Wellington City mayoral election, 1941

Wellington City mayoral election, 1941
May 1941
Turnout 31,158
 
Candidate Thomas Hislop Robert McKeen
Party Civic League Labour
Popular vote 19,919 10,978
Percentage 63.92 35.23
Mayor before election

Thomas Hislop

 Elected Mayor

Thomas Hislop

The Wellington City mayoral election, 1941 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1941, 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.

The election resulted in a landslide victory for the right-leaning local ticket the Civic League with their candidates capturing all council seats and the mayoralty, whitewashing the Labour Party. This election saw the new development of non-ratepayers being able to vote in municipal elections. The tenants of state houses were not required to pay rates directly to the council as equivalent costs were paid to central government instead, nonetheless residents of state housing were eligible to vote.[1]

Mayoralty results

Wellington mayoral election, 1941[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Civic League Thomas Hislop 19,919 63.92 +7.07
Labour Robert McKeen 10,978 35.23
Informal votes 261 0.83 +0.15
Majority 8,941 28.69 +14.30
Turnout 31,158

Councillor results

Wellington local election, 1941[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Civic League Robert Alexander Wright 19,468 62.48 +7.59
Civic League Will Appleton 19,038 61.10 +9.55
Civic League Malcolm Fraser 18,293 58.71 +7.51
Civic League Elizabeth Gilmer 18,248 58.56
Civic League Martin Luckie 18,150 58.25 +8.06
Civic League William Gaudin 17,933 57.55 +7.14
Civic League William Duncan 17,599 56.48 +7.25
Civic League Leonard McKenzie 17,266 55.41 +6.76
Civic League Robert McAlister 17,225 55.28 +9.35
Civic League Bryan Todd 16,944 54.38
Civic League Robert Nimmo 16,863 54.12
Civic League Frederick Furkert 16,664 53.48
Civic League Charles Bowden 16,416 52.68
Civic League William Stevens 15,055 48.31
Civic League James Sievwright 14,512 46.57
Labour Robert McKeen 12,517 40.17 -14.56
Labour Charles Henry Chapman 11,715 37.95 -13.95
Labour Tom Brindle 10,779 34.59 -13.20
Labour Peter Butler 10,706 34.36 -14.39
Labour Adam Black 10,383 33.32 -12.91
Labour Margaret Semple 10,379 33.31 -14.31
Labour Catherine Stewart 9,947 31.92
Labour Roy Holland 9,787 31.41
Labour William Atkinson 9,643 30.94
Labour Andrew Parlane 9,636 30.92 -13.44
Labour John Read 9,307 29.87 -13.80
Labour James Collins 9,214 29.57 -13.29
Labour John Fleming 8,820 28.30
Labour Harold Aspen 8,389 26.92
Labour Percival Hansen 8,158 26.18
Independent Leslie Austin 3,607 11.57 -8.62
Independent Charlie Teece 3,230 10.36
Independent Arthur Carman 2,239 7.18
Independent Daniel Campbell 2,096 6.72
Communist Alexander Galbraith 2,007 6.44
Communist Connie Birchfield 1,731 5.55
Communist William Wood 1,713 5.49
Independent Jessie Probyn 1,081 3.46 -1.70

Notes

  1. ↑ Betts 1970, pp. 42.
  2. ↑ "The Mayoralty". Evening Post. CXXXI (121). 24 May 1941. p. 11. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "New City Council". Evening Post. CXXXI (116). 19 May 1941. p. 9. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

References

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