1995 Wellington City 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), city council, district 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 consisted 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	26,372	43.99
	Labour	Elizabeth Tennet	11,673	19.47
	Independent	Helene Ritchie	4,569	7.62	-9.38
	Citizens'	Nigel Gould	4,482	7.47
	Independent	Michael Wall	3,657	6.10
	Alliance	Phillida Bunkle	3,336	5.56
	Green	Stephen Rainbow	2,797	4.66	-6.05
	Independent	Bryan Pepperell	977	1.62
	McGillicuddy Serious	Ross Gardner	470	0.78
	Independent	Noel Galvin	435	0.72
	Independent	Donald Eddie	253	0.42
	Independent	Raymond Berkahn	149	0.24
	Private Enterprise	Frank Moncur	111	0.18	-0.05
	Independent	Bruce Harris	107	0.17
Informal votes			560	0.93	-0.17
Majority			14,699	24.51
Turnout			59,948	53.10	-0.16
Registered electors			112,886

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

Eastern Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ruth Gotlieb	8,534	71.56	+13.06
	Green	Sue Kedgley	7,906	66.29	+9.72
	Citizens'	Chris Parkin	5,336	44.74
	Citizens'	Brian Barraclough	5,015	42.05	+2.75
	Citizens'	Rama Ramanathan	4,692	39.34	+5.22
	Labour	Robin Boldarin	4,464	37.43
	Labour	Barry Ebert	4,054	33.99
	Alliance	Ruby Woodward	3,388	28.41
	Independent	Evan Keay	2,647	22.19
	Private Enterprise	Frank Moncur	1,038	8.70	-0.47
Informal votes			625	5.24	+2.42
Turnout			11,925	42.50	-4.93
Registered electors			28,056

The Northern Ward returned 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]}	11,585	76.73
	Independent	Judy Siers	9,291	61.53
	Citizens'	Sally Baber	8,080	53.51
	Citizens'	Allan Johnston	4,711	31.20
	Independent	Kent Clark	3,931	26.03
	Alliance	John Fanning	3,630	24.04
	Citizens'	John Potter	3,541	23.45
Informal votes			525	3.47	-0.09
Turnout			15,098	56.04	+8.77
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 returned four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Southern Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gilberthorpe	5,056	57.23	+6.51
	Labour	Sue Piper	4,718	53.41
	Green	Celia Wade-Brown	4,571	51.74	+22.13
	Green	Stephen Rainbow	4,506	51.01
	Labour	Hola Taue	4,158	47.07	+20.29
	Labour	Robert Logan	4,044	45.78
	Independent	Bryan Pepperell	3,264	36.95	+26.15
	Alliance	Robert Te Whare	2,229	25.23
	Alliance	Roland Sapsford	2,147	24.30
Informal votes			638	7.22	+6.74
Turnout			8,833	40.99	-1.45
Registered electors			21,544

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

Tawa Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kerry Prendergast	3,241	69.74
	Independent	Robert Armstrong	2,458	52.89
	Independent	Graeme Sutton	2,233	48.05
	Independent	Roger Bradshaw	1,192	25.65
Informal votes			170	3.65
Turnout			4,647	51.31
Registered electors			9,056

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

Western Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andy Foster	6,915	62.43	+26.69
	Independent	Rex Nicholls	5,379	48.56
	Independent	Barbara Nef	5,110	46.13
	Alliance	Stephanie Cook	4,762	42.99
	Citizens'	Patricia Morrison	4,551	41.09
	Citizens'	Bryan Weyburne	4,527	40.87	-0.18
	Citizens'	Jack Ruben	4,518	40.79
	Independent	Craig Wylie	3,274	29.56
	Labour	Frank Mackinnon	3,038	27.43	+5.47
	Independent	Bruce Harris	1,015	9.16
Informal votes			1,209	10.91	+6.25
Turnout			11,075	40.58	-9.98
Registered electors			27,290

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

Wellington North Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Citizens'	Euan McQueen	12,796	62.59
	Citizens'	Martyn Turner	10,676	52.22
	Independent	Bruce Abernethy	6,738	32.95
	Alliance	Dallas Moore	5,927	28.99
	Alliance	Carrick Lewis	4,750	23.23
Turnout			20,444	56.79
Registered electors			35,996

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

Wellington South Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Bonner	12,625	57.54
	Green	Denis Foot	10,953	49.92
	Labour	Terry McDavitt	10,021	45.67
	Independent	Heather Thomson	8,549	38.96
	Citizens'	James Cornish	7,511	34.23
	Green	Craig Palmer	6,628	30.21
	Alliance	Frank Macskasy	6,041	27.53
	Independent	David Hughes	3,487	15.89
Turnout			21,939	28.53
Registered electors			76,890

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Declaration of Result of Election - City of Wellington". The Evening Post. 21 October 1995. p. 30.
^ ^a ^b "Wellington Regional Council - Declaration of Result of Election". The Evening Post. 21 October 1995. p. 30.