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425:Wellington: Biography of a City
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216:stood against former mayor
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68:
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33:
23:
534:William Sefton Moorhouse
339:
496:elected by councillors
624:Thomas William Hislop
423:Yska, Redmer (2006).
212:to do so. Councillor
154:Mayor before election
482:Mayors of Wellington
1397:1870s in Wellington
1303:† Elected unopposed
584:Arthur Winton Brown
564:Arthur Winton Brown
233:
193:Mayor of Wellington
20:
231:
122:Popular vote
18:
1344:
1343:
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1312:
1212:
1211:
751:Mayoral elections
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736:
709:Kerry Prendergast
554:William Hutchison
539:William Hutchison
337:
336:
267:William Hutchison
218:William Hutchison
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184:
181:
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174:William Hutchison
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143:
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96:William Hutchison
56:
55:
1414:
1365:
1358:
1351:
1327:
1320:
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714:Celia Wade-Brown
579:Charles Johnston
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1402:May 1879 events
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1217:Local elections
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654:Charles Norwood
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518:Charles Borlase
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689:Ian Lawrence
659:George Troup
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724:Andy Foster
679:Frank Kitts
619:John Aitken
574:John Duthie
292:Independent
260:Independent
133:Percentage
116:Independent
111:Independent
45:27 May 1879
1376:Categories
699:Fran Wilde
694:Jim Belich
614:John Blair
429:Reed Books
395:References
365:Betts 1970
240:Candidate
199:Background
92:Candidate
644:John Luke
569:Sam Brown
353:Yska 2006
311:Majority
404:(1970).
162:(acting)
325:Turnout
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489:Mayors
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329:1,363
304:48.72
283:+1.35
278:51.28
243:Votes
237:Party
203:Mayor
139:48.72
136:51.28
107:Party
340:Notes
317:2.56
64:1,363
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