1995 Wellington local elections

The 1995 Wellington local elections were part of the 1995 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, 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 five wards (Northern, Western, Tawa, Eastern, Southern).

1995 Wellington mayoral election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Blumsky	25,937	44.36
	Labour	Elizabeth Tennet	11,470	19.62
	Independent	Helene Ritchie	4,521	7.73	-9.27
	Citizens'	Nigel Gould	4,414	7.08
	Independent	Michael Wall	3,624	6.19
	Alliance	Phillida Bunkle	3,277	5.60
	Green	Stephen Rainbow	2,746	4.69	-6.01
	Independent	Bryan Pepperell	966	0.65
	McGillicuddy Serious	Ross Gardner	467	0.79
	Independent	Noel Galvin	426	0.72
	Independent	Donald Eddie	252	0.43
	Private Enterprise	Frank Moncur	108	0.18	-0.02
	Independent	Bruce Harris	104	0.17
Majority			14,467	24.74
Turnout			58,460	51.78	-1.48
Registered electors			112,886

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

Eastern Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ruth Gotlieb	8,402	72.61	+14.11
	Green	Sue Kedgley	7,767	67.12	+10.55
	Citizens'	Chris Parkin	5,252	45.38
	Citizens'	Brian Barraclough	4,941	42.70	+2.10
	Citizens'	Rama Ramanathan	4,599	39.74	+5.62
	Labour	Robin Boldarin	4,383	37.87
	Labour	Barry Ebert	3,986	34.44
	Alliance	Ruby Woodward	3,323	28.71
	Independent	Evan Keay	2,614	22.59
	Private Enterprise	Frank Moncur	1,019	8.80	-0.37
Turnout			11,571	41.24	-6.19
Registered electors			28,056

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

Northern Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Blumsky^{[nb 1]}	11,470	85.15
	Independent	Judy Siers	9,200	68.29
	Citizens'	Sally Baber	8,006	59.43
	Citizens'	Allan Johnston	4,666	34.63
	Independent	Kent Clark	3,904	28.98
	Alliance	John Fanning	3,595	26.68
	Citizens'	John Potter	3,510	26.05
Turnout			11,088	41.15	-6.12
Registered electors			26,940

Table footnotes:

^ As Blumsky won the Mayoralty his election to the council was voided and his seat was awarded to the highest polling unsuccessful candidate.

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

Southern Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gilberthorpe	5,007	58.49	+7.77
	Labour	Sue Piper	4,665	54.49
	Green	Celia Wade-Brown	4,511	52.69	+23.08
	Green	Stephen Rainbow	4,451	51.99
	Labour	Hola Taue	4,081	47.67	+20.89
	Labour	Robert Logan	3,989	46.60
	Independent	Bryan Pepperell	3,232	37.75	-26.95
	Alliance	Robert Te Whare	2,192	25.60
	Alliance	Roland Sapsford	2,113	24.68
Turnout			8,560	39.73	-3.23
Registered electors			21,544

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

Tawa Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kerry Prendergast	3,146	70.77
	Independent	Robert Armstrong	2,398	53.94
	Independent	Graeme Sutton	2,180	49.04
	Independent	Roger Bradshaw	1,166	26.23
Turnout			4,445	49.08
Registered electors			9,056

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

Western Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Citizens	Andy Foster	6,808	64.24	+28.50
	Independent Citizens	Rex Nicholls	5,301	50.02
	Independent	Barbara Nef	5,027	47.43
	Alliance	Stephanie Cook	4,649	43.87
	Citizens'	Patricia Morrison	4,474	42.21
	Citizens'	Bryan Weyburne	4,470	42.18	+1.13
	Citizens'	Jack Ruben	4,454	42.03
	Independent	Craig Wylie	3,223	30.41
	Labour	Frank Mackinnon	2,979	28.11	+6.95
	Independent	Bruce Harris	1,005	9.48
Turnout			10,598	38.83	-11.73
Registered electors			27,290

The Wellington North Ward returns two councillors to the Wellington Regional Council.

Wellington North Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens'	Euan McQueen	12,630	62.61	+30.11
	Citizens'	Martyn Turner	10,527	52.19
	Independent	Bruce Abernethy	6,660	33.01
	Alliance	Dallas Moore	5,844	28.97	+10.70
	Alliance	Carrick Lewis	4,679	23.19
Turnout			20,170	56.03
Registered electors			35,996

The Wellington South Ward returns three councillors to the Wellington Regional Council.

Wellington South Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Bonner	12,425	57.49
	Green	Denis Foot	10,790	49.92	-8.53
	Labour	Terry McDavitt	9,894	45.78	-0.75
	Independent	Heather Thomson	8,429	39.00
	Citizens'	James Cornish	7,403	34.25	+4.43
	Green	Craig Palmer	6,503	30.09
	Alliance	Frank Mackassy	5,956	27.56
	Independent	David Hughes	3,434	15.89
Turnout			21,612	28.10
Registered electors			76,890

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "How You Voted". The Evening Post. 16 October 1995. p. 12.