The1899 Wellington mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standardfirst-past-the-post electoral method.
In 1899 incumbent MayorJohn Rutherfurd Blair retired leading to local businessmanJohn Aitken being elected to office as Mayor of Wellington, beating challenges from bothKennedy Macdonald (a former councillor) and James Joseph Devine.
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