Wellington City mayoral election, 1962
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Turnout |
34,031 (46.4%) |
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The Wellington City mayoral election, 1962 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1962, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington City plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
The election was also notable due to the success of Ralph Love, who became the first Maori candidate to be elected as a city councillor in Wellington's history.[1]
Councillor results
Wellington local election, 1962[2][3]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
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Labour |
Frank Kitts[nb 1] |
18,714 |
54.99 |
+4.11 |
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Citizens' |
Maida Clark |
17,772 |
52.22 |
+4.43 |
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Labour |
John Churchill |
15,925 |
46.79 |
+3.39 |
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Citizens' |
Robert Archibald |
15,798 |
46.22 |
+15.07 |
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Citizens' |
Alice Campbell |
14,978 |
44.01 |
-2.41 |
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Citizens' |
Stewart Duff |
14,934 |
43.88 |
+2.76 |
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Citizens' |
Denis McGrath |
14,915 |
43.82 |
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Citizens' |
Maurice Manthel |
14,172 |
41.64 |
+0.52 |
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Citizens' |
Cecil Henry Benney |
13,624 |
40.03 |
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Citizens' |
John Turk |
13,536 |
39.77 |
+0.71 |
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Labour |
Ralph Love |
13,135 |
38.59 |
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Labour |
John Jeffries |
13,036 |
38.30 |
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Citizens' |
David Porter |
12,979 |
38.13 |
-6.68 |
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Citizens' |
Gordon Morrison |
12,815 |
37.65 |
-4.35 |
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Citizens' |
Alan Simm |
12,658 |
37.19 |
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Labour |
Lettie Allen |
12,646 |
37.16 |
-0.30 |
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Citizens' |
Douglas Barry-Martin |
12,252 |
36.00 |
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Citizens' |
Cecil Read |
12,212 |
35.88 |
-4.96 |
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Citizens' |
John Tipping |
12,105 |
35.57 |
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Labour |
John Arthurs |
11,911 |
35.00 |
-0.07 |
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Citizens' |
Arthur Jennings |
11,699 |
34.37 |
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Labour |
Gerald O'Brien |
11,394 |
33.48 |
+3.10 |
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Labour |
Walter Pellew |
11,172 |
32.82 |
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Labour |
George Matthew |
11,078 |
32.55 |
+1.80 |
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Labour |
Nigel Taylor |
10,909 |
32.05 |
-1.34 |
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Labour |
Percival Hansen |
10,266 |
30.16 |
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Labour |
Allan Goldsmith |
10,106 |
29.69 |
+2.83 |
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Labour |
Roland Howell |
9,419 |
27.67 |
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Labour |
James Herlihy |
9,180 |
26.97 |
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Independent |
Peter Howman |
9,071 |
26.65 |
-14.30 |
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Labour |
Reginald Tillam |
8,763 |
25.75 |
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United Action |
Saul Goldsmith |
8,489 |
24.94 |
+5.87 |
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Independent |
Berkeley Dallard |
8,347 |
24.52 |
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United Action |
Frank Tickner |
6,407 |
18.82 |
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United Action |
Leslie Austin |
5,098 |
14.98 |
+0.50 |
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United Action |
Ronald Brierley |
4,033 |
11.85 |
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United Action |
James Glass |
3,658 |
10.74 |
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United Action |
Francis Malcolm |
3,647 |
10.71 |
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United Action |
Alice Coe |
3,597 |
10.56 |
+0.70 |
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United Action |
Violet Petterson |
3,255 |
9.56 |
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Independent |
Annette Griffin |
3,131 |
9.20 |
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United Action |
George Ayson |
3,073 |
9.03 |
-1.59 |
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United Action |
Carlyle Edwards |
3,034 |
8.91 |
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Independent |
Philip Cossham |
3,022 |
8.88 |
+4.49 |
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United Action |
Arthur Norris |
2,701 |
7.93 |
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United Action |
Alfred Ivin |
2,484 |
7.29 |
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United Action |
Alan McKibbin |
2,454 |
7.21 |
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United Action |
Patrick Fee |
2,171 |
6.37 |
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Communist |
Ron Smith |
1,460 |
4.29 |
+0.12 |
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Communist |
Ray Nunes |
978 |
2.87 |
-0.66 |
Table footnotes:
- ↑ As Kitts won the Mayoralty his election to the council was voided and his seat was awarded to the highest polling unsuccessful candidate.
References
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- † Elected unopposed
- ‡ By-election
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