The 1901 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1901, elections were held for the

Mayor of Wellington The Mayor of Wellington is the head of the municipal government of the City of Wellington. The mayor presides over the Wellington City Council. The mayor is directly elected using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representati ...

plus other local government positions including twelve city councillors. John Aitken, the incumbent Mayor, was re-elected to office as Mayor of Wellington, beating

Thomas Wilford Sir Thomas Mason Wilford (20 June 1870 – 22 June 1939) was a New Zealand politician. He held the seats of Wellington Suburbs then Hutt continuously for thirty years, from 1899 to 1929. Wilford was leader of the New Zealand Liberal Party, and ...

. The polling was conducted using the standard

first-past-the-post In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...

electoral method. Electoral reforms were implemented in 1901, which extended the municipal term to biennial terms and saw the abolition of the ward system, implementing the process of electing councillors at large instead.

Mayoralty results

Councillor results

Notes

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wellington City Mayoral Election, 1901 Mayoral elections in Wellington 1901 elections in New Zealand Politics of the Wellington Region April 1901 events 1900s in Wellington