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| Turnout | 11,515 (35.87%) | |||||||||||||||
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The1910 Wellington mayoral election was held to determine the nextMayor of Wellington. The polling was conducted using the standardfirst-past-the-post electoral method.
The incumbent Mayor,Alfred Newman did not stand for re-election. At this time Wellington held their council elections biennially and the Mayoralty was annually.Thomas Wilford was elected to office as the new Mayor of Wellington, after four unsuccessful attempts prior, beating his sole opponent Charles John Crawford.
The 1910 local elections were the first in which residents as well as ratepayers were eligible to vote.[1]
The following table gives the election results:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Citizens League | Thomas Wilford | 6,248 | 54.26 | +22.75 | |
| Independent | Charles John Crawford | 5,267 | 45.74 | ||
| Majority | 981 | 8.51 | |||
| Turnout | 11,515 | 35.87 | −8.61 | ||
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