Wellington local elections, 1995

The Wellington local elections, 1995 were part of the New Zealand local elections, 1995, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Wellington City Council

The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and eighteen councillors elected from five wards (Northern, Western, Tawa, Eastern, Southern).

Mayor

Wellington mayoral election, 1995[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Mark Blumsky 25,937 44.36
Labour Elizabeth Tennet 11,470 19.62
Independent Helene Ritchie 4,521 7.73 -9.27
Citizens' Nigel Gould 4,414 7.08
Independent Michael Wall 3,624 6.19
Alliance Phillida Bunkle 3,277 5.60
Green Stephen Rainbow 2,746 4.69 -6.01
Independent Bryan Pepperell 966 0.65
McGillicuddy Serious Ross Gardner 467 0.79
Independent Noel Galvin 426 0.72
Independent Donald Eddie 252 0.43
Private Enterprise Frank Moncur 108 0.18 -0.02
Independent Bruce Harris 104 0.17
Majority 14,467 24.74
Turnout 58,460

Eastern ward

The Eastern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Eastern Ward (4 vacancies)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Ruth Gotlieb 8,402
Green Sue Kedgley 7,767
Citizens' Chris Parkin 5,252
Citizens' Brian Barraclough 4,941
Citizens' Rama Ramanathan 4,599
Labour Robin Boldarin 4,383
Labour Barry Ebert 3,986
Alliance Ruby Woodward 3,323
Independent Evan Keay 2,614
Private Enterprise Frank Moncur 1,019

Northern ward

The Northern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Northern Ward (4 vacancies)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Mark Blumsky[nb 1] 11,470
Independent Judy Siers 9,200
Citizens' Sally Baber 8,006
Citizens' Allan Johnston 4,666
Independent Kent Clark 3,904
Alliance John Fanning 3,595
Citizens' John Potter 3,510

Table footnotes:

  1. ↑ As Blumsky won the Mayoralty his election to the council was voided and his seat was awarded to the highest polling unsuccessful candidate.

Tawa ward

The Tawa ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Tawa Ward (2 vacancies)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Kerry Prendergast 3,146
Independent Robert Armstrong 2,398
Independent Graeme Sutton 2,180
Independent Roger Bradshaw 1,166

Southern ward

The Southern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Southern Ward (4 vacancies)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Gilberthorpe 5,007
Labour Sue Piper 4,665
Green Celia Wade-Brown 4,511
Green Stephen Rainbow 4,451
Labour Hola Taue 4,081
Labour Robert Logan 3,989
Independent Bryan Pepperell 3,232
Alliance Robert Te Whare 2,192
Alliance Roland Sapsford 2,113

Western ward

The Western ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Western Ward (4 vacancies)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Citizens Andy Foster 6,808
Independent Citizens Rex Nicholls 5,301
Independent Barbara Nef 5,027
Alliance Stephanie Cook 4,649
Citizens' Patricia Morrison 4,474
Citizens' Bryan Weyburne 4,470
Citizens' Jack Ruben 4,454
Independent Craig Wylie 3,223
Labour Frank Mackinnon 2,979
Independent Bruce Harris 1,005

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "How You Voted". The Evening Post. 9 October 1995. p. 14.
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