Wellington City mayoral election, 1992

Wellington City mayoral election, 1992

September 1995

Candidate Fran Wilde Helene Ritchie Ken Comber Party Labour Independent Citizens' Popular vote 18,795 9,080 8,751 Percentage 32.9% 17.0% 15.3%

Mayor before election Sir James Belich Labour Elected Mayor Fran Wilde Labour

The Wellington City mayoral election, 1992 was part of the New Zealand local elections, 1992. In 1992, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles including 19 councillors. Fran Wilde, the former MP for Wellington Central, was elected as mayor of Wellington replacing incumbent Sir James Belich who had retired. Wilde became Wellington's first female mayor, defeating former Deputy Mayor Helene Ritchie and her predecessor as MP for Wellington Central Ken Comber. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Results

Wellington mayoral election, 1992^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Fran Wilde	18,795	32.9
	Independent	Helene Ritchie	9,080	17.0
	Citizens'	Ken Comber	8,751	15.3
	Green	Stephen Rainbow	6,122	10.7
	Independent	Ruth Gotlieb	5,851	10.2
	Independent	David Bull	4,683	8.2
	Independent	Rana Waitai	2,607	4.6
	McGillicuddy Serious	John Morrison	299	0.5
	Private Enterprise	Frank Moncur	134	0.2
	Communist League	Patrick Brown	112	0.2
	Independent	Margaret Barry-Gellen	88	0.1
Majority			9,080	15.8
Turnout			57,157

Votes summary

Popular Vote
Wilde			32.90%
Ritchie			17.00%
Comber			15.30%
Rainbow			10.70%
Gotlieb			10.20%

Ward results

Candidates were also elected from wards to the Wellington City Council.^[1]

	Party/ticket	Councillors
	Citizens'	6
	Labour	5
	Greens	4
	Independent	4

References

1. Bly, Ross (1992). City of Wellington: Local Body Elections, 1992 (Report). Wellington City Council.