2013 Wellington mayoral election

2013 Wellington mayoral election

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Turnout	25,931 (40.85%)
Candidate Celia Wade-Brown John Morrison Jack Yan Party Independent Independent Independent Popular vote 27,171 24,691 9,996 Percentage 52.39 (Last iteration) 47.61 (Last iteration)
Mayor before election Celia Wade-Brown Elected mayor Celia Wade-Brown

The 2013 Wellington mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections. On 12 October 2013, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles. Celia Wade-Brown was re-elected.

At the time, Wellington was one of eight local bodies in New Zealand that used the Single transferable vote system to elect its mayor and councillors. ^[2] The 2013 local government election was the first time that the Greater Wellington Regional Council used STV in it elections, and the first time a regional council used STV for elections in New Zealand. ^[3]

Candidates

When nominations closed there were six candidates for the Wellington mayoralty.

Name	Photo	Affiliation		Description
Rob Goulden			Independent	An Eastern Ward councillor from 1998 to 2010, Goulden himself forward for the mayoralty and for the Eastern Ward. He had previously stood for the mayoralty in 2004. He said that he wanted to "tackle council debt". A news item commented that he "will enliven Wellington mayoral race" as "he was voted out in 2010, after years of turbulent relationships with his fellow councillors". [4]
John Morrison			Independent	A former cricketer and city councillor for the Onslow-Western ward since 1998. The main centre-right candidate to challenge Wade-Brown. [5]
Karuna Muthu			Independent	A barrister and entrepreneur, entered the Wellington mayoral race just before nominations closed. A former chairman of the New Zealand National Party Rongotai electorate, and a past parliamentary candidate for the United Future Party in the 2008 general election.
Celia Wade-Brown			Independent	The incumbent mayor since 2010, she has served as a Southern Ward councillor from 1994 to 1998 and 2001 to 2010. She stood for the Green Party for parliament in 1996 (under the Alliance banner), 1999 and 2002.
Jack Yan			Independent	Stood for the mayoralty in 2010; in 2008 stood for the Alliance Party as a list candidate. [6]
Nicola Young			Independent	In 2005 stood in the Rongotai electorate for the National Party. [7] Her father was the former cabinet minister Bill Young, and she is the sister of former National list MP Annabel Young. [8] [9]

Withdrew

Dr Keith Johnson, an economist from Island Bay who ran as a Labour Party candidate for the Southern Ward in 2010, initially proposed to stand. ^[10] He subsequently withdrew, saying that There was not much resonance in the concerns I had for debt control and against the rebalancing of rates. ^[11]

Results

Wade-Brown was re-elected. ^[12] The following table shows preliminary results for first preference votes, ^[13] and final results for the last iteration. ^[14]

2013 Wellington City mayoral election ^[15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Celia Wade-Brown	37.61	21,259	21,449	22,021	23,228	27,171
	Independent	John Morrison	33.44	18,904	19,064	19,769	21,433	24,691
	Independent	Jack Yan	14.33	8,105	8,346	8,782	9,996
	Independent	Nicola Young	7.99	4,520	4,612	5,108
	Independent	Rob Goulden	4.47	2,531	2,607
	Independent	Karuna Muthu	1.65	935
Electorate:  Valid: 56,524  Spoilt: 71  Quota: 25,931  Turnout: 40.85%

Ward results

See also: 2013 Wellington local elections

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

	Party/ticket	Councillors
	Independent	9
	Greens	3
	Labour	2

References

1. "2013 Local Elections FAQs". Wellington: Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
2. "STV Information". Department of Internal Affairs . Retrieved 24 September 2013.
3. "Greater Wellington Regional Council to change to STV". Greater Wellington Regional Council. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
4. Wannan, Olivia (17 August 2013). "Laws enters race .... The ballot list". The Dominion Post . Wellington. p. A5.
5. Chapman, Katie (23 May 2013). "Morrison throws hat in the ring for mayor". The Dominion Post . Wellington. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
6. "Party Lists of Unsuccessful Registered Parties". Wellington: Chief Electoral Office. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
7. "Official Count Results – Rongotai". Wellington: Chief Electoral Office. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
9. Orsman, Bernard (15 September 2005). "The candidates who stand to lose". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 9 March 2016.
10. Chapman, Katie (1 May 2013). "Promoter rules himself out of mayoral race". The Dominion Post . Wellington. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
11. "Johnson out". The Dominion Post . Wellington. 8 August 2013. p. A3.
12. "Brown, Dalziel first winners in local body vote". Fairfax New Zealand (via Stuff.co.nz). 12 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
13. Inggs, Charlie (12 October 2013). "2013 Triennial Election: preliminary results" (PDF). Wellington City Council . Retrieved 15 October 2013.
14. Inggs, Charlie (16 October 2013). "2013 Triennial Election: declaration of results" (PDF). Wellington City Council . Retrieved 10 March 2016.
15. "2013 Triennial Election: Calculator Commentary and Iteration Report" (PDF). Wellington City Council . Retrieved 19 May 2022.