Wellington City mayoral election, 1995

Wellington City mayoral election, 1995

14 October 1995
Turnout	58,460
Candidate Mark Blumsky Elizabeth Tennet Party Independent Labour Popular vote 25,937 11,470 Percentage 44.36 19.62
Mayor before election Fran Wilde Elected Mayor Mark Blumsky

The Wellington City mayoral election, 1995 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1995, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington City plus other local government positions. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background

Sitting Mayor Fran Wilde retired from the role after just one term which prompted a record thirteen candidates to run for the position. The election saw former shoe salesman Mark Blumsky win office as Wellington's Mayor. Member of Parliament for Island Bay Elizabeth Tennet ran for the Labour Party, the last time it was to field a mayoral candidate until 2016. The 1995 elections also saw the demise of the long established Citizens' Association electoral ticket. Its candidate for Mayor, former Chair of the defunct Wellington Harbour Board Nigel Gould, finished in a disappointing fourth place, and only four Citizens' endorsed candidates won seats in the council, a record low prompting the ticket to disband soon after.

Mayoralty results

The following table gives the election results:

Ward results

Candidates were also elected from wards to the Wellington City Council.^[1]

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
Local elections	1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016
† Elected unopposed ‡ By-election