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1878 Wellington mayoral election

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Turnout	1,478
Candidate Joe Dransfield William Hutchison Party Independent Independent Popular vote 740 738 Percentage 50.07 49.93
Mayor before election Joe Dransfield Elected mayor Joe Dransfield

The 1878 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year to decide who would take the office of Mayor of Wellington.

Background

Joe Dransfield, the incumbent Mayor, sought re-election for another year. He was opposed by former mayor William Hutchison, who had withdrawn from the previous year's election (along with another candidate) enabling Dransfield to be elected unopposed. Dransfield was elected once again. The result was very close with two votes being the majority for Drandfield. There were a number of cases of personation reported on election day. Supporters of Hutchison also attempted to get the election's legality reviewed in the Supreme Court, disputing the validity on several grounds, one being that five or six people enrolled having no legal right to vote.

Election results

The following table gives the election results:

Notes

1. Betts 1970, pp. 262.
2. "Untitled". Wairarapa Standard. Vol. 8, no. 791. 30 November 1878. p. 2.
3. "The Wellington Mayoralty". Grey River Argus. No. 3211. 29 November 1878. p. 2.
4. "Wellington City Council - Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. Vol. XVI, no. 282. 28 November 1878. p. 3.

References

• Betts, George (1970). Betts on Wellington: A City and its Politics. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. ISBN 0 589 00469 7.

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Mayors	elected by councillors George Hunter William Guyton Joe Dransfield Charles Borlase elected at large William Sefton Moorhouse William Hutchison Joe Dransfield George Allen William Hutchison George Fisher Arthur Winton Brown Sam Brown John Duthie Charles Johnston Arthur Winton Brown Francis Bell Alfred Brandon Charles Luke George Fisher Francis Bell John Blair John Aitken Thomas William Hislop Alfred Newman Thomas Wilford David McLaren John Luke Robert Wright Charles Norwood George Troup Thomas Hislop Will Appleton Rob Macalister Frank Kitts Michael Fowler Ian Lawrence Jim Belich Fran Wilde Mark Blumsky Kerry Prendergast Celia Wade-Brown Justin Lester Andy Foster Tory Whanau
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