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Wellington City mayoral election, 1935
Turnout	40,514
Mayor before election; Thomas Hislop;	Elected mayor ; Thomas Hislop;

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The Wellington City mayoral election, 1935 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1935, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Mayoralty results

Wellington mayoral election, 1935^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Civic League	Thomas Hislop	21,505	53.08
	Labour	Bob Semple	19,009	46.92
Majority			2,496	6.16
Turnout			40,514

Councillor results

Wellington local election, 1935^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Peter Fraser	28,215	69.64
Labour	Charles Henry Chapman	25,847	63.79	−2.63
Labour	Robert McKeen	25,482	62.89	−1.48
Civic League	Robert Alexander Wright	22,384	55.25
Labour	Peter Butler	20,584	50.80	+6.94
Labour	Tom Brindle	20,312	50.13	+4.24
Civic League	William Bennett	19,846	48.98	−3.56
Civic League	Will Appleton	19,100	47.14	−1.08
Civic League	John Burns	18,942	46.75	+2.30
Civic League	William Gaudin	18,816	46.44	−6.45
Independent	Leonard McKenzie	18,551	45.78	−2.23
Civic League	Martin Luckie	18,529	45.73	−3.06
Labour	Adam Black	18,504	45.67	+5.44
Civic League	Herbert Huggins	18,423	45.47	−1.68
Civic League	William Duncan	18,416	45.45	−1.48
Labour	Andrew Parlane	18,320	45.21	+2.55
Labour	Alexander Croskery	18,139	44.77
Labour	Michael Reardon	18,054	44.56
Civic League	Thomas Forsyth	17,804	43.94	−2.55
Labour	John Read	17,584	43.40
Labour	Michael Walsh	16,930	41.78	+1.99
Labour	John Tucker	16,878	41.65	+2.41
Civic League	Robert McAlister	16,857	41.60	−1.69
Labour	Caryll Hay	16,387	40.44	+1.62
Labour	James Collins	16,271	40.16	−0.48
Labour	James Ranson	16,248	40.10	−0.35
Communist	Paul Hoskins	15,482	38.21	+4.25
Communist	C M Brooks	3,359	8.29
Communist	J J Robinson	3,069	7.57
Communist	C A Rawcliffe	2,750	6.78
Communist	Connie Birchfield	2,695	6.65
Communist	M Ormerod	2,182	5.38

References

^ ^a ^b "Polling in Wellington". New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXXII, no. 22105. 10 May 1935. p. 13. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

[Polling_in_Wellington-1] "Polling in Wellington". New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXXII, no. 22105. 10 May 1935. p. 13. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

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