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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
[edit]The Wellington City Council consisted of a mayor and eighteen councillors elected from five wards (Northern, Western, Tawa, Eastern, Southern).
Mayor
[edit]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
[edit]The Eastern Ward returned four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:
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
[edit]The Northern Ward returned four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:
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:
- ^ 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
[edit]The Southern Ward returned four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:
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
[edit]The Tawa Ward returned two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:
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
[edit]The Western Ward returned four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:
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
[edit]North Ward
[edit]The Wellington North Ward returned two councillors to the Wellington Regional Council.
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
[edit]The Wellington South Ward returned three councillors to the Wellington Regional Council.
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
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Declaration of Result of Election - City of Wellington". The Evening Post. 21 October 1995. p. 30.
- ^ a b "Wellington Regional Council - Declaration of Result of Election". The Evening Post. 21 October 1995. p. 30.