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1877 Wellington City mayoral election

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345: 610: 27: 72: 1192: 198:. Barton later retired from election in consequence of being engaged in several legal cases pertaining to the city, meaning that if elected he would have had to appear in court against himself. After Barton's mid-campaign withdrawal Dransfield was then declared elected unopposed and thusly cancelled his remaining campaign meetings. It was the second election in a row where the mayoralty was uncontested. 291: 79: 1156: 1229: 190:, the incumbent Mayor, initially intended to seek re-election however he later withdrew his candidature. This left a two-way race between former mayor 334: 1258: 420: 405: 187: 145: 445: 1248: 663: 1253: 1222: 515: 470: 425: 1070: 1065: 1060: 1055: 1050: 1045: 1040: 1035: 1030: 1025: 1020: 1015: 1010: 1005: 1000: 995: 990: 985: 980: 975: 970: 965: 960: 955: 950: 945: 940: 935: 930: 914: 908: 903: 898: 893: 888: 883: 878: 873: 867: 862: 846: 841: 836: 830: 825: 820: 815: 810: 804: 799: 794: 788: 782: 777: 772: 766: 761: 756: 751: 746: 741: 736: 731: 726: 720: 714: 709: 704: 699: 694: 689: 684: 679: 674: 669: 658: 646: 641: 636: 631: 475: 455: 415: 51: 41: 1273: 312: 510: 327: 1215: 303: 1150: 1145: 1140: 1135: 1130: 1125: 1120: 1115: 1110: 1105: 1100: 1095: 1090: 1203: 1268: 320: 260: 1263: 585: 505: 495: 175:
was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year to decide who would take the office of
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Index

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1878


Joe Dransfield
George Elliott Barton
Independent
Independent
William Hutchison
Joe Dransfield
Mayor of Wellington
William Hutchison
Joe Dransfield
George Elliott Barton
"Wellington"
Wanganui Chronicle
"Wellington"
North Otago Times
"City Council - Re-Election of Mayor"
The Evening Post
Betts 1970
Betts, George
ISBN
0-589-00469-7
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Mayors of Wellington
George Hunter
William Guyton

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