The 1931 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1931, elections 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.
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| Turnout | 25,799 (56.20%) | |||||||||||||||
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Background
Mayor George Troup declined to stand for a third term. Councillor Thomas Hislop was selected as his replacement to stand for the Civic League. The Labour Party did not stand a mayoral candidate, the first time they had not done so since 1917. An election was necessitated when the deputy mayor Martin Luckie accepted the request of a deputation of citizens to run for mayor.[1]
Mayoralty results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Civic League | Thomas Hislop | 13,593 | 52.68 | ||
| Independent | Martin Luckie | 11,678 | 45.26 | ||
| Informal votes | 528 | 2.04 | -1.26 | ||
| Majority | 1,915 | 7.42 | |||
| Turnout | 25,799 | 56.20 | +0.45 | ||
Councillor results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic League | William Bennett | 12,766 | 49.48 | +1.66 | |
| Civic League | Will Appleton | 12,453 | 48.26 | ||
| Civic League | William Gaudin | 12,452 | 48.25 | -0.20 | |
| Labour | Charles Chapman | 12,425 | 48.16 | +2.96 | |
| Civic League | Thomas Forsyth | 11,290 | 43.76 | -0.67 | |
| Civic League | Herbert Huggins | 10,576 | 40.99 | -2.20 | |
| Labour | Bob Semple | 10,395 | 40.29 | +0.81 | |
| Labour | Robert McKeen | 10,332 | 40.04 | -1.73 | |
| Civic League | Jacob McEldowney | 9,966 | 38.62 | ||
| Civic League | Frank Meadowcroft | 9,808 | 38.01 | -6.99 | |
| Civic League | John Burns | 9,514 | 36.87 | +5.53 | |
| Civic League | William Duncan | 9,282 | 35.97 | ||
| Civic League | Sydney Holm | 8,852 | 34.31 | ||
| Civic League | John Wallace | 8,480 | 32.86 | ||
| Independent | Jim McDonald | 8,351 | 32.36 | ||
| Civic League | George Mitchell | 8,186 | 31.72 | -6.72 | |
| Independent | Paul Hoskins | 7,764 | 30.09 | ||
| Civic League | George Stewart | 7,343 | 28.46 | ||
| Independent | Herbert Price | 7,304 | 28.31 | ||
| Labour | William Atkinson | 7,029 | 27.24 | -2.14 | |
| Independent | James Sievwright | 6,890 | 26.70 | ||
| Independent | Robert Bothamley | 6,829 | 26.47 | ||
| Labour | John Read | 6,632 | 25.70 | -3.31 | |
| Labour | Tom Brindle | 6,624 | 25.67 | -4.03 | |
| Labour | Andrew Parlane | 6,548 | 25.38 | -1.79 | |
| Labour | Jim Collins | 6,511 | 25.23 | ||
| Labour | Peter Butler | 6,390 | 24.76 | -1.46 | |
| Civic League | Amy Kane | 6,287 | 24.36 | ||
| Labour | Michael Walsh | 6,252 | 24.23 | 1.97 | |
| Labour | Lawrence Hennessy | 6,206 | 24.05 | ||
| Labour | Jim Thorn | 5,956 | 23.08 | ||
| Independent | Samuel Martin | 5,841 | 22.64 | ||
| Independent | Annie McVicar | 5,556 | 21.53 | ||
| Labour | Sarah Snow | 5,316 | 20.60 | ||
| Civic League | Charles Lethaby | 4,831 | 18.72 | ||