1884 Wellington mayoral election
New Zealand local election
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The 1884 Wellington 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.
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26 November 1884
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| Turnout | 1,053 (44.15%) | |||||||||||||||
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Background
Incumbent mayor George Fisher sought re-election for a fourth term and was successful, seeing off challenges from councillor James Petherick Jr. and former mayor George Allen.[1] There was a large number of protest votes cast against Fisher with many voters thinking he had been mayor for long enough as well as taking exception to him reneging on a pledge at the previous election that he would not stand again. As such, while Fisher was re-elected, his large majorities from previous elections was cut dramatically.[2]
Election results
The following table gives the election results:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | George Fisher | 576 | 54.70 | â17.09 | |
| Independent | James Petherick | 405 | 38.46 | ||
| Independent | George Allen | 72 | 6.84 | ||
| Majority | 171 | 16.23 | â27.35 | ||
| Turnout | 1,053 | 44.15 | â12.44 | ||
