1901 Wellington mayoral election

New Zealand local election November 2016 November 2016 1901 Wellington mayoral election New Zealand Wellington coat of arms (1878-1951) (shield only).svg Presidential no 1899 Wellington mayoral election 1899 1902 Wellington mayoral election 1902 25 April 1901 8,533 (62.46%) File:John Aitken 1902-1908 (cropped).jpg John Aitken Independent 5,801 67.98 File:Thomas Wilford 1909 (cropped).jpg Thomas Wilford Independent Liberal 2,732 32.02 Mayor John Aitken John Aitken The 1901 Wellington mayoral election was a local election held on 24 April in Wellington, New Zealand, as part of that year's city council election and nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Wellington for a one year term. In person voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used. John Aitken, the incumbent Mayor, was re-elected to office as Mayor of Wellington, beating Thomas Wilford. Background Electoral reforms were implemented in 1901, which extended the municipal term for councillors to biennial terms and saw the abolition of the ward system, implementing the process of electing councillors at large instead.Betts 1970 39 Under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1900 mayors were still to be elected annually and fixed elections to the last Wednesday in April (rather than in November). The Act delayed the introduction of the new system until April 1901 meaning there was no mayoral election in 1900.http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/mca190064v1900n50338/ Municipal Corporations Act 1900 New Zealand Parliament 1900 17 July 2023 Mayoralty results 1901 Wellington mayoral electionhttp://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NZFL19010427.2.13.2 The Free Lance 11 Wellington City Council 27 April 1901 11 March 2016 I 43 Independent politician John Aitken 5,801 67.98 +16.65 Independent Liberal Thomas Wilford 2,732 32.02 3,069 35.96 +14.96 8,533 62.46 +23.06 Council results 1901 Wellington City Council election Candidates were also elected for the 12 members of the Wellington City Council. Party/ticket Councillors Ratepayers/Progressive 6 Progressive 3 Ratepayers 2 Labour/Progressive 1 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 Wellington Category:Politics of the Wellington Region Category:April 1901 in Oceania Category:1900s in Wellington