Wellington City mayoral election, 1977

Wellington City mayoral election, 1977

8 October 1977
Turnout	41,641 (46.88%)
Candidate Michael Fowler Sir Frank Kitts Party Citizens' Labour Popular vote 17,041 14,022 Percentage 40.92 33.67   Candidate Tony Brunt Carmen Party Values Independent Popular vote 7,996 1,686 Percentage 19.20 4.04
Mayor before election Michael Fowler Elected Mayor Michael Fowler

The Wellington City mayoral election, 1977 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1977, election were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including eighteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background

The 1977 mayoralty was notable for the highly publicized candidacy of Carmen Rupe, a transgender drag performer and brothel keeper. With the support of local businessman Bob Jones, who organised her campaign and wrote her speeches, Carmen's campaign utilised the slogans Get in Behind and Carmen for Mayor^[1] and campaigned on a platform to legalise gay marriage and brothels, despite neither being local-government matters in New Zealand.^[2]

Mayoralty results

Councillor results

References

Mayors of Wellington City
Mayors	elected by councillors George Hunter William Guyton Joseph Dransfield Charles Borlase William Sefton Moorhouse elected at large William Hutchison Joseph Dransfield George Allen William Hutchison George Fisher Arthur Winton Brown Samuel 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
Mayoral elections	Annual term 1875 1876† 1877† 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889† 1890† 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898† 1899 1900 1901 1902† 1903† 1904 1905 1906† 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911† 1912 1913 1914 Biennial term 1915 1917† 1919 1921 1923 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933† 1935 Triennial term 1938 1941 1944 1947 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016
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† Elected unopposed ‡ By-election