Wellington City mayoral election, 1914
Wellington City mayoral by-election, 1914
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The Wellington City mayoral by-election, 1914 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
John Luke had been Mayor of Wellington since his election in 1913.[1] Luke sought re-election against former Mayor David McLaren who was defeated by Luke a year earlier and stood for the mayoralty once again.[2] The third contestant was John Glover, a newspaper editor, who entered the contest for the newly formed Social Democratic Party, a more radical labour party. Glover's entry cut into McLaren's support base causing his polling to fall sharply from the previous two elections. Regardless of the divided labour vote, Luke won the contest with an outright majority.
Results
The following table gives the election results:
Notes
References
- Betts, G.M. (1970). Betts on Wellington:a city and its politics. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. ISBN 0 589 00469 7.
- Gustafson, Barry (1980). Labour's path to political independence: The Origins and Establishment of the New Zealand Labour Party, 1900–19. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press. ISBN 0-19-647986-X.
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- † Elected unopposed
- ‡ By-election
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