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1890 Wellington mayoral election

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Turnout	1,566
Candidate Arthur Brown Charles Worth Party Independent Independent Popular vote 927 639 Percentage 59.19 40.81
Mayor before election Charles Johnston Elected mayor Arthur Brown

The 1890 Wellington 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 for the following year.

Background

The incumbent mayor Charles Johnston declined to stand for a second term. Johnston's declination left the field open and two councillors Arthur Winton Brown (also a former mayor) and Charles Frederick Worth were nominated for the mayoralty. It was the first mayoral election since 1887 that had been contested.

Election results

The following table gives the election results:

Notes

1. "Our Retiring Mayor". The Evening Post. Vol. XL, no. 141. 12 December 1890. p. 3.
2. "Mayoral Elections". The New Zealand Times. Vol. LI, no. 9154. 27 November 1890. p. 1 (Supplement).
3. Betts 1970, pp. 37.
4. "Wellington City Council - Annual Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. Vol. XL, no. 129. 28 November 1890. 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.

v t e Mayors of Wellington
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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