2004 Wellington City mayoral election

2004 Wellington City mayoral election

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Turnout	52,067
Candidate Kerry Prendergast Bryan Pepperell Party Independent Independent Popular vote 27,002 18,115 Percentage 59.85 40.15
Mayor before election Kerry Prendergast Elected mayor Kerry Prendergast

The 2004 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the 2004 New Zealand local elections. On 9 October 2004, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles. Kerry Prendergast was re-elected for a second term as mayor of Wellington. ^[1] This was the first Wellington mayoral election to be held under the Instant runoff voting system.

Candidates

There were seven candidates nominated for the election: ^[2]

• Bryon Charles Burke, a Newtown environmentalist
• Rob Goulden, Councillor for the Eastern Ward since 1998
• Stephen Hay, an unemployed film-maker stood for the Anti-Capitalist Alliance
• Timothy O'Brien, a writer and broadcaster from Mount Cook
• Kerry Prendergast, Incumbent Mayor since 2001
• Bryan Pepperell, Councillor for the Southern Ward since 1996
• Jack Ruben, former city councillor

Bryon Burke withdrew from the Mayoral election on 13 September 2004. ^[1]

Results

2004 Wellington mayoral election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Kerry Prendergast	42.39	22,069	22,200	23,170	23,926	27,002
	Independent	Bryan Pepperell	15.35	7,993	8,274	10,448	14,220	18,115
	Independent	Rob Goulden	14.79	7,703	7,868	9,334	10,388
	Independent	Timothy O'Brien	12.60	6,560	6,778	7,537
	Independent	Jack Ruben	12.57	6,547	6,724
	Anti-Capitalist Alliance	Stephen Hay	2.30	1,195
Valid: 52,067  Spoilt: 268  Quota: 22,559

Ward results

See also: 2004 Wellington City local elections

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

Party/ticket		Councillors
	Independent	11
	Labour	1
	Greens	1
	Alliance	1

References

1. "Election Results - 2004 Results". Wellington City Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
2. Jacobson, Julie (21 August 2004). "Wildcards dealt in mayoral race". The Dominion Post . p. A8.
3. "Calculator Commentary" (PDF). Wellington City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2022.