1998 Wellington local elections

The 1998 Wellington local elections were part of the 1998 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover the regional council (the Wellington Regional Council), city council, area health board, and various community boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Wellington City Council[edit]

The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and eighteen councillors elected from six wards (Eastern, Lambton, Northern, Onslow, Southern, Western).

Mayor[edit]

1998 Wellington mayoral election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Blumsky	33,586	59.00	+14.64
	Alliance	Stephanie Cook	12,693	22.29
	Independent	Bryan Pepperell	7,327	12.87	+12.22
	Independent	Hugh Baker-Boyd	1,366	2.39
	Independent	Rama Ramanathan	1,357	2.38
	Independent	Robert Te Whare	596	1.04
Majority			20,893	36.70	+11.96
Turnout			56,925	48.80	-2.98

Eastern ward[edit]

The Eastern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Eastern Ward (4 vacancies)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sue Kedgley	5,829	56.02	-11.10
	Independent	Ruth Gotlieb	5,643	54.23	-21.98
	Labour	Leonie Gill	4,233	40.68
	Wellington Alive	Rob Goulden	4,022	38.65
	Wellington Alive	Jo Morgan	3,968	38.13
	Labour	Kevin Burrows	3,253	31.26
	Independent	Brian Barraclough	3,177	30.53	-12.17
	Independent	Rama Ramanathan	3,055	29.36	-10.38
	Labour	Kathy Moe	2,876	27.64
	Independent	Linda Hobman	1,900	18.26
	Independent	Phil Sprey	1,887	18.13
	Independent	Arthur Attrill	1,777	17.07
Turnout			10,405	42.51	+1.27
Registered electors			24,474

Lambton ward[edit]

The Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Lambton Ward (3 vacancies)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Mary Varnham	4,629	60.11
	Alliance	Stephanie Cook	3,879	50.37
	Wellington Alive	Chris Parkin	3,473	45.10
	Wellington Alive	Francine Russell	3,397	44.11
	Wellington Alive	David Simms	2,999	38.94
	Labour	Michael Gibbs	2,446	31.76
	Green	Craig Palmer	2,138	27.76
	Independent	Alistair Shaw	1,947	25.28
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Appleby	766	9.94
	Independent	Peter Isaac	596	7.74
	Independent	Rosamund Averton	426	5.53
Turnout			8,898	39.85
Registered electors			22,327

Northern ward[edit]

The Northern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Northern Ward (4 vacancies)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wellington Alive	Kerry Prendergast	6,794	58.32
	Wellington Alive	Robert Armstrong	6,057	51.99
	Wellington Alive	Ian Hutchings	5,408	46.42	+20.20
	Independent	Helene Ritchie	4,686	40.22	+15.22
	Wellington Alive	Phil Guerin	4,498	38.61
	Independent	Kent Clark	3,013	25.86	-3.12
	Independent	Alex Tan	2,608	22.38
	Independent	Lois Robertson	2,607	22.37
	Green	Deirdre Kent	2,242	19.24
	Independent	Roger Bradshaw	2,095	17.98
	Independent	Vryn Evans	1,805	15.49
	Alliance	Ron England	1,582	13.58
	Independent	Hugh Baker-Boyd	1,234	10.59
	Independent	John Fourier	1,201	10.30
	Independent	Eugene Ryder	769	6.60
Turnout			11,649	45.84	+4.69
Registered electors			25,411

Onslow ward[edit]

The Onslow ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Onslow Ward (2 vacancies)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Judy Siers	2,956	51.58
	Wellington Alive	Allan Johnston	2,906	50.71
	Wellington Alive	Reece Mead	2,430	42.40
	Independent	Jack Ruben	1,543	26.92
	Alliance	John Fanning	758	13.22
	Independent	Alexander Schiff	343	5.98
	Independent	Phillip Rennie	243	4.24
	Independent	Matthew Hodgetts	148	2.58
	Independent	Craig Ranapia	134	2.33
Turnout			5,730	49.35
Registered electors			11,610

Southern ward[edit]

The Southern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Southern Ward (3 vacancies)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Piper	4,666	56.01	+1.52
	Labour	Alick Shaw	4,257	51.10
	Independent	Bryan Pepperell	3,309	39.72	+9.21
	Labour	Rupert Watson	2,716	32.60
	Wellington Alive	Coleen Singleton	2,634	31.62
	Wellington Alive	Matt Taylor	2,634	31.62
	Independent	Ray Clegg	1,652	19.83
	Green	John Robinson	1,422	17.07
	Independent	Maurice Moresi	749	8.99
	Alliance	Robert Te Whare	642	7.70
	Independent	Victoria Loisel	309	3.70
Turnout			8,330	40.94	+1.21
Registered electors			20,345

Western ward[edit]

The Western ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Western Ward (2 vacancies)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andy Foster	4,020	59.29	-4.95
	Wellington Alive	John Morrison	3,634	53.59
	Independent	Barbara Nef	3,541	52.22	+4.79
	Independent	Guy Nunns	1,397	20.60
	Independent	Craig Wylie	557	8.21	-22.20
	Independent	Beverly Murta	411	6.06
Turnout			8,280	57.09	+18.26
Registered electors			14,502

Wellington Regional Council[edit]

Wellington Ward[edit]

The Wellington ward returns five councillors to the Wellington Regional Council.

Wellington Ward (5 vacancies)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Chris Laidlaw	28,074	65.92
	Labour	Margaret Bonner	23,404	54.95
	Labour	Terry McDavitt	21,629	50.78
	Independent	Euan McQueen	17,572	41.26
	Independent	Michael Gibson	15,606	36.64
	Wellington Alive	Martyn Turner	15,318	35.96
	Labour	Jim Turner	15,049	35.33
	Green	Toni Atkinson	14,419	33.86
	Labour	Daran Ponter	14,418	33.85
	Wellington Alive	Bob Henare	13,597	31.92
	Alliance	Tony Simpson	12,904	30.30
	Green	Roland Sapsford	11,861	27.85
	Alliance	Russell Taylor	9,082	21.32
Turnout			42,586	35.88
Registered electors			118,669

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "How You Voted". The Evening Post. 12 October 1998. p. 6.

[Results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "How You Voted". The Evening Post. 12 October 1998. p. 6.

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