2013 Wellington City mayoral election

2013 Wellington City mayoral election
← 2010 12 October 2013[1] 2016 →
Turnout25,931 (40.85%)
 
Candidate Celia Wade-Brown John Morrison Jack Yan
Party Independent Independent Independent
Popular vote 27,171 24,691 9,996
Percentage 52.39
(Last iteration) 		47.61
(Last iteration)
Mayor before election

Celia Wade-Brown

 Elected mayor

Celia Wade-Brown

The 2013 Wellington City mayoral election is part of the New Zealand local elections. On 12 October 2013, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles. Wade-Brown was re-elected.

Wellington is one of eight local bodies in New Zealand that uses the Single transferable vote system to elect its Mayor and Councillors.[2] The 2013 local government election will be the first time that the Greater Wellington Regional Council will use STV in it elections, and the first time a regional council has used STV for elections in New Zealand.[3]

  1. ^ "2013 Local Elections FAQs". Wellington: Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  2. ^ "STV Information". Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Greater Wellington Regional Council to change to STV". Greater Wellington Regional Council. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.