1899 Wellington City mayoral election

1899 Wellington City mayoral election
	29 November 1899
Turnout	6,947 (39.40%)
Mayor before election; John Rutherfurd Blair;	Elected Mayor ; John Aitken;

The 1899 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background

In 1899 incumbent Mayor John Rutherfurd Blair retired leading to local businessman John Aitken being elected to office as Mayor of Wellington, beating challenges from both Kennedy Macdonald (a former councillor) and James Joseph Devine.

Mayoralty results

The following table gives the election results:

1899 Wellington mayoral election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Aitken	3,566	51.33
	Independent	Kennedy Macdonald	2,107	30.32
	Independent	James Joseph Devine	1,274	18.33
Majority			1,459	21.00
Turnout			6,947	39.40

Notes

↑ "Mayoral Elections". Feilding Star. Vol. XXI, no. 129. 30 November 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

References

Betts, George (1970). Betts on Wellington: A City and its Politics. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. ISBN 0 589 00469 7.

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[1] "Mayoral Elections". Feilding Star. Vol. XXI, no. 129. 30 November 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

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