1910 Wellington mayoral election

The 1910 Wellington mayoral election was held to determine the next Mayor of Wellington. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

1910 Wellington mayoral election

← 1909 28 April 1910 1911 →
Turnout	11,515 (35.87%)
Candidate Thomas Wilford Charles John Crawford Party Citizens League Independent Popular vote 6,248 5,267 Percentage 54.26 45.74
Mayor before election Alfred Newman Elected mayor Thomas Wilford

Background

The incumbent Mayor, Alfred Newman did not stand for re-election. At this time Wellington held their council elections biennially and the Mayoralty was annually. Thomas Wilford was elected to office as the new Mayor of Wellington, after four unsuccessful attempts prior, beating his sole opponent Charles John Crawford.

The 1910 local elections were the first in which residents as well as ratepayers were eligible to vote.^[1]

Mayoralty results

Cartoon of the mayoral race

The following table gives the election results:

1910 Wellington mayoral election^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens League	Thomas Wilford	6,248	54.26	+22.75
	Independent	Charles John Crawford	5,267	45.74
Majority			981	8.51
Turnout			11,515	35.87	−8.61