1914 Wellington mayoral election

New Zealand local election April 2024 1914 Wellington mayoral election New Zealand Wellington coat of arms (1878-1951) (shield only).svg Presidential no 1913 Wellington mayoral election 1913 1915 Wellington mayoral election 1915 25 May 1914 20,472 (50.19%) 101px John Luke Wellington Citizens League 11,555 56.44 100px David McLaren United Labour Party (New Zealand) 4,548 22.21 105px John Glover Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) 4,369 21.34 Mayor John Luke John Luke The 1914 Wellington mayoral by-election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. Background John Luke had been Mayor of Wellington since his election in 1913.http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZFL19130510.2.13.1 Free Lance 7 Wellington City Council 10 May 1913 24 May 2016 XIII 671 Luke sought re-election against former Mayor David McLaren who was defeated by Luke a year earlier and stood for the mayoralty once again.Taylor Kerry 3m22 McLaren, David - Biography 17 December 2011 The third contestant was John Glover, a newspaper editor, who entered the contest for the newly formed Social Democratic Party (SDP), a more radical labour party. Harry Holland was originally selected as the SDP candidate, but was unable to contest the mayoralty as he was engaged in a sedition case so Glover stood in his place.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MW19140429.2.47 Wellington Mayoral Contest The Maoriland Worker 29 April 1914 5 169 8 The divisions were deepened by McLaren's statement that SDP ringleader Bob Semple (later a councillor) was "as free from political principles as a frog from feathers".Betts 1970 133 Glover's entry cut into McLaren's support base causing his polling to fall sharply from the previous two elections. Regardless of the divided labour vote, Luke won the contest with an outright majority. The election came at the same time as the 1913 Great Strike, which began on the Wellington waterfront intensifying anti-Labour sentiment which assisted Luke in increasing his majority.Betts 1970 133 Results The following table gives the election results: 1914 Wellington mayoral electionhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MW19140506.2.81 Maoriland Worker 8 Official Figures 6 May 1914 17 August 2016 5 170 Wellington Citizens League John Luke 11,555 56.44 +5.15 United Labour Party (New Zealand) David McLaren 4,548 22.21 -26.50 Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) John Glover 4,369 21.34 7,007 34.22 +31.64 20,472 50.19 -6.83 Notes 30em 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 Barry Gustafson Barry Gustafson Labour's path to political independence: The Origins and Establishment of the New Zealand Labour Party, 1900–19 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland University Press 1980 0-19-647986-X autocollapse April 2017 Category:Mayoral elections in Wellington Category:1914 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Wellington Region Category:1910s in Wellington Category:May 1914 in Oceania