2013 Wellington mayoral election

New Zealand local election November 2016 March 2022 2013 Wellington mayoral election New Zealand Flag of Wellington.svg Presidential no 2010 Wellington mayoral election 2010 2016 Wellington mayoral election 2016 12 October 2013Electoral Commission http://www.elections.org.nz/elections/local-elections/2013-local-elections.html 2013 Local Elections FAQs 28 July 2013 Wellington https://web.archive.org/web/20120829032551/http://www.elections.org.nz/elections/local-elections/2013-local-elections.html 29 August 2012 dead 25,931 (40.85%) File:Celia Wade-Brown, 2013 (cropped).jpg Celia Wade-Brown Independent politician 27,171 52.39 (Last iteration) File:John Morrison 2006 (cropped).jpg John Morrison Independent politician 24,691 47.61 (Last iteration) File:Jack Yan at SFD Wellington 2010 (cropped 3 by 4).jpg Jack Yan Independent politician 9,996 Mayor Celia Wade-Brown Celia Wade-Brown The 2013 Wellington mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections. On 12 October 2013, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles. Celia Wade-Brown was re-elected. At the time, Wellington was one of eight local bodies in New Zealand that used the Single transferable vote system to elect its mayor and councillors.STV Information http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Resource-material-STV-Information-Index#four Department of Internal Affairs 24 September 2013 The 2013 local government election was the first time that the Greater Wellington Regional Council used STV in it elections, and the first time a regional council used STV for elections in New Zealand.Greater Wellington Regional Council to change to STV http://www.gw.govt.nz/greater-wellington-regional-council-to-change-to-stv/ Greater Wellington Regional Council 24 September 2013 27 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20130927065800/http://www.gw.govt.nz/greater-wellington-regional-council-to-change-to-stv/ 27 September 2013 dead Candidates When nominations closed there were six candidates for the Wellington mayoralty. +NamePhotoAffiliationDescription Rob Goulden frameless|99x99pxIndependentIndependent An Eastern Ward councillor from 1998 to 2010, Goulden himself forward for the mayoralty and for the Eastern Ward. He had previously stood for the mayoralty in 2004. He said that he wanted to "tackle council debt". A news item commented that he "will enliven Wellington mayoral race" as "he was voted out in 2010, after years of turbulent relationships with his fellow councillors". Wannan Olivia Laws enters race .... The ballot list The Dominion Post Wellington A5 17 August 2013 John Morrison frameless|99x99pxIndependentIndependent A former cricketer and city councillor for the Onslow-Western ward since 1998. The main centre-right candidate to challenge Wade-Brown.Chapman Katie Morrison throws hat in the ring for mayor http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/8706009/Morrison-throws-hat-in-ring-for-mayor 29 October 2016 The Dominion Post Wellington 23 May 2013 Karuna Muthu frameless|99x99pxIndependentIndependent A barrister and entrepreneur, entered the Wellington mayoral race just before nominations closed. A former chairman of the New Zealand National Party Rongotai electorate, and a past parliamentary candidate for the United Future Party in the 2008 general election. Celia Wade-Brown frameless|99x99pxIndependentIndependent The incumbent mayor since 2010, she has served as a Southern Ward councillor from 1994 to 1998 and 2001 to 2010. She stood for the Green Party for parliament in 1996 (under the Alliance banner), 1999 and 2002. Jack Yan frameless|99x99pxIndependentIndependent Stood for the mayoralty in 2010; in 2008 stood for the Alliance Party as a list candidate.Party Lists of Unsuccessful Registered Parties http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2008/e9/html/e9_part3_2.html Chief Electoral Office 27 July 2013 Wellington Nicola Young frameless|99x99pxIndependentIndependent In 2005 stood in the Rongotai electorate for the National Party.Official Count Results – Rongotai http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2005/electorate-47.html Chief Electoral Office 27 July 2013 Wellington Her father was the former cabinet minister Bill Young, and she is the sister of former National list MP Annabel Young.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10345624 The candidates who stand to lose The New Zealand Herald Bernard Orsman 15 September 2005 9 March 2016 Withdrew Dr Keith Johnson, an economist from Island Bay who ran as a Labour Party candidate for the Southern Ward in 2010, initially proposed to stand.Chapman Katie Promoter rules himself out of mayoral race http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/8618817/Promoter-rules-himself-out-of-mayoral-race 28 July 2013 The Dominion Post Wellington 1 May 2013 He subsequently withdrew, saying that There was not much resonance in the concerns I had for debt control and against the rebalancing of rates.Johnson out The Dominion Post Wellington A3 8 August 2013 Results Wade-Brown was re-elected. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9276248/Brown-Dalziel-first-winners-in-local-body-vote Brown, Dalziel first winners in local body vote Fairfax New Zealand (via Stuff.co.nz) 12 October 2013 12 October 2013 The following table shows preliminary results for first preference votes,Inggs Charlie 2013 Triennial Election: preliminary results http://wellington.govt.nz/~/media/have-your-say/elections/files/2013election/preliminaryresults.pdf Wellington City Council 15 October 2013 12 October 2013 and final results for the last iteration.Inggs Charlie 2013 Triennial Election: declaration of results http://wellington.govt.nz/~/media/have-your-say/elections/files/2013election/final-results.pdf Wellington City Council 10 March 2016 16 October 2013 2013 Wellington City mayoral election 2013 Triennial Election: Calculator Commentary and Iteration Report https://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/have-your-say/elections/files/2013election/commentary-iteration.pdf Wellington City Council 19 May 2022 5 Celia Wade-Brown Independent politician 37.61 21,259 21,449 22,021 23,228 27,171 John Morrison Independent politician 33.44 18,904 19,064 19,769 21,433 24,691 Jack Yan Independent politician 14.33 8,105 8,346 8,782 9,996   Nicola Young Independent politician 7.99 4,520 4,612 5,108     Rob Goulden Independent politician 4.47 2,531 2,607       Karuna Muthu Independent politician 1.65 935         5   56,524 71 25,931 40.85% Ward results 2013 Wellington local elections Candidates were also elected from wards to the Wellington City Council. Party/ticket Councillors Independent 9 Greens 3 Labour 2 References autocollapse Category:Mayoral elections in Wellington Wellington Category:Politics of the Wellington Region Category:2010s in Wellington