Wellington City mayoral election, 1909

Wellington City mayoral election, 1909

29 April 1909

Candidate Alfred Newman Thomas Wilford Francis Fisher Party Reform Liberal Independent Popular vote 4,523 4,240 3,208 Percentage 33.72 31.61 23.92

Mayor before election Thomas William Hislop Elected Mayor Alfred Newman

The Wellington City mayoral election, 1909 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1909, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions. Thomas William Hislop, the incumbent Mayor, did not seek re-election. Alfred Newman was elected to office as the new Mayor of Wellington, beating four other contenders. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Mayoralty results

Wellington mayoral election, 1909[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Alfred Newman	4,523	33.72
	Liberal	Thomas Wilford	4,240	31.61
	Independent	Francis Fisher	3,208	23.92
	Ind. Labour League	John Rigg	824	6.14
	Independent	Frederick Bolton	616	4.59
Majority			283	2.11
Turnout			13,411

Councillor results

Wellington local election, 1909[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Luke	8,074	84.63
	Liberal	Robert Fletcher	7,256	76.05
	Independent	Thomas Ballinger	7,218	75.60
	Ind. Labour League	David McLaren	6,770	70.96
	Independent	Arthur Richmond Atkinson	6,533	68.48
	Independent	Falk Cohen	6,446	67.56
	Independent	George Shirtcliffe	6,420	67.29
	Independent	Walter Morrah	6,330	66.35
	Independent	John Smith	6,320	66.24
	Liberal	Thomas Carmichael	6,062	63.54
	Independent	James Devine	5,796	60.75
	Ind. Labour League	Alfred Hindmarsh	5,337	55.94
	Independent	James Trevor	5,157	54.05
	Independent	John Fitzgerald	5,154	54.02
	Reform	George Frost	4,521	47.38
	Independent	James Dykes	3,969	41.60
	Independent	Herbert Seaton	3,913	41.01
	Independent	Arthur Hume	3,897	40.84
	Independent	Leonard McKenzie	3,894	40.81
	Independent	William Bennett	3,876	40.62
	Independent	Arthur Fullford	3,196	33.50
	Independent	Albert Casey	3,097	32.46
	Ind. Labour League	Charles Henry Chapman	2,860	29.97
	Independent	Wilfred Higginbottom	2,595	27.20
	Ind. Labour League	Albert Cooper	2,448	25.66
	Ind. Labour League	William Hampton	2,439	25.56
	Independent	John Aston	2,422	25.38
	Ind. Labour League	Michael Reardon	2,160	22.64
	Independent	Robert McKenzie	2,140	22.43
	Independent	Elizah Carey	2,102	22.03
	Independent	William Nooty	1,924	20.16
	Independent	Charles Monaghan	1,482	15.53
	Independent	Vilhelm Jensen	1,298	13.60

References

1. "Mayoral Elections". Evening Post. LXXVII (100). 29 April 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 30 March 2016.