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.
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Turnout | 1,935 | |||||||||||||||
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Background
editIn 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
editThe following table gives the election results:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Rutherfurd Blair | 1,359 | 70.23 | ||
Independent | George Fisher | 576 | 29.77 | -10.97 | |
Majority | 783 | 40.46 | |||
Turnout | 1,935 |
Notes
edit- ^ "Mayoralty Elections". The Evening Post. Vol. LIV, no. 127. 25 November 1897. p. 5. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
References
edit- Betts, George (1970). Betts on Wellington: A City and its Politics. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. ISBN 0 589 00469 7.