.11
Independent Bryan Pepperell1,7142.92−9.95
Independent Ollie Tafua7451.27
Independent Kent Clark6931.18
Independent Lindsay Milkop2900.49
Independent Josie Bullock2590.44
Independent Hugh Baker-Boyd1340.22−2.16
Independent Thomas Morgan1340.22
Informal votes8741.49
Majority8,68514.81
Turnout 58,64247.78−0.68
Registered electors 122,730

Ward results

Candidates were also elected from wards to the Wellington City Council. [1]

Party/ticketCouncillors
Independent 11
Three for North3
Labour 2
Greens 1
Alliance 1
Independent Citizens 1

References

  1. 1 2 "Final Results for Wellington City Elections". Archived from the original on 19 August 2002. Retrieved 12 June 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)