1903 Wellington City mayoral election

The 1903 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1903, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including the twelve city councillors, also elected biannually. John Aitken, the incumbent Mayor, sought re-election and retained office unopposed with no other candidates emerging.[1] The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

1903 Wellington City mayoral election

20 April 1903

Candidate John Aitken Party Independent Popular vote elected unopposed

Mayor before election John Aitken Elected Mayor John Aitken

Councillor results

1903 Wellington local election[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Winder	2,863	93.21	+18.40
	Independent	William Barber	2,831	92.18	+15.52
	Independent	John Luke	2,826	92.02	+13.36
	Independent	William Evans	2,745	89.38	+14.3
	Independent	John Smith Jr.	2,677	87.17	+23.32
	Independent	Matthew Murdoch	2,610	84.98	+19.52
	Independent	James Devine	2,609	84.95	23.89
	Independent	David Nathan	2,568	83.62	+23.32
	Independent	George Wiltshire	2,563	83.45
	Independent	Charles Hayward Izard	2,118	68.96	+11.14
	Labour	David McLaren	2,108	68.64	+21.15
	Independent	James Godber	1,953	63.59	+8.19
	Independent	Alexander Rand	1,860	60.56	+38.90
	Independent	Robert Tolhurst	1,665	54.21
	Independent	George Anderson	1,417	46.14	+0.35
	Independent	Robert Davenport	1,268	41.28	+8.20
	Independent	George Baylis	1,015	33.05
	Labour	William Hampton	990	32.23
	Independent	William Worth	905	29.46
	Independent	Allan Orr	799	26.01	-13.92
	Independent	William Grant	756	24.61
	Independent	Thomas Orr	609	19.83
	Independent	Vilhelm Jensen	421	13.70

References

1. "Mayoral Election". Free Lance. III (147). 25 April 1903. p. 22. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
2. "Wellington City Council". Free Lance. III (148). 2 May 1903. p. 16. Retrieved 11 May 2016.