1894 Wellington City mayoral election

1894 Wellington City mayoral election
	28 November 1894
Turnout	1,663
Mayor before election; Alfred Brandon;	Elected Mayor ; Charles Luke;

The 1894 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.

Background

In 1894 the incumbent Mayor Alfred Brandon was defeated by Charles Luke, a member of the Wellington Hospital Board.

Results

The following table gives the election results:

1894 Wellington mayoral election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Charles Luke	786	47.27
	Independent	Alfred Brandon	676	40.65	-25.94
	Independent	Lionel Lewis Harris	201	12.08
Majority			110	6.61
Turnout			1,663

Notes

"Mayoralty Elections - Mr Luke Returned". New Zealand Mail. No. 1188. 7 December 1894. p. 36.

References

Betts, George (1970). Betts on Wellington: A City and its Politics. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. ISBN 0 589 00469 7.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "Mayoralty Elections - Mr Luke Returned". New Zealand Mail. No. 1188. 7 December 1894. p. 36.