1877 Wellington mayoral election

New Zealand local election November 2016 November 2016 1877 Wellington mayoral election New Zealand Presidential no 1876 Wellington mayoral election 1876 1878 Wellington mayoral election 1878 28 November 1877 150x150px Joe Dransfield Independent politician elected unopposed 105px George Elliott Barton Independent politician withdrew Mayor William Hutchison Joe Dransfield The 1877 Wellington mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year to decide who would take the office of Mayor of Wellington. Background William Hutchison, the incumbent Mayor, initially intended to seek re-election however he later withdrew his candidature. This left a two-way race between former mayor Joe Dransfield and lawyer George Elliott Barton.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC18771119.2.17.2 Wellington Wanganui Chronicle 19 November 1877 XX 3523 2 Barton later retired from election in consequence of being engaged in several legal cases pertaining to the city, meaning that if elected he would have had to appear in court against himself.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT18771120.2.9.2 Wellington North Otago Times 20 November 1877 1743 XXVI 2 After Barton's mid-campaign withdrawal Dransfield was then declared elected unopposed and thus cancelled his remaining campaign meetings.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18771120.2.19.1 City Council - Re-Election of Mayor The Evening Post 20 November 1877 XV 272 2 It was the second election in a row where the mayoralty was uncontested.Betts 1970 37 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:1877 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Wellington Region Category:1870s in Wellington Category:November 1877 in Oceania