1899 Wellington City mayoral election

29 November 1899
Turnout6,947 (39.40%)
 
Candidate John Aitken Kennedy Macdonald
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 3,566 2,107
Percentage 51.33 30.32

Mayor before election

John Rutherfurd Blair

Elected Mayor

John Aitken

The 1899 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background

In 1899 incumbent Mayor John Rutherfurd Blair retired leading to local businessman John Aitken being elected to office as Mayor of Wellington, beating challenges from both Kennedy Macdonald (a former councillor) and James Joseph Devine.

Mayoralty results

The following table gives the election results:

1899 Wellington mayoral election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Aitken 3,566 51.33
Independent Kennedy Macdonald 2,107 30.32
Independent James Joseph Devine 1,274 18.33
Majority 1,459 21.00
Turnout 6,947 39.40

Notes

  1. "Mayoral Elections". Feilding Star. Vol. XXI, no. 129. 30 November 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

References

  • Betts, George (1970). Betts on Wellington: A City and its Politics. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. ISBN 0 589 00469 7.


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