1902 Wellington City mayoral election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Wellington_coat_of_arms_%281878-1951%29_%28shield_only%29.svg/50px-Wellington_coat_of_arms_%281878-1951%29_%28shield_only%29.svg.png)
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| | | Candidate | John Aitken | | Party | Independent | | Popular vote | elected unopposed | | |
Mayor before election John Aitken | Elected mayor John Aitken | |
The 1902 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year to decide who would take the office of Mayor of Wellington for the following year.
Background
After initially being in doubt as to whether he would seek a third term, incumbent mayor John Aitken allowed his name to go forward to be nominated to stand for re-election.[1] He was returned unopposed as no other candidates were nominated to oppose him.[2] It was the fifth election since 1875 that the mayoralty was uncontested.
The statutory meeting of ratepayers to consider the loan proposals of the city council was held on election day, though attendance at the meeting was low. The ratepayers rejected the proposals by a large majority.[4] This low attendance had become commonplace in local politics and was known as "veto by abstention".
Notes
- ^ "Wellington Mayoralty - Mr. Aitken Will Stand Again". The Evening Post. Vol. LXIII, no. 82. 7 April 1902. p. 6.
- ^ "The Re-election of the Mayor". The Evening Post. Vol. LXIII, no. 90. 16 April 1902. p. 4.
- ^ "The Wellington Loan Proposals Rejected". Feilding Star. Vol. XXIII, no. 1414. 19 April 1902. p. 2.
References
- Betts, George (1970). Betts on Wellington: A City and its Politics. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. ISBN 0 589 00469 7.
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Mayors of Wellington
Mayors | elected by councillors | - George Hunter
- William Guyton
- Joe Dransfield
- Charles Borlase
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elected at large | - William Sefton Moorhouse
- William Hutchison
- Joe Dransfield
- George Allen
- William Hutchison
- George Fisher
- Arthur Winton Brown
- Sam Brown
- John Duthie
- Charles Johnston
- Arthur Winton Brown
- Francis Bell
- Alfred Brandon
- Charles Luke
- George Fisher
- Francis Bell
- John Blair
- John Aitken
- Thomas William Hislop
- Alfred Newman
- Thomas Wilford
- David McLaren
- John Luke
- Robert Wright
- Charles Norwood
- George Troup
- Thomas Hislop
- Will Appleton
- Rob Macalister
- Frank Kitts
- Michael Fowler
- Ian Lawrence
- Jim Belich
- Fran Wilde
- Mark Blumsky
- Kerry Prendergast
- Celia Wade-Brown
- Justin Lester
- Andy Foster
- Tory Whanau
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- † Elected unopposed
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