1992 Wellington City local elections

1992 Wellington local elections
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Party Citizens' Labour Green
Last election 9 8 1
Seats won 8 6 5
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 2 Increase 4
Results by ward, shaded by highest polling party/candidate vote share

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

Wellington City Council

The Wellington City Council consisted of a mayor and twenty-one councillors elected from seven wards (Eastern, Lambton, Northern, Onslow, Southern, Tawa, Western).

Mayor

Main article: 1992 Wellington City mayoral election
1992 Wellington mayoral election[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fran Wilde 18,795 32.91
Independent Helene Ritchie 9,715 17.00 −10.12
Citizens' Ken Comber 8,751 15.31
Green Stephen Rainbow 6,122 10.71
Independent Ruth Gotlieb 5,851 10.23
Independent David Bull 4,683 8.19 −0.12
Independent Rana Waitai 2,607 4.56
McGillicuddy Serious John Morrison 299 0.52 −1.41
Private Enterprise Frank Moncur 134 0.23 −0.15
Communist League Patrick Brown 112 0.19
Independent Margaret Barry-Gellen 88 0.15
Informal votes 632 1.10 −1.54
Majority 9,080 15.88
Turnout 57,157 53.26 +3.32
Registered electors 108,505

Eastern Ward

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

Eastern Ward[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ruth Gotlieb 5,916 58.50 −5.01
Green Sue Kedgley 5,721 56.57
Citizens' Brian Barraclough 4,531 44.80 +2.55
Labour Hazel Armstrong 4,179 41.32
Citizens' Rama Ramanathan 3,451 34.12 −3.26
Citizens' Kathryn Olsen 3,321 32.84
Citizens' Heather Thompson 3,289 32.52
Green Lorna Sandeman 3,150 31.15
Labour Richard Young 3,045 30.11
Labour Mary Sinclair 2,917 28.84
Private Enterprise Frank Moncur 928 9.17 +4.97
Informal votes 286 2.82 +1.09
Turnout 10,112 47.43 +0.58
Registered electors 21,316

Lambton Ward

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

Lambton Ward[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Stephen Rainbow 3,857 60.49 +18.45
Green Liz Thomas 2,331 36.55
Citizens' Rex Nicholls 2,266 35.53
Citizens' Russell Armitage 1,948 30.55 −12.30
Labour Tony Burton 1,780 27.91
Green Myra Giese 1,601 25.10
Citizens' Grahame Anderson 1,556 24.40
Labour Barbara Buckett 1,434 22.49
Labour Peter Cleave 919 14.41
Independent William MacQueen 830 13.01
Capital Action Ann Nolan 606 9.50
Informal votes 284 4.45 +1.38
Turnout 6,376 43.43 +4.14
Registered electors 14,681

Northern Ward

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

Northern Ward[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' Sarah Lysaght 3,769 52.88 −9.70
Independent Ian Hutchings 3,314 46.49 +9.88
Labour Ken Boyden 3,263 45.78 −0.46
Green Anne Duncan 2,591 36.35
Citizens' Richard Nanson 2,497 35.03
Labour Jill Main 2,492 34.96
Citizens' Kenneth Tocker 2,346 32.91
Labour Vita Harmor 1,110 15.57
Informal votes 254 3.56 −0.44
Turnout 7,127 47.27 +2.41
Registered electors 15,077

Onslow Ward

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

Onslow Ward[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Bull 3,392 58.45
Citizens' Sally Baber 2,565 44.20 −20.46
Citizens' Les Stephens 2,518 43.39 −12.45
Green Martin Wilson 1,516 26.12
Capital Action Colin Cloverdale 692 11.92
Independent Bob Monks 682 11.75 −13.81
Independent Alexander Schiff 241 4.15
Informal votes 246 4.23 +0.37
Turnout 5,803 53.74 +1.38
Registered electors 10,797

Southern Ward

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

Southern Ward[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Parussini 4,894 53.98
Labour John Gilberthorpe 4,599 50.72 +1.05
Labour Margaret Bonner 4,422 48.77
Green Merrin Downing 4,051 44.68 +6.21
Labour Tala Cleverley 3,997 44.08 −2.46
Green Celia Wade-Brown 3,310 36.51
Independent Eddie Mollier 2,178 24.02
Independent Alan Chambers 2,093 23.08
Citizens' Mary Bishop 1,950 21.50
Citizens' Mulitalo Mano'o 1,716 18.92
Alliance Chris Ellis 1,543 17.01 +6.73
Alliance Beverly Arnell 1,514 16.69
Informal votes 388 4.27 −0.69
Turnout 9,086 42.96
Registered electors 21,147

Tawa Ward

The Tawa Ward returned two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Tawa Ward (2 vacancies)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Kerry Prendergast Unopposed
Independent David Watt Unopposed
Registered electors 8,911

Western Ward

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

Western Ward[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Val Bedingfield 5,008 61.50 −5.81
Citizens' Bryan Weyburne 3,343 41.05
Citizens' Andy Foster 2,910 35.74
Green Sheila Ahern 2,637 32.38
Citizens' Alfie Des Tombe 2,320 28.49
Capital Action Colin Robertson 1,997 24.52
Green James Shaw 1,820 22.35
Labour Frank Mackinnon 1,788 21.96
Green Alexander Ewing 1,553 19.07
Capital Action Ashley Lewis 1,050 12.89
Informal votes 380 4.66 +2.78
Turnout 8,143 50.56 −0.43
Registered electors 16,103

Wellington Regional Council

Wellington Ward

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

Wellington Ward[1][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sue Driver 27,963 63.76
Citizens' Ian Lawrence 26,162 59.65
Green Denis Foot 25,634 58.45
Labour Terry McDavitt 20,406 46.53
Citizens' Les Paske 19,034 43.40
Citizens' Euan McQueen 14,077 32.10
Citizens' James Cornish 13,080 29.82
Citizens' Jim Rowe 12,837 29.27
Labour Peter Graham 12,166 27.74
Labour Robert Logan 11,607 26.46
Labour Patrick McLean 9,655 22.01
Alliance Dallas Moore 8,014 18.27
Alliance Vernon Tile 6,676 15.22
Alliance Ron England 6,583 15.01
Alliance Simon Leys 5,368 12.24
Informal votes 4,736 10.79
Turnout 43,856 40.41
Registered electors 108,505

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bly, Ross (1992). City of Wellington: Local Body Elections, 1992 (Report). Wellington City Council.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Declaration of Results of Elections - City of Wellington". The Evening Post. 17 October 1992. p. 39.
  3. ^ "Declaration of Results of Election - Wellington Region". The Evening Post. 17 October 1992. p. 39.