1935 Wellington mayoral election

New Zealand local election January 2020 November 2016 1935 Wellington mayoral election New Zealand Wellington coat of arms (1878-1951) (shield only).svg Presidential no 1933 Wellington mayoral election 1933 1938 Wellington mayoral election 1938 7 May 1935 41,139 (60.49%) 150x150px Thomas Hislop Wellington Citizens' Association 21,583 52.46 150x150px Bob Semple New Zealand Labour Party 19,249 46.79 Mayor Thomas Hislop Thomas Hislop The 1935 Wellington mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1935, 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. Background Incumbent mayor Thomas Hislop stood for a third-term, the first mayor to do so since Sir John Luke in 1915. His opponent was Bob Semple, a Labour councillor and MP for Wellington East. During the campaign, Semple received slanderous allegations of being an Atheist, which he denied stating "If the people of the world followed the philosophy of Jesus there would be no poverty...".Hickey Carina From Coal Pit to Leather Pit: Life Stories of Robert Semple PhD http://mro.massey.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10179/1696/02_whole.pdf?sequence=1 2010 Massey University 26 May 2018 For the second election in a row, Labour won a majority of the vote, but could not win a majority of seats.Betts 1970 146 However, Labour did win one more seat than in 1933 and then went on to win a by-election soon after increase their representation further. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19361105.2.91 The Evening Post 10 Labour Victory 5 November 1936 8 November 2016 CXXII 110 Mayoralty results 1935 Wellington mayoral electionhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350511.2.112.1 The Evening Post 10 The Mayoral Issue 11 May 1935 22 March 2019 CXIX 110 Wellington Citizens' Association Thomas Hislop 21,583 52.46 New Zealand Labour Party Bob Semple 19,249 46.79 307 0.74 2,334 5.67 41,139 60.49 Councillor results 1935 Wellington City Council electionhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350522.2.15.6 Wellington City Council The Evening Post 22 May 1935 CXIX 119 3 New Zealand Labour Party Peter Fraser 28,362 68.94 +20.30 New Zealand Labour Party Charles Chapman 26,049 63.31 -3.11 New Zealand Labour Party Robert McKeen 25,571 62.15 -2.22 Wellington Citizens' Association Robert Wright 22,450 54.57 +7.26 New Zealand Labour Party Peter Butler 20,646 50.18 +6.32 New Zealand Labour Party Tom Brindle 20,345 49.45 +3.56 Wellington Citizens' Association William Bennett 19,930 48.44 -4.10 Wellington Citizens' Association John Burns 19,063 46.33 +1.88 Wellington Citizens' Association Will Appleton 19,036 46.27 -1.95 Wellington Citizens' Association William Gaudin 18,944 46.04 -6.85 Wellington Citizens' Association Martin Luckie 18,616 45.25 -3.54 Wellington Citizens' Association Len McKenzie 18,579 45.16 -2.85 New Zealand Labour Party Adam Black 18,559 45.11 +4.88 Wellington Citizens' Association Herbert Huggins 18,467 44.88 -2.27 Wellington Citizens' Association William Duncan 18,309 44.50 -2.43 New Zealand Labour Party Andrew Parlanenb Parlane was appointed to fill the vacancy on the council in 1936 caused by Peter Fraser's resignationhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360509.2.85 The Evening Post 10 No by-election 9 May 1936 29 June 2018 CXXI 109 18,271 44.41 +1.75 New Zealand Labour Party Alexander Croskery 18,143 44.10 New Zealand Labour Party Michael Reardon 18,043 43.85 Wellington Citizens' Association Thomas Forsyth 17,827 43.33 -3.16 New Zealand Labour Party John Read 17,648 42.89 New Zealand Labour Party Jim Collins 17,327 42.11 +1.57 New Zealand Labour Party Michael Walsh 16,970 41.25 +1.46 New Zealand Labour Party John Tucker 16,963 41.23 +1.99 Wellington Citizens' Association Robert Macalister 16,892 41.06 -2.23 New Zealand Labour Party Caryll Hay 16,343 39.72 +0.90 New Zealand Labour Party James Ranson 16,270 39.54 -0.21 Wellington Citizens' Association Paul Hoskins 15,592 37.90 +3.94 Communist Party of New Zealand Charlie Brooks 3,310 8.04 Communist Party of New Zealand John Joseph Robinson 2,994 7.27 Communist Party of New Zealand Connie Rawcliffe 2,695 6.55 Communist Party of New Zealand Albert Birchfield 2,680 6.51 Communist Party of New Zealand Miles Ormerod 2,153 5.23 Table footnotes: nb Notes References Betts George George Betts (political scientist) Betts on Wellington: A City and its Politics 1970 A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. Wellington 0 589 00469 7 autocollapse Category:Mayoral elections in Wellington Category:1935 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Wellington Region Category:1930s in Wellington Category:Long stubs with short prose Category:May 1935 in Oceania