Wellington City mayoral election, 1959
Wellington City mayoral election, 1959
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Turnout |
36,475 |
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The Wellington City mayoral election, 1959 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1959, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
Background
The right-leaning Citizens' Association ticket spent the three years since the last election resolving their candidate selection controversy with the intention of re-uniting themselves and their supporters to win back the mayoralty. Ernest Toop was once again chosen to contest the position. Despite having a clean run this time he was unable to defeat Labour's popular Frank Kitts.
The election also saw the debut of a new local body ticket. The Independent United Action Group stood ten council candidates under the leadership of Saul Goldsmith, though all polled poorly. It was the first time a separate ticket had been set up to challenge the long dominant Citizens' and Labour tickets.
Mayoralty results
Councillor results
Wellington local election, 1959[3]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
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Citizens' |
William Arcus |
18,908 |
51.83 |
+2.45 |
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Labour |
Frank Kitts[nb 1] |
18,560 |
50.88 |
-2.51 |
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Citizens' |
William Nankervis |
18,420 |
50.50 |
+6.06 |
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Citizens' |
Maurice Manthel |
17,828 |
48.87 |
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Citizens' |
Maida Clark |
17,434 |
47.79 |
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Citizens' |
Berkeley Dallard |
16,816 |
46.10 |
+1.23 |
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Citizens' |
David Porter |
16,345 |
44.81 |
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Labour |
Jim Bateman |
15,906 |
43.60 |
-3.30 |
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Labour |
John Churchill |
15,832 |
43.40 |
-3.8 |
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Citizens' |
Walter Morrison |
15,320 |
42.00 |
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Citizens' |
Alice Campbell |
15,174 |
41.60 |
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Citizens' |
Ralph Brookes |
15,135 |
41.49 |
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Citizens' |
Stewart Duff |
14,999 |
41.12 |
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Citizens' |
Peter Howman |
14,938 |
40.95 |
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Citizens' |
Cecil Read |
14,899 |
40.84 |
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Labour |
Mervyn Castle |
14,854 |
40.72 |
-4.98 |
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Citizens' |
John Turk |
14,248 |
39.06 |
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Citizens' |
Gibson Scott |
14,096 |
38.64 |
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Citizens' |
Barton Albert Barton-Ginger |
14,091 |
38.63 |
-8.94 |
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Labour |
James Roberts |
13,774 |
37.76 |
-8.35 |
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Labour |
Lettie Allen |
13,664 |
37.46 |
-4.68 |
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Labour |
John Arthurs |
12,792 |
35.07 |
-4.68 |
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Labour |
Nigel Taylor |
12,181 |
33.39 |
-4.67 |
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Labour |
Keith Spry |
11,947 |
32.75 |
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Labour |
George Matthew |
11,582 |
31.75 |
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Independent |
Robert Archibald |
11,364 |
31.15 |
-16.04 |
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Labour |
Gerald O'Brien |
11,082 |
30.38 |
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Labour |
William Rose |
10,927 |
29.95 |
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Labour |
Edward Hodgkinson |
10,508 |
28.80 |
-6.08 |
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Labour |
Charles Troghton |
9,864 |
27.04 |
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Labour |
Allan Goldsmith |
9,798 |
26.86 |
-8.44 |
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Independent |
George Cox |
9,644 |
26.44 |
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United Action |
Saul Goldsmith |
6,959 |
19.07 |
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United Action |
Leslie Austin |
5,285 |
14.48 |
-4.40 |
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United Action |
William Barker |
4,230 |
11.59 |
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Independent |
Annette Griffin |
4,224 |
11.58 |
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United Action |
Stuart Caldow |
4,164 |
11.41 |
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United Action |
George Ayson |
3,877 |
10.62 |
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United Action |
James Burgess |
3,646 |
9.99 |
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United Action |
Ronald Brierley |
3,602 |
9.87 |
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United Action |
Alice Coe |
3,598 |
9.86 |
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United Action |
Patrick O'Rourke |
3,439 |
9.42 |
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United Action |
Owen Lund |
3,393 |
9.30 |
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Independent |
Philip Cossham |
1,604 |
4.39 |
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Communist |
Ron Smith |
1,522 |
4.17 |
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Communist |
Ray Nunes |
1,289 |
3.53 |
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Table footnotes:
- ↑ As Kitts won the Mayoralty his election to the council was voided and his seat was awarded to the highest polling unsuccessful candidate.
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.
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