1947 Wellington mayoral election

New Zealand local election July 2025 November 2016 1947 Wellington mayoral election New Zealand Wellington coat of arms (1878-1951) (shield only).svg Presidential no 1944 Wellington mayoral election 1944 1950 Wellington mayoral election 1950 19 November 1947 49,842 (50.63%) 125x150px Will Appleton Wellington Citizens' Association 27,000 54.17 125x150px Nathan Seddon New Zealand Labour Party 22,444 45.04 Mayor Will Appleton Will Appleton The 1947 Wellington mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1947, election 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 Citizens' Association reselected the incumbent mayor Will Appleton after agreeing at a meeting to form a deputation to request he stand again.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19470626.2.21 City Mayoralty – Mr. Appleton to Be Asked to Stand Again The Evening Post 20 June 1947 CXLIII 144 8 He had been mayor for three years and a councillor for thirteen years prior. He had been chairman of the works committee since 1933. All eleven Citizens' councillors who were not retiring were reselected.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19470908.2.99.1 Citizens' Ticket – Municipal Elections The Evening Post 8 September 1947 CXLIV 60 8 The Labour Party almost decided not to contest the mayoralty. When the Wellington Labour Representation Committee met to discuss the municipal elections a motion to put up a mayoral candidate was carried by only thirty-seven votes to thirty-five.Betts 1970 146 Ultimately it selected Newtown businessman Nathan Richard Seddon as its candidate.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19470620.2.89 Labour Candidate – Wellington Mayoralty The Evening Post 20 June 1947 CXLIII 144 8 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19470719.2.79 Labour Ticket For Wellington Northern Advocate 19 July 1947 7 He was the Chairman of the Wellington Education Board and a grand nephew of Richard Seddon, a former Prime Minister of New Zealand.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19500601.2.124 Otago Daily Times 8 Death of Mr N. R. Seddon 1 May 1950 27404 Mayoralty results 1947 Wellington mayoral electionNorrie J 1 December 1947 Declaration of Election Results Wellington City Council Wellington Citizens' Association Will Appleton 27,000 54.17 -4.63 New Zealand Labour Party Nathan Seddon 22,444 45.04 398 0.79 -0.42 4,556 9.14 -9.69 49,842 50.63 -8.24 Councillor results 1947 Wellington City Council election Wellington Citizens' Association Elizabeth Gilmer 30,258 60.70 +1.34 Wellington Citizens' Association Robert Macalister 27,455 55.08 +1.03 Wellington Citizens' Association Charles Treadwell 27,361 54.89 Wellington Citizens' Association Frederick Furkert 25,947 52.05 -1.89 Wellington Citizens' Association Malcolm Galloway 25,795 51.75 -1.28 Wellington Citizens' Association Ernest Toop 25,764 51.69 +0.99 Wellington Citizens' Association Len Jacobsen 25,743 51.64 +1.62 Wellington Citizens' Association Stewart Hardy 25,604 51.37 Wellington Citizens' Association Sandy Pope 25,386 50.93 +1.02 Wellington Citizens' Association Harry Nankervis 24,979 50.11 Wellington Citizens' Association William Stevens 24,782 49.72 +1.51 Wellington Citizens' Association Denis McGrath 24,477 49.10 Wellington Citizens' Association Archibald Richardson 23,438 47.02 Wellington Citizens' Association William Birthwhistle 23,256 46.65 Wellington Citizens' Association Jack Living 22,960 46.06 New Zealand Labour Party Eugene Casey 20,521 41.17 New Zealand Labour Party John Churchill 19,885 39.89 +1.39 New Zealand Labour Party John Fleming 19,225 38.57 +2.65 New Zealand Labour Party James Roberts 19,209 38.53 New Zealand Labour Party Jack Arthurs 18,694 37.50 +3.25 New Zealand Labour Party Ethel Harris 18,045 36.20 +3.93 New Zealand Labour Party Phil Holloway 17,763 35.63 New Zealand Labour Party William Sadd 17,728 35.56 New Zealand Labour Party William Wilson 17,544 35.19 New Zealand Labour Party Henry Lees 17,438 34.98 New Zealand Labour Party Percival Hansen 17,413 34.93 -1.49 New Zealand Labour Party Edward Williams 17,223 34.55 New Zealand Labour Party Frank O'Flynn 16,969 34.04 New Zealand Labour Party Albert Wathey 16,548 33.20 Communist Party of New Zealand Connie Birchfield 6,672 13.38 Communist Party of New Zealand Peter McAra 4,708 9.44 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:1947 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Wellington Region Category:1940s in Wellington Category:November 1947 in Oceania