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Hutchison also attempted to get the election's legality reviewed in the Supreme Court, disputing the validity on several grounds, one being that five or six people enrolled having no legal right to vote.
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147:
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33:
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526:William Sefton Moorhouse
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488:elected by councillors
616:Thomas William Hislop
154:Mayor before election
1394:November 1878 events
474:Mayors of Wellington
1389:1870s in Wellington
1295:† Elected unopposed
576:Arthur Winton Brown
556:Arthur Winton Brown
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190:Mayor of Wellington
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361:Wairarapa Standard
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122:Popular vote
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1336:
1335:
1305:
1304:
1204:
1203:
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729:
728:
701:Kerry Prendergast
546:William Hutchison
531:William Hutchison
328:
327:
288:William Hutchison
205:William Hutchison
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181:
178:
177:
143:
142:
101:William Hutchison
56:
55:
1406:
1357:
1350:
1343:
1319:
1312:
747:
746:
737:
706:Celia Wade-Brown
571:Charles Johnston
519:elected at large
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484:
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1044:
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738:
725:
646:Charles Norwood
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510:Charles Borlase
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1228:
1223:
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1210:
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1201:
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1198:
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1168:
1163:
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1128:
1123:
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1103:
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1078:
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1063:
1058:
1052:
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723:
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708:
703:
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668:
666:Rob Macalister
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658:
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648:
643:
638:
633:
628:
626:Thomas Wilford
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618:
613:
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603:
598:
593:
588:
586:Alfred Brandon
583:
578:
573:
568:
563:
558:
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543:
538:
536:Joe Dransfield
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528:
522:
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671:Frank Kitts
611:John Aitken
566:John Duthie
283:Independent
252:Independent
209:personation
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116:Independent
111:Independent
1368:Categories
691:Fran Wilde
686:Jim Belich
606:John Blair
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357:"Untitled"
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196:Background
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