1897 Wellington City mayoral election
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Turnout | 1,935 |
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| | | Candidate | John Rutherfurd Blair | George Fisher | Party | Independent | Independent | Popular vote | 1,359 | 576 | Percentage | 70.23 | 29.77 | |
Mayor before election Francis Bell | Elected mayor John Rutherfurd Blair | |
The 1897 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
Background
In 1897 incumbent Mayor Francis Bell retired leading to the chairman of the Wellington Education Board John Rutherfurd Blair being elected to office as the new Mayor of Wellington, beating his sole opponent MP George Fisher (a former mayor).
Results
The following table gives the election results:
1897 Wellington mayoral election[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John Rutherfurd Blair | 1,359 | 70.23 | |
| Independent | George Fisher | 576 | 29.77 | −10.97 |
Majority | 783 | 40.46 | |
Turnout | 1,935 | | |
Notes
- ^ "Mayoralty Elections". The Evening Post. Vol. LIV, no. 127. 25 November 1897. p. 5. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
References
- Betts, George (1970). Betts on Wellington: A City and its Politics. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. ISBN 0 589 00469 7.
Mayors of Wellington
Mayors | elected by councillors | - George Hunter
- William Guyton
- Joe Dransfield
- Charles Borlase
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