1909 Wellington City mayoral election

1909 Wellington City mayoral election
← 1908 29 April 1909 1910 →
Turnout13,411 (44.48%)
 
Candidate Alfred Newman Thomas Wilford
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 4,523 4,240
Percentage 33.72 31.61
 
Candidate Francis Fisher John Rigg
Party Independent Ind. Labour League
Popular vote 3,208 824
Percentage 23.92 6.14
Mayor before election

Thomas William Hislop

 Elected mayor

Alfred Newman

The 1909 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1909, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.