1889 Wellington City mayoral election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Wellington_Coat_Of_Arms.svg/50px-Wellington_Coat_Of_Arms.svg.png)
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| | | Candidate | Charles Johnston | | Party | Independent | | Popular vote | elected unopposed | | |
Mayor before election John Duthie | Elected Mayor Charles Johnston | |
The 1889 Wellington City 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 for the following year.
Background
After a popular term in office the incumbent mayor, John Duthie, surprisingly declined to seek re-election. There was speculation that former city councillor Kennedy Macdonald (who retired in Duthie's favour at the previous election) would stand to succeed him as mayor, though he did not.[1] After a period of uncertainty over whether any candidates would come forward at all, Charles Johnston, the former member of parliament for Te Aro, was nominated. Ultimately he was the only candidate nominated and thus was declared elected unopposed.[2] It was the second mayoral election in a row where the mayoralty was uncontested.
Notes
- ^ "The Mayoralty". The Evening Post. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 67. 16 September 1889. p. 2.
- ^ "The Mayoral Elections". The Evening Post. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 121. 19 November 1889. p. 2.
References
- Betts, George (1970). Betts on Wellington: A City and its Politics. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. ISBN 0 589 00469 7.
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Mayors of Wellington
Mayors | elected by councillors | - George Hunter
- William Guyton
- Joe Dransfield
- Charles Borlase
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elected at large | - William Sefton Moorhouse
- William Hutchison
- Joe Dransfield
- George Allen
- William Hutchison
- George Fisher
- Arthur Winton Brown
- Sam Brown
- John Duthie
- Charles Johnston
- Arthur Winton Brown
- Francis Bell
- Alfred Brandon
- Charles Luke
- George Fisher
- Francis Bell
- John Blair
- John Aitken
- Thomas William Hislop
- Alfred Newman
- Thomas Wilford
- David McLaren
- John Luke
- Robert Wright
- Charles Norwood
- George Troup
- Thomas Hislop
- Will Appleton
- Rob Macalister
- Frank Kitts
- Michael Fowler
- Ian Lawrence
- Jim Belich
- Fran Wilde
- Mark Blumsky
- Kerry Prendergast
- Celia Wade-Brown
- Justin Lester
- Andy Foster
- Tory Whanau
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- † Elected unopposed
- ‡ By-election
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