1974 Wellington mayoral election

New Zealand local election May 2017 May 2017 1974 Wellington mayoral election New Zealand Flag of Wellington.svg Presidential no 1971 Wellington mayoral election 1971 1977 Wellington mayoral election 1977 12 October 1974 36,212 (43.12%) 150x150px Michael Fowler Wellington Citizens' Association 14,980 41.36 150x150px Sir Frank Kitts New Zealand Labour Party 14,613 40.35 150x150px Tony Brunt Values Party 5,559 15.35 Mayor Sir Frank Kitts Michael Fowler The 1974 Wellington mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1974, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including eighteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. Background The 1974 election was famous for its close result. With a provisional majority that was small enough to be potentially eroded by special votes the final result was not known for nearly a month following several re-counts due to the closeness of the polling. Michael Fowler had an election night lead of 387 while over 4,000 special votes were cast which ended up being very evenly distributed between the two top contenders. The Dominion Kitts has chance to catch Fowler 1 November 1974 In the end Fowler's majority was reduced by only 20 votes and he was duly declared elected as Wellington's new mayor. The Evening Post Long wait ends with Mr E M C Fowler confirmed as new Mayor 6 November 1974 Sir Frank Kitts lost the Mayoralty after a record 18 years in the role, though he was still re-elected to the Wellington Harbour Board. The election saw the entry of the environmentalist Values Party into civic politics in Wellington, making it the second nationwide political party to participate in local elections. The Values Party did better than expected with party founder Tony Brunt elected to the council, the first successful third-party candidate in Wellington history. Brunt also stood for Mayor with his candidacy drawing away many left-wing voters from the Labour Party. Outgoing Mayor Frank Kitts was to blame the Values vote for his defeat. The Dominion Values Eye No. 1 City Job 20 April 1977 Mayoralty results 1974 Wellington mayoral election14 October 1974 City Council The Dominion Wellington Citizens' Association Michael Fowler 14,980 41.36 New Zealand Labour Party Sir Frank Kitts 14,613 40.35 -23.4 Values Party Tony Brunt 5,559 15.35 Independent politician Saul Goldsmith 768 2.12 Independent politician Margaret Gellen 292 0.80 367 1.01 36,212 43.12 -1.28 Councillor results 1974 Wellington City Council election Wellington Citizens' Association Michael Fowlernb As Fowler won the Mayoralty his election to the council was voided and his seat was awarded to the highest polling unsuccessful candidate. 15,670 53.27 +10.33 New Zealand Labour Party David Shand 13,910 48.41 +2.57 Wellington Citizens' Association Stewart Duff 13,402 47.00 -4.72 Wellington Citizens' Association Betty Campbell 12,471 44.43 -4.82 Wellington Citizens' Association Denis Foot 12,235 43.78 +1.79 Wellington Citizens' Association Ian Lawrence 12,041 43.25 +5.43 New Zealand Labour Party Bill Jeffries 11,683 42.26 Wellington Citizens' Association Ron Button 11,202 40.93 +1.05 Values Party Tony Brunt 11,030 40.45 Wellington Citizens' Association Audrey MacIntyre 10,923 40.16 Wellington Citizens' Association Les Chapman 10,576 39.20 -1.27 New Zealand Labour Party Keith Spry 10,390 38.69 -5.62 Wellington Citizens' Association Rosemary Young 10,085 37.84 New Zealand Labour Party Joe Aspell 9,876 37.27 -0.50 Wellington Citizens' Association Irvine Yardley 9,539 36.34 New Zealand Labour Party Brian O'Brien 9,473 36.15 -5.25 Wellington Citizens' Association Des Hoskins 9,447 36.08 Wellington Citizens' Association John Wootton 9,397 35.94 New Zealand Labour Party Matthew Bennett 9,210 35.43 New Zealand Labour Party Barbara Holt 9,209 35.43 Wellington Citizens' Association Bruce Harris 8,973 34.77 Wellington Citizens' Association Jim McMillain 8,827 34.37 New Zealand Labour Party Molly Bleakley 8,319 32.97 Wellington Citizens' Association George Nicholls 8,312 32.95 New Zealand Labour Party Lani Tupu 8,173 32.56 New Zealand Labour Party Ian Haldane 8,095 32.35 New Zealand Labour Party Pat Brockie 8,038 32.19 -1.95 New Zealand Labour Party Alane Hill 7,988 32.05 Wellington Citizens' Association Ralph Miller 7,968 32.00 Wellington Citizens' Association Peter Mills 7,917 31.86 New Zealand Labour Party Angela Sears 7,684 31.21 New Zealand Labour Party Sue Piper 7,664 31.16 New Zealand Labour Party John Morgan 7,146 29.73 New Zealand Labour Party David Walker 6,995 29.31 New Zealand Labour Party John Ulrich 6,595 28.21 Values Party Desmond Kelly 6,330 27.48 Values Party Annabel McLaren 6,026 26.64 Values Party Terry McDavitt 5,755 25.89 Independent Citizens' #DDEEFF Saul Goldsmith 5,368 24.82 +5.70 Independent politician Gordon Morrison 4,574 22.63 Independent politician Ron England 3,212 18.86 +10.52 Independent politician William Emsley 3,205 18.85 Independent Citizens' #DDEEFF Donald McPherson 2,976 18.21 +11.21 Liberal New Zealand Liberal Party (1962) Bill O'Brien 2,829 17.81 Independent Citizens' #DDEEFF Frank Moncur 1,975 15.45 +12.12 Independent Labour Kenneth Marlow 1,785 14.92 Table footnotes: nb References External links Cartoon satirizing the closeness of the result autocollapse Category:Mayoral elections in Wellington Category:1974 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Wellington Region Category:October 1974 in Oceania