1971 Wellington mayoral election

New Zealand local election March 2017 March 2017 1971 Wellington mayoral election New Zealand Flag of Wellington.svg Presidential no 1968 Wellington mayoral election 1968 1974 Wellington mayoral election 1974 9 October 1971 31,599 (44.30%) 150x150px Sir Frank Kitts New Zealand Labour Party 20,146 63.75 150x150px Alex O'Shea Wellington Citizens' Association 9,915 31.37 Mayor Sir Frank Kitts New Zealand Labour Party Sir Frank Kitts New Zealand Labour Party The 1971 Wellington mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1971, 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 The election saw incumbent Mayor Sir Frank Kitts re-elected for a record equaling sixth term as Wellington's Mayor, defeating his main opponent, former New Zealand Farmers' Union chairman Alex O'Shea. The Citizens' Association has difficulty in selecting its mayoral candidate with many speculating that it would not opt to contest the position, leading commentators to label them as "defeatist".The Dominion Nobody for mayor 27 April 1971 Deputy mayor George Porter was approached to stand, but declined the nomination for "personal reasons", offering himself only for a council seat.The Evening Post Cr Porter Won't Stand For Mayor 5 June 1971 Eventually O'Shea was chosen by the Citizens' Association executive over two other undisclosed aspirants. The election also saw a third electoral ticket emerge "Civic Reform", who would unsuccessfully challenge the two-ticket system that had dominated Wellington's local body politics since the 1930s. Civic Reform also contested the 1974 and 1977 local elections with even less success. The main talking point following the election was that the initial results showed that the Labour Party had won a majority on the council, the first time they had done so. However, following the counting of special votes the fifteenth highest (last successful) polling candidate, Labour's Joe Aspell, lost his seat to Citizens' candidate Ian Lawrence (a future Mayor) after a 23-vote lead became a 17-vote defeat thus leaving the state of parties at 8–7 in favour of the Citizens' Association.The Evening Post Sir Francis Holds Ace After Special Votes Displace A Labour Man 22 October 1971 Mayoralty results 1971 Wellington mayoral electionPetersen G.A. 19 October 1971 Declaration of Election Results Wellington City Council New Zealand Labour Party Sir Frank Kitts 20,146 63.75 -1.42 Wellington Citizens' Association Alex O'Shea 9,915 31.37 #5EDDBF Civic Reform Donald McMillain 1,255 3.97 283 0.89 -0.02 10,231 32.37 +1.11 31,599 44.30 -3.20 Councillor results 1971 Wellington City Council election New Zealand Labour Party Rolland O'Regan 18,648 59.01 -3.54 New Zealand Labour Party John Jeffries 18,541 58.67 -1.31 New Zealand Labour Party Olive Smuts-Kennedy 17,911 56.68 +0.11 Wellington Citizens' Association Stewart Duff 16,345 51.72 -4.88 Wellington Citizens' Association George Porter 16,117 51.00 -8.66 Wellington Citizens' Association Betty Campbell 15,564 49.25 +1.14 New Zealand Labour Party David Shand 14,488 45.84 New Zealand Labour Party Keith Spry 14,004 44.31 -1.11 Wellington Citizens' Association Michael Fowler 13,570 42.94 +1.15 Wellington Citizens' Association Denis Foot 13,270 41.99 New Zealand Labour Party Brian O'Brien 13,083 41.40 Wellington Citizens' Association Les Chapman 12,789 40.47 -6.66 Wellington Citizens' Association Ron Button 12,603 39.88 -2.30 New Zealand Labour Party Warwick McKean 12,251 38.77 Wellington Citizens' Association Ian Lawrence 11,953 37.82 New Zealand Labour Party Joe Aspell 11,936 37.77 Wellington Citizens' Association Fairlie Curry 11,695 37.01 Wellington Citizens' Association Reg Fyfe 11,484 36.34 Wellington Citizens' Association Nancy Horrocks 11,280 35.69 New Zealand Labour Party Norm Bevan 11,269 35.66 Wellington Citizens' Association Bernard Kaiser 11,018 34.86 Wellington Citizens' Association Hollis Reed 10,894 34.47 -9.31 New Zealand Labour Party Pat Brockie 10,789 34.14 New Zealand Labour Party Florence Vincent 10,314 32.64 -4.70 Wellington Citizens' Association George Madgwick 10,687 33.82 -1.71 New Zealand Labour Party Yvonne Grove 9,854 31.18 -6.37 Wellington Citizens' Association Peter Robertson 9,747 30.84 New Zealand Labour Party Donovan Walker 9,475 29.98 New Zealand Labour Party Adam Floyd 8,707 27.55 New Zealand Labour Party Hannah Harwood 8,633 27.32 Independent politician Saul Goldsmith 6,050 19.14 +2.00 #5EDDBF Civic Reform Bill O'Brien 4,547 14.38 #5EDDBF Civic Reform Don McMillain 3,829 12.11 +2.58 Independent politician Donald Young 3,408 10.78 #5EDDBF Civic Reform Aota Leilua 2,723 8.61 #5EDDBF Civic Reform Catherine Stafford 2,720 8.60 #5EDDBF Civic Reform Ron England 2,637 8.34 #5EDDBF Civic Reform Don McPherson 2,214 7.00 #5EDDBF Civic Reform Vao Teo 2,040 6.45 Independent politician Italo Vincent John Comis 1,886 5.96 #5EDDBF Civic Reform Donald Ross 1,613 5.10 #5EDDBF Civic Reform Colin Percy 1,611 5.09 #5EDDBF Civic Reform Carl Edwards 1,563 4.94 #5EDDBF Civic Reform Des Lena 1,519 4.80 #5EDDBF Civic Reform Alan Ogden 1,380 4.36 #5EDDBF Civic Reform Joseph Pratt 1,252 3.96 Independent politician Frank Moncur 1,055 3.33 #5EDDBF Civic Reform John Pell 956 3.02 #5EDDBF Civic Reform Rob Simmons 758 2.39 References autocollapse Category:Mayoral elections in Wellington Category:1971 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Wellington Region Category:October 1971 in Oceania Category:1970s in Wellington