1938 Wellington mayoral election

The 1938 Wellington mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that year. In 1938, 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.

1938 Wellington mayoral election

← 1935 11 May 1938 1941 →
Turnout	42,860 (56.36%)
Candidate Thomas Hislop Charles Chapman Party Citizens' Labour Popular vote 24,368 18,198 Percentage 56.85 42.45
Mayor before election Thomas Hislop Elected mayor Thomas Hislop

The contest resulted in the re-election of incumbent Thomas Hislop who defeated his only competitor Charles Chapman of the Labour Party. Chapman had unsuccessfully run for Mayor three times prior, in 1915, 1925 and 1927. He also stood as a councillor and was successful.^[1]

Mayoralty results

1938 Wellington mayoral election^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens'	Thomas Hislop	24,368	56.85	+4.39
	Labour	Charles Chapman	18,198	42.45
Informal votes			294	0.68	−0.06
Majority			6,170	14.39	+8.72
Turnout			42,860	56.36	−4.13

Councillor results

1938 Wellington City Council election^[1][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens'	Robert Wright	23,530	54.89	+0.32
	Labour	Robert McKeen	23,458	54.73	−7.42
	Labour	Charles Chapman	22,142	51.66	−11.65
	Citizens'	Will Appleton	22,096	51.55	+5.28
	Citizens'	Malcolm Fraser	21,945	51.20
	Citizens'	William Gaudin	21,609	50.41	+4.37
	Citizens'	Martin Luckie	21,513	50.19	+4.94
	Citizens'	William Duncan	21,103	49.23	+4.73
	Labour	Peter Butler	20,896	48.75	−1.43
	Citizens'	Len McKenzie	20,852	48.65	+3.49
	Labour	Tom Brindle	20,486	47.79	−1.66
	Labour	Margaret Semple	20,410	47.62
	Citizens'	Thomas Forsyth	20,113	46.92	+1.63
	Labour	Adam Black	19,817	46.23	+1.12
	Citizens'	Robert Macalister	19,689	45.93	+4.87
	Citizens'	Malcolm Galloway	19,465	45.41
	Citizens'	Vincent Ward	19,424	45.31
	Labour	Andrew Parlane	19,016	44.36	−0.05
	Labour	John Read	18,719	43.67	−5.62
	Labour	Jim Collins	18,371	42.86	+0.75
	Citizens'	Malcolm McCaul	18,347	42.80
	Labour	Ken Baxter	18,210	42.48
	Citizens'	Noel Nelson	18,180	42.41
	Labour	John Tucker	17,991	41.97	+0.74
	Citizens'	Richard McVilly	17,922	41.81
	Labour	Michael Walsh	17,858	41.66	−0.41
	Citizens'	John McLean	17,730	41.36
	Labour	Caryll Hay	17,497	40.82	+1.10
	Labour	William Broadley	17,191	40.10
	Labour	Herbert Swindell	16,608	38.74
	Independent	Leslie Austin	8,656	20.19
	Independent	Jessie Probyn	2,214	5.16