Wellington City mayoral by-election, 1910

Wellington City mayoral election, 1910

← 1909 28 April 1910 1911 →
Turnout	11,515
Candidate Thomas Wilford Charles John Crawford Party Independent Independent Popular vote 6,248 5,267 Percentage 54.26 45.74
Mayor before election Alfred Newman Elected Mayor Thomas Wilford

Alfred Newman

Thomas Wilford

The Wellington City mayoral election, 1910 was held to determine the next Mayor of Wellington. The incumbent Mayor, Alfred Newman did not stand for re-election. At this time Wellington held their council elections biennially and the Mayoralty was annually. Thomas Wilford was elected to office as the new Mayor of Wellington, after four unsuccessful attempts prior, beating his sole opponent Charles John Crawford. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

The following table gives the election results:

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