Wellington City mayoral election, 1950

18 November 1950


Turnout	33,802

Candidate	Robert Macalister	Frank Kitts
Party	Citizens'	Labour
Popular vote	17,582	15,821
Percentage	52.02	46.80

Mayor before election

Will Appleton

Elected Mayor

Robert Macalister

The Wellington City mayoral election, 1950 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1950, 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. Incumbent Mayor Will Appleton did not seek a third term. He was succeeded by his deputy, Robert Macalister.

Mayoralty results

Wellington mayoral election, 1950^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Citizens'	Robert Macalister	17,582	52.02
	Labour	Frank Kitts	15,821	46.80
Informal votes			399	1.18
Majority			1,761	5.20
Turnout			33,802

Councillor results

Wellington local election, 1950^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Citizens'	Elizabeth Gilmer	18,133	53.64	-7.06
Labour	Mervyn Castle	17,050	50.44
Citizens'	Charles Treadwell	16,023	47.40	-7.49
Citizens'	Ernest Toop	15,723	46.51	-5.18
Labour	Frank Kitts	15,657	46.31
Citizens'	Stewart Hardy	14,501	42.89	-8.48
Citizens'	William Nankervis	14,493	42.87	-7.24
Citizens'	William Birtwhistle	14,076	41.64	-5.01
Labour	John Churchill	13,961	41.30	+1.41
Citizens'	William Stevens	13,636	40.34	-9.38
Labour	James Roberts	13,627	40.31	+1.78
Labour	William Sadd	13,561	40.11	+4.55
Citizens'	John McGrath	13,523	40.00
Labour	John Arthurs	13,472	39.85	+2.35
Independent Citizens'	Berkeley Dallard	13,434	39.74
Labour	Nigel Taylor	13,394	39.62
Citizens'	John Living	13,297	39.33	-6.73
Independent Citizens'	Malcolm Galloway	13,246	39.18	-12.57
Citizens'	Stanley Dean	12,932	38.25
Labour	John Fleming	12,913	38.20	-0.37
Labour	Ethel Harris	12,865	38.05	+1.85
Citizens'	Ian Matheson	12,862	38.04
Labour	Jim Bateman	12,770	37.77
Labour	George Mathew	12,200	36.09
Independent Citizens'	Alexander Pope	12,172	36.00	-14.93
Labour	James Neale	12,110	35.82
Labour	Raymond Toole	12,036	35.60
Labour	Frank O'Flynn	12,011	35.53	+1.49
Independent Citizens'	Leonard Jacobsen	11,796	34.89	-16.75
Labour	Ernest Tregoweth	11,698	34.60
Citizens'	James McDonald	11,687	34.57
Citizens'	Edgar Goulden	9,273	27.43
Independent	William Bacon	6,460	19.11
Independent	Leslie Austin	4,983	14.74
Independent	Thomas Callingham	3,899	11.53
Communist	Connie Birchfield	1,733	5.12	-8.26
Communist	William Hunter	1,661	4.91
Communist	Charles Brooks	1,660	4.91
Communist	Albert Birchfield	1,591	4.70
Communist	Dorothy Stanton	1,239	3.66
Communist	Ron Smith	1,183	3.49
Communist	Kenneth Stanton	1,088	3.21
Communist	Mary Ann Heptinstall	1,077	3.18
Communist	Raphael Nunes	864	2.55

References

1 2 Coppin, W.S. (30 November 1950). Declaration of Election Results (Report). Wellington City Council. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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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