1910 Wellington City mayoral election
28 April 1910
Turnout11,515 (35.87%)
 
Candidate Thomas Wilford Charles John Crawford
Party Citizens League Independent
Popular vote 6,248 5,267
Percentage 54.26 45.74
Mayor before election

Alfred Newman

 Elected Mayor

Thomas Wilford

The 1910 Wellington City mayoral election was held to determine the next Mayor of Wellington. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background

The incumbent Mayor, Alfred Newman did not stand for re-election. At this time Wellington held their council elections biennially and the Mayoralty was annually. Thomas Wilford was elected to office as the new Mayor of Wellington, after four unsuccessful attempts prior, beating his sole opponent Charles John Crawford.

The 1910 local elections were the first in which residents as well as ratepayers were eligible to vote.[1]

Mayoralty results

Cartoon of the mayoral race

The following table gives the election results:

1910 Wellington mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens League Thomas Wilford 6,248 54.26 +22.75
Independent Charles John Crawford 5,267 45.74
Majority 981 8.51
Turnout 11,515 35.87 -8.61

Notes

  1. ↑ Betts 1970, pp. 42.
  2. ↑ "Mayoral Elections". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXIX, no. 99. 28 April 1910. p. 8. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

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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