Wellington local elections, 1992

Wellington local elections, 1992
New Zealand
October 1992
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Citizens' Labour Green
Seats won 8 6 5

Position of the Wellington Region

The Wellington local elections, 1992 were part of the New Zealand local elections, 1992, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Greater Wellington Regional Council

Wellington ward

The Wellington ward returns five councillors to the Wellington Regional Council.

Wellington Ward (5 vacancies)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Susan Driver 27,963 12.8
Citizens' Ian Lawrence 26,162 11.9
Green Denis Foot 25,634 11.7
Labour Terry McDavitt 20,406 9.3
Citizens' Leslie Paske 19,034 8.7
Citizens' Athol Euan McQueen 14,077 6.4
Citizens' James Cornish 13,080 6.0
Citizens' James Rowe 12,837 5.9
Labour Peter Graham 12,166 5.5
Labour Robert Logan 11,607 5.3
Labour Patrick McLean 9,655 4.4
Alliance Dallas Moore 8,014 3.7
Alliance Vernon Tile 6,676 3.0
Alliance Ronald England 6,583 3.0
Alliance Simon Leys 5,368 2.4

Wellington City Council

The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and nineteen councillors elected from five wards (Northern, Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern).

Mayor

Wellington mayoral election, 1992[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Fran Wilde 18,795 32.9
Independent Helene Ritchie 9,080 17.0
Citizens' Ken Comber 8,751 15.3
Green Stephen Rainbow 6,122 10.7
Independent Ruth Gotlieb 5,851 10.2
Independent David Bull 4,683 8.2
Independent Rana Waitai 2,607 4.6
McGillicuddy Serious John Morrison 299 0.5
Private Enterprise Frank Moncur 134 0.2
Communist League Patrick Brown 112 0.2
Independent Margaret Barry-Gellen 88 0.1
Majority 9,080 15.8
Turnout 57,157

Eastern ward

The Eastern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Eastern Ward (4 vacancies)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Ruth Gotlieb 5,916 14.6
Green Sue Kedgley 5,721 14.1
Citizens' Brian Barraclough 4,531 11.2
Labour Hazel Armstrong 4,179 10.3
Citizens' Rama Ramanathan 3,451 8.5
Citizens' Kathryn Olsen 3,321 8.2
Citizens' Heather Thompson 3,289 8.1
Green Lorna Sandeman 3,150 7.8
Labour Richard Young 3,045 7.5
Labour Mary Sinclair 2,917 7.2
Private Enterprise Frank Moncur 928 2.3

Lambton ward

The Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Lambton Ward (3 vacancies)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Stephen Rainbow 3,857 20.2
Green Liz Thomas 2,331 12.2
Citizens' Rex Nicholls 2,266 11.8
Citizens' Russell Armitage 1,948 10.2
Labour Tony Burton 1,780 9.3
Green Myra Gise 1,601 8.4
Citizens' Grahame Anderson 1,556 8.1
Labour Barbara Buckett 1,434 7.5
Labour Peter Cleave 919 4.8
Independent William MacQueen 830 4.3
Capital Action Ann Nolan 606 3.2

Northern ward

The Northern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Northern Ward (3 vacancies)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Citizens' Sarah Lysaght 3,769 17.6
Independent Ian Hutchings 3,314 15.5
Labour Kenneth Boyden 3,263 15.3
Green Anne Duncan 2,591 12.1
Citizens' Richard Nanson 2,497 11.7
Labour Jill Main 2,492 11.7
Citizens' Kenneth Tocker 2,346 11.0
Labour Vita Harmor 1,110 5.2

Onslow ward

The Onslow ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Onslow Ward (2 vacancies)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent David Bull 3,392 29.2
Citizens' Sally Barber 2,565 22.1
Citizens' Les Stephens 2,518 21.7
Green Martin Wilson 1,516 13.1
Capital Action Colin Cloverdale 692 6.0
Independent Bob Monks 682 5.9
Independent Alexander Schiff 241 2.1

Western ward

The Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Western Ward (3 vacancies)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Valda Bedingfield 5,008 20.5
Citizens' Bryan Weyburne 3,343 13.7
Citizens' Andy Foster 2,910 11.9
Green Sheila Ahern 2,637 10.8
Citizens' Alfie Des Tombe 2,320 9.5
Capital Action Colin Robertson 1,997 8.2
Green James Shaw 1,820 7.5
Labour Frank Mackinnon 1,788 7.3
Green Alexander Ewing 1,553 6.4
Capital Action Ashley Lewis 1,050 4.3

Southern ward

The Southern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Southern Ward (4 vacancies)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Peter Parussini 4,894 13.5
Labour John Gilberthorpe 4,599 12.7
Labour Margaret Bonner 4,422 12.2
Green Merrin Downing 4,051 11.2
Labour Tala Cleverey 3,997 11.0
Green Celia Wade-Brown 3,310 9.1
Independent Eddie Mollier 2,178 6.0
Independent Alan Chambers 2,093 5.8
Citizens' Mary Bishop 1,950 5.4
Citizens' Mulitalo Mano'o 1,716 4.7
Alliance Christopher Ellis 1,543 4.3
Alliance Beverly Arnell 1,514 4.2

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bly, Ross (1992). City of Wellington: Local Body Elections, 1992 (Report). Wellington City Council.
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