1874 Wellington City mayoral election

1874 Wellington mayoral election

17 December 1874

Turnout

1,516


Candidate	William Sefton Moorhouse	Joe Dransfield
Party	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	1,009	507
Percentage	66.55	33.46

Mayor before election

Charles Borlase

Elected Mayor

William Sefton Moorhouse

The 1874 Wellington City mayoral election was the first election for the Mayor of Wellington to be conducted by public vote. The election was won by William Sefton Moorhouse, who defeated former mayor Joseph Dransfield.

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Background

Prior conventions dictated that Wellington's mayors were chosen by the city councillors from amongst themselves. In December 1874 an election open to the voting public was held with the intention of ratepayers selecting who would occupy the office of mayor for the 1875 term.^[1] The election was held on 17 December and saw William Sefton Moorhouse defeat Joe Dransfield by a 2 to 1 vote margin.

Election results

The following table gives the election results:

1874 Wellington mayoral election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Sefton Moorhouse	1,009	66.55
	Independent	Joe Dransfield	507	33.46
Majority			502	33.11
Turnout			1,516

Notes

^ Betts 1970, pp. 36.
^ "The Election of Mayor". The New Zealand Times. Vol. XXIX, no. 4290. 19 December 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 17 March 2019.

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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