The 1925 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1925, 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 fifteen councillors. 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.
Background
Incumbent Mayor
Robert Wright did not seek a third term, but ran as a councillor once again. To replace him, the
Civic League initially nominated councillor
Thomas Forsyth Thomas Forsyth may refer to:
* Thomas Forsyth (footballer) (1892–?), Scottish amateur footballer
* Thomas Forsyth (Indian agent) (1771–1833), American frontiersman, trader, and Indian agent
* Thomas Forsyth (New Zealand politician) (1868–1941 ...
as their candidate for the mayoralty, but he withdrew in favour of former councillor
Charles Norwood
Sir Charles John Boyd Norwood (23 August 1871 – 26 November 1966) was a prominent Wellington New Zealand-based businessman with interests throughout New Zealand and Australia. He was a civic leader, his knighthood was awarded for public servic ...
.
Sitting councillor
Charles Chapman was the
Labour Party's candidate.
Mayoralty results
Councillor results
References
Mayoral elections in Wellington
1925 elections in New Zealand
Politics of the Wellington Region
1920s in Wellington
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