Wellington City mayoral election, 1980

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24 October 1980

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Turnout

34,790


Candidate	Michael Fowler	Ros Noonan	Bryan Weyburne
Party	Citizens'	Labour	Rates Reform
Popular vote	17,964	9,986	5,698
Percentage	51.63	28.70	16.37

Mayor before election

Michael Fowler

Elected Mayor

Michael Fowler

The Wellington City mayoral election, 1980 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1980, election were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including eighteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

The election saw Michael Fowler returned as mayor for a third term as well as the introduction of a third party to contest control of the council. The Rates Reform ticket debuted to challenge the long established council duopoly between the Labour and Citizens' tickets. The group performed poorly however with all candidates receiving far less votes than the other tickets' candidates. By the following election the Rates Reform group had merged into the Citizens Association and two of their 1980 candidates (Ruth Gotlieb and Bryan Weyburne) were elected as councillors.

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