1879 Wellington mayoral election

The 1879 Wellington mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year to decide who would take the office of Mayor of Wellington.

1879 Wellington mayoral election

← 1879 27 November 1879 1880 →
Turnout	1,002
Candidate William Hutchison George Allen Party Independent Independent Popular vote 646 356 Percentage 64.47 35.53
Mayor before election William Hutchison Elected mayor William Hutchison

Background

William Hutchison was elected mid-term over councillor George Hunter after Joe Dransfield resigned in May 1879.^[1] Councillor George Allen had acted as mayor in the interim, but did not stand at the by-election. However, he did stand this time opposing Hutchison.

Election results

The following table gives the election results:

1879 Wellington mayoral election^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Hutchison	646	64.47	+13.19
	Independent	George Allen	356	35.53
Majority			290	28.94	+26.38
Turnout			1,002