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The 1911 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1911, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors, also elected biannually. Thomas Wilford, the incumbent Mayor sought re-election and retained office unopposed with no other candidates emerging. [1] The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Citizens League | Robert Fletcher | 10,900 | 71.17 | -13.46 | |
| Citizens League | William Barber | 9,298 | 60.71 | ||
| Labour | Alfred Hindmarsh | 8,037 | 52.48 | -3.46 | |
| Citizens League | John Fitzgerald | 8,000 | 52.23 | -1.79 | |
| Labour | David McLaren | 7,788 | 50.85 | -20.11 | |
| Citizens League | Falk Cohen | 7,711 | 50.35 | -17.21 | |
| Citizens League | George Shirtcliffe | 7,291 | 47.61 | -19.68 | |
| Citizens League | Arthur Atkinson | 7,272 | 47.48 | -21.00 | |
| Citizens League | John Smith | 7,057 | 46.08 | ||
| Independent | John Fuller Jr. | 6,955 | 45.41 | ||
| Citizens League | James Godber | 6,378 | 41.64 | ||
| Citizens League | James Trevor | 6,301 | 41.14 | -12.91 | |
| Independent | Len McKenzie | 6,247 | 40.79 | +0.02 | |
| Citizens League | George Frost | 6,198 | 40.47 | -6.91 | |
| Independent | Robert Cameron | 6,113 | 39.91 | ||
| Citizens League | William Bennett | 5,483 | 35.80 | -4.82 | |
| Citizens League | William Thompson | 5,346 | 34.90 | ||
| Labour | Elijah Carey | 4,939 | 32.25 | +10.02 | |
| Labour | Michael Reardon | 4,926 | 32.16 | +9.52 | |
| Labour | Thomas Smith | 4,832 | 31.55 | ||
| Citizens League | Arthur Hunt | 4,766 | 31.12 | ||
| Independent | John Castle | 4,439 | 28.98 | ||
| Labour | Bill Jordan | 4,227 | 27.60 | ||
| Citizens League | Stanislaus Moran | 4,080 | 26.64 | ||
| Labour | George Reyling | 3,968 | 25.91 | ||
| Independent | Joseph Mandel | 3,813 | 24.89 | ||
| Labour | Ivor Hazell | 3,808 | 24.86 | ||
| Independent | Walter Bedford | 2,800 | 18.28 | ||
| Citizens League | Edwin Gallichan | 2,683 | 17.51 | ||
| Independent | Charles McIntyre | 2,223 | 14.51 | ||
| Independent | John Jenkinson | 2,185 | 14.26 | ||
| Independent | Vilhelm Jensen | 1,804 | 11.78 | -1.82 | |
| Independent | Arthur Fullford | 1,791 | 11.69 | -21.81 | |
| Independent | Andrew Hornblow | 1,637 | 10.68 | ||
| Independent | Henry Bodley | 1,482 | 9.67 | ||
| Independent | Charles Thorpe | 990 | 6.46 | ||
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