Wellington City mayoral election, 1944

Wellington City mayoral election, 1944

May 1944

Turnout 50,173   Candidate Will Appleton James Roberts Party Civic League Labour Popular vote 29,884 20,289 Percentage 59.5 40.4

Mayor before election Thomas Hislop Elected Mayor Will Appleton

The Wellington City mayoral election, 1944 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1944, election 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 incumbent Mayor, Thomas Hislop did not stand for another term. Instead, Will Appleton stood as the candidate for the Civic League. Trade unionist James Roberts who was the President of the Labour Party was his Party's candidate.

Mayoralty results

Wellington mayoral election, 1944^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Civic League	Will Appleton	29,884	59.56
	Labour	James Roberts	20,289	40.43
Majority			9,565	19.13
Turnout			50,173

Councillor results

Wellington local election, 1944^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Civic League	Elizabeth Gilmer	29,785	59.36	+0.20
	Civic League	Robert Alexander Wright	29,413	58.62	-3.86
	Civic League	Malcolm Fraser	28,998	57.79	-0.92
	Civic League	William Gaudin	27,816	55.44	-2.11
	Civic League	Martin Luckie	27,757	55.32	52.93
	Civic League	Robert Macalister	27,120	54.05	-1.23
	Civic League	Frederick Furkert	27,068	53.94	+0.46
	Civic League	Bryan Todd	26,609	53.03	-1.35
	Civic League	Malcolm Galloway	26,578	52.97
	Civic League	George Amos	26,101	52.02
	Civic League	Ernest Toop	25,441	50.70
	Civic League	Leonard Jacobsen	25,101	50.02
	Civic League	Alexander Pope	25,046	49.91
	Civic League	William Stevens	24,192	48.21	-0.10
	Civic League	James Sievwright	23,823	47.48	-0.91
	Labour	Charles Henry Chapman	20,857	41.57	+3.62
	Labour	John Churchill	19,320	38.50
	Labour	Roy Holland	19,224	38.31	+6.90
	Labour	Tom Brindle	18,594	37.05	+2.46
	Labour	Lettie Allen	18,102	36.07
	Labour	John Fleming	18,023	35.92	+7.62
	Labour	Andrew Parlane	17,627	35.13	+4.21
	Labour	John Arthurs	17,186	34.25
	Labour	Reginald Stillwell	16,890	33.66
	Labour	Percival Hansen	16,779	33.44	+7.26
	Labour	Tobias Hill	16,701	33.28
	Labour	Caryll Hay	16,381	32.64
	Labour	Catherine Stewart	16,243	32.37	+0.45
	Labour	Ethel Harris	16,191	32.27
	Labour	George Mathew	14,430	28.76
	Communist	Harold Silverstone	9,765	19.46
	Independent	Amy Kane	9,583	19.09
	Independent	Arthur Carman	5,543	11.04	+3.86
	Independent	John Parry	4,785	9.53

References

1. "Mr. Appleton Mayor". Evening Post. CXXXVII (125). 29 May 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
2. "The City Council". Evening Post. CXXXII (125). 29 May 1944. p. 7. Retrieved 29 October 2016.