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1919 Wellington City mayoral election
Turnout	17,290 (54.11%)
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The 1919 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1919, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The incumbent Mayor John Luke retained office for a fourth consecutive term. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Mayoralty results

1919 Wellington mayoral election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Citizens League	John Luke	7,361	42.57
	Labour	John Read	6,376	36.87
	Independent	William Barber	3,553	20.54
Majority			985	5.69
Turnout			17,290	54.11

Councillor results

1919 Wellington City Council election^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Citizens League	Robert Wright	7,892	57.22	−11.87
Citizens League	Charles Norwood	7,468	54.14	+2.98
Citizens League	Len McKenzie	7,264	52.66	−11.26
Citizens League	Martin Luckie	7,179	52.05	−9.32
Labour	John Hutchison	7,100	51.47	+6.70
Citizens League	John Shorland	6,745	48.90	−2.82
Citizens League	William Bennett	6,684	48.46	−10.67
Citizens League	Arthur Atkinson	6,544	47.44	−19.42
Independent	George Frost	6,525	47.31	−25.59
Labour	Peter Fraser	6,509	47.19
Independent	James Dale	6,242	45.25
Labour	Charles Chapman	6,239	45.23	+7.22
Citizens League	Thomas Forsyth	6,093	44.17
Citizens League	William Thompson	6,054	43.89	−3.74
Labour	John Glover	5,697	41.30	+2.00
Citizens League	Frank Meadowcroft	5,693	41.27
Citizens League	Henry Bennett	5,604	40.63
Labour	Tom Brindle	5,483	39.75
Citizens League	William Hildreth	5,440	39.44	−10.08
Labour	Jessie Aitken	5,400	39.15
Citizens League	William Gaudin	5,374	38.96
Independent	Frederick Manton	5,316	38.54
Labour	Alexander Croskery	5,299	38.42
Labour	Alec Monteith	5,165	37.44
Labour	Fred Evans	5,107	37.02
Citizens League	Sidney Nathan	4,964	35.99
Citizens League	Bert Royle	4,935	35.78
Labour	Sarah Beck	4,904	35.55
Labour	Herbert Swindell	4,588	33.26
Labour	Sarah Snow	4,511	32.70
Labour	Robert McKeen	4,446	32.23
Labour	William McArley	4,422	32.06
Labour	Bob Stickney	4,264	30.91
Independent	Edward Righton	4,253	30.83
Independent	John Fitzgerald	4,155	30.12	−18.30
Independent	Maud Gibbons	3,509	25.44
Independent	Jane Donaldson	2,155	15.62
Independent	James Clark	2,122	15.38
Independent	Andrew Hornblow	1,716	12.44
Independent	Charles Mackintosh	1,665	12.07
Independent	William Edwards	1,564	11.33

Notes

^ "Council Elections". The Evening Post. Vol. XCVII, no. 110. 12 May 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
^ "Wellington City Council". Free Lance. Vol. XVIII, no. 984. 14 May 1919. p. 20. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

References

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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[Council_Elections-1] "Council Elections". The Evening Post. Vol. XCVII, no. 110. 12 May 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

[Wellington_City_Council-2] "Wellington City Council". Free Lance. Vol. XVIII, no. 984. 14 May 1919. p. 20. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

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+{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}
+{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}}
 {{Infobox election
-| election_name      = Wellington City mayoral election, 1919
+| election_name      = 1919 Wellington City mayoral election
 | country            = New Zealand
-| flag_image         = Wellington COA.gif
+| flag_image         = Wellington Coat Of Arms (1878-1951).svg
 | type               = Presidential
 | ongoing            = no
-| previous_election  = Wellington City mayoral election, 1917
+| previous_election  = 1917 Wellington City mayoral election
 | previous_year      = 1917
-| next_election      = Wellington City mayoral election, 1921
+| next_election      = 1921 Wellington City mayoral election
 | next_year          = 1921
 | election_date      = 30 April 1919
-| turnout            = 17,290
+| turnout            = 17,290 (54.11%)
-| image1             = [[File:John-Pearce Luke (cropped).jpg|110px]]
+| image1             = [[File:John Luke.jpg|102px]]
-| candidate1         = [[John Luke (politician)|John Luke]]
+| candidate1         = [[John Luke (New Zealand politician)|John Luke]]
 | party1             = Wellington Citizens League
 | popular_vote1      = 7,361
 | percentage1        = 42.57
-| image2             = [[File:John Read.jpg|90px]]
+| image2             = [[File:John Read.jpg|97px]]
-| candidate2         = John Read
+| candidate2         = [[John Read (New Zealand politician)|John Read]]
 | party2             = New Zealand Labour Party
 | popular_vote2      = 6,376
 | percentage2        = 36.87
-| image3             =
+| image3             = [[File:William Henry Peter Barber.jpg|100px]]
 | candidate3         = [[William Henry Peter Barber|William Barber]]
 | party3             = Independent politician
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 | percentage3        = 20.54
 | title              = Mayor
-| before_election    = [[John Luke (politician)|John Luke]]
+| before_election    = [[John Luke (New Zealand politician)|John Luke]]
 | before_party       =
-| after_election     = [[John Luke (politician)|John Luke]]
+| after_election     = [[John Luke (New Zealand politician)|John Luke]]
 | after_party        =
 }}
-The '''Wellington City mayoral election, 1919''' was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1919, elections were held for the [[Mayor of Wellington]] plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The incumbent Mayor [[John Luke (politician)|John Luke]] retained office for a fourth consecutive term. The polling was conducted using the standard [[First-past-the-post voting|first-past-the-post]] electoral method.
+The '''1919 Wellington City mayoral election''' was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1919, elections were held for the [[Mayor of Wellington]] plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The incumbent Mayor [[John Luke (New Zealand politician)|John Luke]] retained office for a fourth consecutive term. The polling was conducted using the standard [[First-past-the-post voting|first-past-the-post]] electoral method.
 ==Mayoralty results==
-{{Election box begin | title=[[Wellington]] mayoral election, 1919<ref name="Council Elections">{{cite news |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19190512.2.23 |work = Evening Post |page=4 |title=Council Elections |date= 12 May 1919 |accessdate= 7 June 2016 | volume=XCVII | issue=110 }}</ref>
+{{Election box begin | title=1919 Wellington mayoral election<ref name="Council Elections">{{cite news |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19190512.2.23 |work=[[The Evening Post (Wellington)|The Evening Post]] |page=4 |title=Council Elections |date=12 May 1919 |access-date=7 June 2016 | volume=XCVII | issue=110 }}</ref>
 }}
  {{Election box winning candidate with party link|
    |party      = Wellington Citizens League
-   |candidate  = [[John Luke (politician)|John Luke]]
+   |candidate  = [[John Luke (New Zealand politician)|John Luke]]
    |votes      = 7,361
    |percentage = 42.57
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  {{Election box candidate with party link|
    |party      = New Zealand Labour Party
-   |candidate  = John Read
+   |candidate  = [[John Read (New Zealand politician)|John Read]]
    |votes      = 6,376
    |percentage = 36.87
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  {{Election box turnout|
    |votes      = 17,290
-   |percentage =
+   |percentage = 54.11
    |change     =
  }}
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 ==Councillor results==
-{{Election box begin | title=[[Wellington]] local election, 1919<ref name="Wellington City Council">{{cite news |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZFL19190514.2.56.2 |work = Free Lance |page=20 |title=Wellington City Council |date= 14 May 1919 |accessdate= 7 June 2016 | volume=XVIII | issue=984 }}</ref>
+{{Election box begin | title=1919 Wellington City Council election<ref name="Wellington City Council">{{cite news |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZFL19190514.2.56.2 |work = Free Lance |page=20 |title=Wellington City Council |date= 14 May 1919 |access-date= 7 June 2016 | volume=XVIII | issue=984 }}</ref>
 }}
  {{Election box winning candidate with party link|
    |party      = Wellington Citizens League
-   |candidate  = [[Robert Alexander Wright]]
+   |candidate  = [[Robert Wright (New Zealand politician)|Robert Wright]]
    |votes      = 7,892
    |percentage = 57.22
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  {{Election box winning candidate with party link|
    |party      = Wellington Citizens League
-   |candidate  = Leonard McKenzie
+   |candidate  = Len McKenzie
    |votes      = 7,264
    |percentage = 52.66
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  {{Election box winning candidate with party link|
    |party      = Wellington Citizens League
-   |candidate  = Martin Luckie
+   |candidate  = [[Martin Luckie]]
    |votes      = 7,179
    |percentage = 52.05
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  {{Election box winning candidate with party link|
    |party      = New Zealand Labour Party
-   |candidate  = [[John Hutcheson]]
+   |candidate  = John Hutchison
    |votes      = 7,100
    |percentage = 51.47
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  {{Election box winning candidate with party link|
    |party      = Wellington Citizens League
-   |candidate  = [[Arthur Richmond Atkinson]]
+   |candidate  = [[Arthur Atkinson (politician, born 1863)|Arthur Atkinson]]
    |votes      = 6,544
    |percentage = 47.44
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  {{Election box winning candidate with party link|
    |party      = New Zealand Labour Party
-   |candidate  = [[Peter Fraser (New Zealand politician)|Peter Fraser]]
+   |candidate  = [[Peter Fraser]]
    |votes      = 6,509
    |percentage = 47.19
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  {{Election box winning candidate with party link|
    |party      = New Zealand Labour Party
-   |candidate  = [[Charles Henry Chapman (politician)|Charles Henry Chapman]]
+   |candidate  = [[Charles Chapman (New Zealand politician)|Charles Chapman]]
    |votes      = 6,239
    |percentage = 45.23
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  {{Election box winning candidate with party link|
    |party      = New Zealand Labour Party
-   |candidate  = [[John Glover (politician)|John Glover]]
+   |candidate  = [[John Glover (New Zealand politician)|John Glover]]
    |votes      = 5,697
    |percentage = 41.30
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  {{Election box candidate with party link|
    |party      = Wellington Citizens League
-   |candidate  = William Gaudin
+   |candidate  = [[William Gaudin]]
    |votes      = 5,374
    |percentage = 38.96
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  }}
  {{Election box candidate with party link|
-   |party      = Independent politician
+   |party      = New Zealand Labour Party
    |candidate  = Fred Evans
    |votes      = 5,107
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  {{Election box candidate with party link|
    |party      = New Zealand Labour Party
-   |candidate  = Robert Stickney
+   |candidate  = Bob Stickney
    |votes      = 4,264
    |percentage = 30.91
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  }}
  {{Election box candidate with party link|
-   |party      = Wellington Citizens League
+   |party      = Independent politician
    |candidate  = Edward Righton
    |votes      = 4,253
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  }}
  {{Election box candidate with party link|
-   |party      = Wellington Citizens League
+   |party      = Independent politician
    |candidate  = James Clark
    |votes      = 2,122
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 ==References==
-*{{cite book |ref = harv |first = Barry |last = Gustafson |authorlink = Barry Gustafson |title = Labour's path to political independence: The Origins and Establishment of the New Zealand Labour Party, 1900–19 |place = [[Auckland]], New Zealand |publisher = [[Auckland University Press]] |year = 1980 |page = |isbn = 0-19-647986-X}}
+*{{cite book |first = Barry |last = Gustafson |author-link = Barry Gustafson |title = Labour's path to political independence: The Origins and Establishment of the New Zealand Labour Party, 1900–19 |place = [[Auckland]], New Zealand |publisher = [[Auckland University Press]] |year = 1980 |isbn = 0-19-647986-X}}
 {{Mayors of Wellington|state=autocollapse}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Wellington City Mayoral Election, 1919}}
-[[Category:Mayoral elections in New Zealand]]
+[[Category:Mayoral elections in Wellington]]
 [[Category:1919 elections in New Zealand]]
 [[Category:Politics of the Wellington Region]]
+[[Category:1910s in Wellington]]
+{{NewZealand-election-stub}}