1885 Wellington City mayoral election
25 November 1885
Turnout1,694
 
Candidate Arthur Brown Sam Brown Tommy McKenzie
Party Independent Independent Independent
Popular vote 606 563 435
Percentage 35.77 33.23 25.67
Mayor before election

George Fisher

 Elected Mayor

Arthur Winton Brown

The 1885 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year to decide who would take the office of Mayor of Wellington.

Background

Incumbent mayor George Fisher retired after four years.[1] Three city councillors (Arthur Winton Brown, Sam Brown and Thomas Wilmor McKenzie) as well as a former mayor (Joe Dransfield) contested the mayoralty.[2]

Election results

The following table gives the election results:

1885 Wellington mayoral election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Arthur Winton Brown 606 35.77
Independent Sam Brown 563 33.23
Independent Tommy McKenzie 435 25.67
Independent Joe Dransfield 90 5.31
Majority 43 2.53
Turnout 1,694

Notes

  1. ↑ Betts 1970, pp. 262.
  2. ↑ "The Mayoral Nominations". New Zealand Mail. No. 716. 20 November 1885. p. 2 (Supplement).
  3. ↑ "Annual Election of Mayor". The New Zealand Times. Vol. XLV, no. 7641. 26 November 1885. p. 3.

References

  • Betts, George (1970). Betts on Wellington: A City and its Politics. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. ISBN 0-589-00469-7.


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