Wellington City mayoral election, 1914

Wellington City mayoral by-election, 1914

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Turnout

20,472


Candidate	John Luke	David McLaren	John Glover
Party	Citizens League	United Labour	Social Democrat
Popular vote	11,555	4,548	4,369
Percentage	56.44	22.21	21.34

Mayor before election

John Luke

Elected Mayor

John Luke

The Wellington City mayoral by-election, 1914 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

John Luke had been Mayor of Wellington since his election in 1913. Luke sought re-election against former Mayor David McLaren who was defeated by Luke a year earlier and stood for the mayoralty once again. The third contestant was John Glover, a newspaper editor, who entered the contest for the newly formed Social Democratic Party, a more radical labour party. Glover's entry cut into McLaren's support base causing his polling to fall sharply from the previous two elections. Regardless of the divided labour vote, Luke won the contest with an outright majority.

The following table gives the election results:

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