1901 Wellington mayoral election
New Zealand local election
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The 1901 Wellington mayoral election was a local election held on 24 April in Wellington, New Zealand, as part of that year's city council election and nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Wellington for a one year term. In person voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.
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25 April 1901
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| Turnout | 8,533 (62.46%) | |||||||||||||||
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John Aitken, the incumbent Mayor, was re-elected to office as Mayor of Wellington, beating Thomas Wilford.
Background
Electoral reforms were implemented in 1901, which extended the municipal term for councillors to biennial terms and saw the abolition of the ward system, implementing the process of electing councillors at large instead.[1] Under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1900 mayors were still to be elected annually and fixed elections to the last Wednesday in April (rather than in November). The Act delayed the introduction of the new system until April 1901 meaning there was no mayoral election in 1900.[2]
Mayoralty results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | John Aitken | 5,801 | 67.98 | +16.65 | |
| Independent Liberal | Thomas Wilford | 2,732 | 32.02 | ||
| Majority | 3,069 | 35.96 | +14.96 | ||
| Turnout | 8,533 | 62.46 | +23.06 | ||
Council results
Candidates were also elected for the 12 members of the Wellington City Council.[3]
| Party/ticket | Councillors | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratepayers/Progressive | 6 | ||
| Progressive | 3 | ||
| Ratepayers | 2 | ||
| Labour/Progressive | 1 | ||
