Wellington City mayoral election, 1905

April 1905


Turnout	9,709

Candidate	Thomas William Hislop	William Barber
Party	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	3,060	2,377
Percentage	31.51	24.48


Candidate	James Joseph Devine	John Luke
Party	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	1,725	1,456
Percentage	17.76	14.99

Mayor before election

John Aitken

Elected Mayor

Thomas William Hislop

The Wellington City mayoral election, 1905 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1905, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. John Aitken, the incumbent Mayor did not seek re-election. He was succeeded by Thomas William Hislop, who was elected to office as Mayor of Wellington, beating defeating five other candidates. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Mayoralty results

Wellington mayoral election, 1905^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Thomas William Hislop	3,060	31.51
	Independent	William Barber	2,377	24.48
	Independent	James Joseph Devine	1,725	17.76
	Independent	John Luke	1,456	14.99
	Independent	Thomas Wardell	658	6.77
	Independent	John Smith	433	4.45
Majority			683	7.03
Turnout			9,709

Councillor results

The 1905 Mayoral instillation ceremony, attended by the councillors.

Wellington local election, 1905^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Independent	George Winder	5,896	84.32	-8.89
Independent	Charles Hayward Izard	5,482	78.40	+9.44
Independent	James Godber	5,112	73.11	+4.15
Independent	George Wiltshire	4,940	70.65	+12.80
Independent	Thomas Ballinger	4,781	68.37
Independent	Folk Cohen	4,399	62.91
Independent	Matthew Murdoch	4,221	60.36	-24.62
Independent	Augustus Biss	4,152	59.38
Ind. Labour League	David McLaren	3,704	52.97	-15.67
Independent	Walter Morrah	3,445	49.27
Independent	Arthur Gibbs	3,262	46.65
Independent	Thomas Carmichael	2,723	38.94
Independent	James Trevor	2,716	38.84
Independent	George Frost	2,691	38.48
Ind. Labour League	Alfred Hindmarsh	2,667	38.14
Independent	Arnold Edwin	2,568	36.72
Independent	William Shortt	2,523	36.08
Independent	George Baylis	2,514	35.95	+2.90
Independent	Charles Palliser	2,501	35.76
Independent	Arthur Fullford	2,277	32.56
Independent	Robert Davenport	2,256	32.26	-9.02
Independent	Alexander Rand	2,191	31.33	-29.23
Ind. Labour League	Tom Young	2,132	30.49
Independent	Martin Luckie	2,131	30.47
Independent	Allan Orr	2,095	29.96	+3.95
Independent	Victor Braund	2,090	29.89
Independent	Richard Keene	2,055	29.39
Ind. Labour League	John Brown	2,036	29.11
Ind. Labour League	William Hampton	1,900	27.17	-5.06
Independent	Walter Pearson	1,704	24.37
Independent	Justinian Powell	1,634	23.36
Independent	William Lingard	1,596	22.82
Independent	William Brannigan	1,574	22.51
Independent	James Reid	1,548	22.13
Ind. Labour League	Nicholas McGuinness	1,512	21.62
Independent	William Worth	1,273	18.20	-11.26
Independent	Francis Loudon	1,213	17.34
Independent	Edward Peers	733	10.48
Independent	William McAlpine	645	9.22

References

1 2 "Wellington City Council". The Free Lance. V (43). 29 April 1905. p. 16. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

Mayors of Wellington City

Mayors

elected by councillors	George Hunter William Guyton Joseph Dransfield Charles Borlase William Sefton Moorhouse

elected at large	William Hutchison Joseph Dransfield George Allen William Hutchison George Fisher Arthur Winton Brown Samuel Brown John Duthie Charles Johnston Arthur Winton Brown Francis Bell Alfred Brandon Charles Luke George Fisher Francis Bell John Blair John Aitken Thomas William Hislop Alfred Newman Thomas Wilford David McLaren John Luke Robert Wright Charles Norwood George Troup Thomas Hislop Will Appleton Rob Macalister Frank Kitts Michael Fowler Ian Lawrence James Belich Fran Wilde Mark Blumsky Kerry Prendergast Celia Wade-Brown Justin Lester

Mayoral elections

Annual term	1875 1876† 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898

Biennial term	1899 1901 1903† 1905 1907 1909 1910‡ 1911† 1912‡ 1913 1915 1917† 1919 1921 1923 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933†

Triennial term	1935 1938 1941 1944 1947 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016

† Elected unopposed · ‡ By-election

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