The 1907 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1907, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
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| Turnout | 8,620 (43.72%) | |||||||||||||||
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Background
editThomas William Hislop, the incumbent Mayor, was re-elected to office as Mayor of Wellington, beating Thomas Wilford.
Mayoralty results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Thomas William Hislop | 5,658 | 65.63 | +34.14 | |
| Independent | Thomas Wilford | 2,962 | 34.36 | ||
| Majority | 2,696 | 31.27 | +23.97 | ||
| Turnout | 8,620 | 43.72 | |||
Councillor results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens League | John Luke | 4,815 | 74.47 | ||
| Citizens League | Augustus Biss | 4,721 | 73.02 | +13.64 | |
| Independent | Francis Fisher | 4,605 | 71.22 | ||
| Citizens League | Thomas Ballinger | 4,299 | 66.49 | −1.80 | |
| Ind. Labour League | David McLaren | 4,103 | 63.46 | +10.49 | |
| Citizens League | Folk Cohen | 3,722 | 57.57 | −5.34 | |
| Independent | Thomas Carmichael | 3,710 | 57.38 | +18.44 | |
| Independent | Robert Fletcher | 3,688 | 57.04 | ||
| Ind. Labour League | Alfred Hindmarsh | 3,668 | 56.73 | +18.59 | |
| Citizens League | John Smith Jr. | 3,666 | 56.70 | ||
| Citizens League | James Godber | 3,579 | 55.35 | −17.76 | |
| Citizens League | Walter Morrah | 3,556 | 55.00 | +5.73 | |
| Citizens League | Matthew Murdoch | 3,417 | 52.85 | −7.51 | |
| Independent | William Hales | 3,367 | 52.08 | ||
| Citizens League | George Shirtcliffe | 3,242 | 50.14 | ||
| Citizens League | Charles Hayward Izard | 2,985 | 46.17 | −32.23 | |
| Citizens League | George Frost | 2,912 | 45.04 | +6.56 | |
| Citizens League | Alfred Lindsay | 2,904 | 44.91 | ||
| Citizens League | James Trevor | 2,733 | 42.27 | +3.43 | |
| Ind. Labour League | Tom Young | 2,336 | 36.13 | +5.64 | |
| Ind. Labour League | John Brown | 2,177 | 33.67 | +4.56 | |
| Ind. Labour League | Albert Cooper | 2,117 | 32.74 | ||
| Ind. Labour League | William Hampton | 2,039 | 31.53 | +4.36 | |
| Independent | Richard Keene | 2,025 | 31.32 | +1.93 | |
| Ind. Labour League | Michael Reardon | 1,978 | 30.59 | ||
| Citizens League | William George | 1,958 | 30.28 | ||
| Ind. Labour League | George Lightfoot | 1,763 | 27.26 | ||
| Independent | George Baylis | 1,665 | 25.75 | −10.20 | |
| Independent | Arthur Fulford | 1,550 | 23.97 | ||
| Independent | William Branigan | 1,432 | 22.15 | ||
| Independent | James Bourke | 1,288 | 19.92 | ||
| Independent | Robert Cook | 1,248 | 19.30 | ||
| Independent | Albert Samuel | 1,236 | 19.11 | ||
| Independent | Henry Inniss | 860 | 13.30 | ||
| Independent | Frederick Larkin | 847 | 13.10 | ||
| Independent | William Lingard | 778 | 12.03 | −10.79 | |
References
edit- ^ "Mayoral Elections". Thames Star. Vol. XLIV, no. 10525. 25 April 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ "Wellington City Council". Free Lance. Vol. VII, no. 357. 27 April 1907. p. 16. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
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