1919 Wellington City mayoral election

Wellington City mayoral election, 1919

30 April 1919
Turnout	17,290
Candidate John Luke John Read William Barber Party Reform Labour Liberal Popular vote 7,361 6,376 3,553 Percentage 42.57 36.87 20.54
Mayor before election John Luke Elected mayor John Luke

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. 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

Wellington mayoral election, 1919

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	John Luke	7,361	42.57
	Labour	John Read	6,376	36.87
	Liberal	William Barber	3,553	20.54
Majority			985	5.69
Turnout			17,290

Councillor results

Wellington local election, 1919

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Robert Alexander Wright	7,892	57.22	−11.87
	Independent	Charles Norwood	7,468	54.14	+2.98
	Independent	Leonard McKenzie	7,264	52.66	−11.26
	Reform	Martin Luckie	7,179	52.05	−9.32
	Liberal–Labour	John Hutcheson	7,100	51.47	+6.70
	Independent	John Shorland	6,745	48.90	−2.82
	Independent	William Bennett	6,684	48.46	−10.67
	Independent	Arthur Richmond Atkinson	6,544	47.44	−19.42
	Reform	George Frost	6,525	47.31	−25.59
	Labour	Peter Fraser	6,509	47.19
	Independent	James Dale	6,242	45.25
	Labour	Charles Henry Chapman	6,239	45.23	+7.22
	Reform	Thomas Forsyth	6,093	44.17
	Independent	William Thompson	6,054	43.89	−3.74
	Labour	John Glover	5,697	41.30	+2.00
	Independent	Frank Meadowcroft	5,693	41.27
	Independent	Henry Bennett	5,604	40.63
	Labour	Tom Brindle	5,483	39.75
	Liberal	William Hildreth	5,440	39.44	−10.08
	Labour	Jessie Aitken	5,400	39.15
	Independent	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
	Independent	Fred Evans	5,107	37.02
	Independent	Sidney Nathan	4,964	35.99
	Independent	Bert Royle	4,935	35.78
	Independent	Sarah Beck	4,904	35.55
	Independent	Herbert Swindell	4,588	33.26
	Labour	Sarah Snow	4,511	32.70
	Labour	Robert McKeen	4,446	32.23
	Independent	William McArley	4,422	32.06
	Independent	Robert 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

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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)