1923 Wellington mayoral election

New Zealand local election November 2016 November 2016 1923 Wellington mayoral election New Zealand Wellington coat of arms (1878-1951) (shield only).svg Presidential no 1921 Wellington mayoral election 1921 1925 Wellington mayoral election 1925 27 April 1923 25,707 (59.26%) 125x150px Robert Wright Civic League 10,876 42.30 125x150px Peter Fraser New Zealand Labour Party 10,603 41.24 100px Len McKenzie Independent politician 4,228 16.44 Mayor Robert Wright Robert Wright The 1923 Wellington mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1923, 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 Robert Wright was narrowly re-elected for a second term seeing off a strong challenge from local Labour MP Peter Fraser, the closest election result Wellington had ever seen.http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19230427.2.10.2 The Evening Post 4 The Mayoralty 27 April 1923 16 June 2016 CV 99 It would remain the narrowest Mayoral election in Wellington until 2010. Mayoralty results 1923 Wellington mayoral electionhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19230507.2.15.6 The Evening Post 2 Wellington City Council 7 May 1923 16 June 2016 CV 107 Civic League Robert Wright 10,876 42.30 -23.30 New Zealand Labour Party Peter Fraser 10,603 41.24 Independent politician Len McKenzie 4,228 16.44 273 1.06 -29.60 25,707 59.26 +7.36 Councillor results 1923 Wellington City Council election Civic League George Mitchell 14,375 55.91 Civic League William Gaudin 13,174 51.24 -2.90 Civic League Henry Bennett 12,748 49.58 Civic League William Bennett 12,674 49.30 -4.22 Civic League Martin Luckie 12,468 48.50 -3.38 Civic League Thomas Forsyth 12,377 48.14 -2.76 Civic League Benjamin Burn 12,087 47.01 Civic League John Burns 11,838 46.04 +0.75 Civic League Frank Meadowcroft 11,798 45.89 +22.98 New Zealand Labour Party Charles Chapman 11,375 44.24 +8.51 Civic League John Aston 10,830 42.12 Civic League William Thompson 10,782 41.94 -2.19 New Zealand Labour Party Alec Monteith 10,306 40.09 +9.65 Civic League Alexander Parton 10,152 39.49 +5.34 Civic League Annie McVicar 10,060 39.13 +1.66 New Zealand Labour Party Robert McKeen 9,911 38.55 +17.58 New Zealand Labour Party Alexander Croskery 9,898 38.50 +10.36 Civic League Herbert Huggins 9,603 37.35 Civic League Colin Crump 9,563 37.19 New Zealand Labour Party John Glover 9,509 36.98 +5.82 New Zealand Labour Party Tom Young 9,302 36.18 +8.03 New Zealand Labour Party James McKenzie 8,754 34.05 +7.92 New Zealand Labour Party Tom Brindle 8,519 33.13 +3.99 Independent politician John Castle 8,234 32.03 New Zealand Labour Party Michael Walsh 7,947 30.91 +5.63 Independent politician Lewis Glover 7,473 29.06 Independent politician Harold Dyson 7,107 27.64 Independent politician Clarence Snow 7,056 27.44 New Zealand Labour Party Walter Bromley 6,971 27.11 New Zealand Labour Party Laurence Hennessy 6,907 26.86 Independent politician Joseph Trim 6,535 25.42 Independent politician James Doherty 4,344 16.89 Independent politician Andrew Hornblow 4,304 16.74 +3.10 Independent politician George Baylis 3,714 14.44 -2.81 Independent politician Henry Bodley 3,533 13.74 References autocollapse Category:Mayoral elections in Wellington Category:1923 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Wellington Region Category:1920s in Wellington Category:April 1923 in Oceania