1995 Wellington City local elections

1995 Wellington local elections
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Party Citizens' Labour Green
Last election 8 6 5
Seats won 6 4 3
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 2 Decrease 2
Position of Wellington City within Wellington Region

The 1995 Wellington local elections were part of the 1995 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), city council, district health board, and various community boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Wellington City Council

The Wellington City Council consisted of a mayor and eighteen councillors elected from five wards (Northern, Western, Tawa, Eastern, Southern).

Mayor

Main article: 1995 Wellington City mayoral election
1995 Wellington mayoral election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mark Blumsky 26,372 43.99
Labour Elizabeth Tennet 11,673 19.47
Independent Helene Ritchie 4,569 7.62 −9.38
Citizens' Nigel Gould 4,482 7.47
Independent Michael Wall 3,657 6.10
Alliance Phillida Bunkle 3,336 5.56
Green Stephen Rainbow 2,797 4.66 −6.05
Independent Bryan Pepperell 977 1.62
McGillicuddy Serious Ross Gardner 470 0.78
Independent Noel Galvin 435 0.72
Independent Donald Eddie 253 0.42
Independent Raymond Berkahn 149 0.24
Private Enterprise Frank Moncur 111 0.18 −0.05
Independent Bruce Harris 107 0.17
Informal votes 560 0.93 −0.17
Majority 14,699 24.51
Turnout 59,948 53.10 −0.16
Registered electors 112,886

Eastern Ward

The Eastern Ward returned four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Eastern Ward[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ruth Gotlieb 8,534 71.56 +13.06
Green Sue Kedgley 7,906 66.29 +9.72
Citizens' Chris Parkin 5,336 44.74
Citizens' Brian Barraclough 5,015 42.05 +2.75
Citizens' Rama Ramanathan 4,692 39.34 +5.22
Labour Robin Boldarin 4,464 37.43
Labour Barry Ebert 4,054 33.99
Alliance Ruby Woodward 3,388 28.41
Independent Evan Keay 2,647 22.19
Private Enterprise Frank Moncur 1,038 8.70 −0.47
Informal votes 625 5.24 +2.42
Turnout 11,925 42.50 −4.93
Registered electors 28,056

Northern Ward

The Northern Ward returned four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Northern Ward[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mark Blumsky[nb 1] 11,585 76.73
Independent Judy Siers 9,291 61.53
Citizens' Sally Baber 8,080 53.51
Citizens' Allan Johnston 4,711 31.20
Independent Kent Clark 3,931 26.03
Alliance John Fanning 3,630 24.04
Citizens' John Potter 3,541 23.45
Informal votes 525 3.47 −0.09
Turnout 15,098 56.04 +8.77
Registered electors 26,940

Table footnotes:

  1. ^ As Blumsky won the Mayoralty his election to the council was voided and his seat was awarded to the highest polling unsuccessful candidate.

Southern Ward

The Southern Ward returned four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Southern Ward[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Gilberthorpe 5,056 57.23 +6.51
Labour Sue Piper 4,718 53.41
Green Celia Wade-Brown 4,571 51.74 +22.13
Green Stephen Rainbow 4,506 51.01
Labour Hola Taue 4,158 47.07 +20.29
Labour Robert Logan 4,044 45.78
Independent Bryan Pepperell 3,264 36.95 +26.15
Alliance Robert Te Whare 2,229 25.23
Alliance Roland Sapsford 2,147 24.30
Informal votes 638 7.22 +6.74
Turnout 8,833 40.99 −1.45
Registered electors 21,544

Tawa Ward

The Tawa Ward returned two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Tawa Ward[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Kerry Prendergast 3,241 69.74
Independent Robert Armstrong 2,458 52.89
Independent Graeme Sutton 2,233 48.05
Independent Roger Bradshaw 1,192 25.65
Informal votes 170 3.65
Turnout 4,647 51.31
Registered electors 9,056

Western Ward

The Western Ward returned four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Western Ward[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andy Foster 6,915 62.43 +26.69
Independent Rex Nicholls 5,379 48.56
Independent Barbara Nef 5,110 46.13
Alliance Stephanie Cook 4,762 42.99
Citizens' Patricia Morrison 4,551 41.09
Citizens' Bryan Weyburne 4,527 40.87 −0.18
Citizens' Jack Ruben 4,518 40.79
Independent Craig Wylie 3,274 29.56
Labour Frank Mackinnon 3,038 27.43 +5.47
Independent Bruce Harris 1,015 9.16
Informal votes 1,209 10.91 +6.25
Turnout 11,075 40.58 −9.98
Registered electors 27,290

Wellington Regional Council

North Ward

The Wellington North Ward returned two councillors to the Wellington Regional Council.

Wellington North Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' Euan McQueen 12,796 62.59
Citizens' Martyn Turner 10,676 52.22
Independent Bruce Abernethy 6,738 32.95
Alliance Dallas Moore 5,927 28.99
Alliance Carrick Lewis 4,750 23.23
Turnout 20,444 56.79
Registered electors 35,996

South Ward

The Wellington South Ward returned three councillors to the Wellington Regional Council.

Wellington South Ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Bonner 12,625 57.54
Green Denis Foot 10,953 49.92
Labour Terry McDavitt 10,021 45.67
Independent Heather Thomson 8,549 38.96
Citizens' James Cornish 7,511 34.23
Green Craig Palmer 6,628 30.21
Alliance Frank Macskasy 6,041 27.53
Independent David Hughes 3,487 15.89
Turnout 21,939 28.53
Registered electors 76,890

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Declaration of Result of Election - City of Wellington". The Evening Post. 21 October 1995. p. 30.
  2. ^ a b "Wellington Regional Council - Declaration of Result of Election". The Evening Post. 21 October 1995. p. 30.