1989 Wellington City local elections

The 1989 Wellington local elections were part of the 1989 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections covered 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.

1989 Wellington local elections

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First party Second party Third party   Leader Rex Nicholls Terry McDavitt Stephen Rainbow Party Citizens' Labour Green Leader since 30 May 1989 13 April 1988 June 1989 City Council 9 seats 8 seats 1 seat Regional 4 seats 1 seat 0 seats Hospital 2 seats 2 seats 0 seats Total Seats 15 seats 11 seats 1 seat Seat Change 2 11 1

Results by ward, shaded by highest polling party/candidate vote share

Wellington City Council

The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and twenty-one councillors elected from seven wards (Eastern, Lambton, Northern, Onslow, Southern, Tawa, Western).

Mayor

Main article: 1989 Wellington City mayoral election

1989 Wellington mayoral election^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Belich	15,198	28.90	−21.68
	Independent	Helene Ritchie	14,266	27.12
	Citizens'	Rex Nicholls	14,183	26.97
	Independent Citizens'	David Bull	4,372	8.31
	Independent	Roger Ridley-Smith	1,963	3.73
	McGillicuddy Serious	John Morrison	1,015	1.93
	Private Enterprise	Frank Moncur	200	0.38	−0.29
Informal votes			1,391	2.64	−1.86
Majority			932	1.77	−4.53
Turnout			52,588	49.94	+8.17
Registered electors			105,302

Eastern Ward

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

Eastern Ward^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens'	Ruth Gotlieb	6,308	63.51	+13.30
	Citizens'	Les Paske	5,394	54.30	+7.22
	Labour	Nic Dalton	5,200	52.35	+7.15
	Citizens'	Brian Barraclough	4,197	42.25
	Citizens'	Rama Ramanathan	3,713	37.38
	Labour	Marie Bell	3,679	37.04
	Labour	Geoff Turner	3,267	32.89	−12.63
	Labour	Rob Calder	2,731	27.49
	Green	Richard Aldridge	2,554	25.71
	Independent	Keith Richardson	2,096	21.10
	Private Enterprise	Frank Moncur	418	4.20	−1.90
Informal votes			172	1.73	+0.38
Turnout			9,932	46.85	+7.48
Registered electors			21,199

Lambton Ward

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

Lambton Ward^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens'	Russell Armitage	2,371	42.85
	Green	Stephen Rainbow	2,326	42.04
	Labour	Terry McDavitt	2,280	41.21	−7.18
	Labour	Margaret Bonner	2,226	40.23	−10.27
	Green	Rachell Barrett	2,099	37.94
	Citizens'	James Coyle	1,889	34.14
	Citizens'	Roly Metge	1,865	33.71
	Labour	Paul Harris	1,370	24.76
Informal votes			170	3.07	+1.03
Turnout			5,533	39.29	+2.58
Registered electors			14,081

Northern Ward

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

Northern Ward^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens'	Sarah Lysaght	4,018	62.58	−12.26
	Labour	Ken Boyden	2,969	46.24	+1.20
	Independent	Ian Hutchings	2,351	36.61
	Labour	Pip Piper	2,002	31.18	−11.23
	Citizens'	Stephen Bourne	1,873	29.17	−8.45
	Labour	Peter Graham	1,731	26.96
	Independent	Norm Thomas	1,724	26.85	−4.36
	Citizens'	Vic Jarvis	1,486	23.14
	Independent	Kevin Rowell	850	13.23
Informal votes			257	4.00	+2.02
Turnout			6,420	44.86	+12.15
Registered electors			14,310

Onslow Ward

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

Onslow Ward^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens'	Sally Baber	3,518	64.66
	Citizens'	Les Stephens	3,038	55.84
	Labour	Diane Jonassen	1,520	27.94
	Independent	Bob Monks	1,391	25.56
	Labour	Carl Dawson	1,203	22.11
Informal votes			210	3.86
Turnout			5,440	52.36
Registered electors			10,389

Southern Ward

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 Blincoe	4,199	51.26
	Labour	John Gilberthorpe	4,068	49.67	−18.71
	Labour	Tala Cleverley	3,812	46.54	−16.84
	Citizens'	Merrin Downing	3,151	38.47
	Labour	Rodney Murphy	2,930	35.77	−1.02
	Green	Michael Murray	2,358	28.79
	Citizens'	Ivan Brody-Solt	2,185	26.67
	Citizens'	Lagi Sipeli	2,105	25.70	−1.11
	Citizens'	Asalemo Pesamino	1,557	19.01
	People's Party	Warwick Taylor	1,396	17.04	−1.42
	Independent	Bill Maung	1,083	13.22
	Independent	Owen Henderson	1,044	12.74	+3.16
	People's Party	Christopher Ellis	842	10.28
	People's Party	Michael Day	748	9.13
	People's Party	Gerard Worsfold	635	7.75
	Independent	Ralph Burton	353	4.31
Informal votes			294	3.58	+1.18
Turnout			8,191	39.48	+5.56
Registered electors			20,743

Tawa Ward

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	David Watt	3,267	71.34
	Independent	Kerry Prendergast	2,401	52.43
	Independent	Graeme Sutton	2,283	49.85
	Independent	Robert Banks	746	16.29
	Independent	Ron England	387	8.45
Informal votes			74	1.61
Turnout			4,579	53.27
Registered electors			8,595

Western Ward

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

Western Ward^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Val Bedingfield	5,362	67.31
	Citizens'	Anna Weir	4,283	53.77
	Labour	Sue Driver	4,201	52.74
	Citizens'	Colin Robertson	2,776	34.85
	Citizens'	Peter Gapes	2,571	32.27
	Green	Chris Thomas	2,475	31.07
	Labour	Jim Kebbell	1,569	19.69
	Independent	Bruce Abernethy	508	6.37
Informal votes			150	1.88
Turnout			7,965	50.99
Registered electors			15,618

Wellington Regional Council

Wellington North Ward

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

North Ward^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Helene Ritchie	10,457	44.13
	Independent	David Bull	10,039	42.36
	Citizens'	Jim Rowe	7,064	29.81
	Labour	Ken Boyden	7,049	29.74	−14.49
	Citizens'	Mike Gibson	6,937	29.27	−11.18
	Independent	Hazel Bibby	6,932	29.25	−27.10
	Citizens'	Dennis Duggan	5,801	24.48
	Green	Chris Thomas	5,236	22.09
	Labour	Matthew Bennett	3,606	15.21
	Labour	Dave Davies	2,985	12.59
	Independent	Kevin Rowell	1,900	8.01
	Green	Ivor Farkash	1,820	7.68
Informal votes			1,259	5.31
Turnout			23,695	48.44
Registered electors			48,912

South Ward

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

Wellington South Ward^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens'	Ruth Gotlieb	13,002	56.22
	Citizens'	Ian Lawrence	12,541	54.22
	Citizens'	Les Paske	10,538	45.56	+2.05
	Labour	Terry McDavitt	9,282	40.13
	Labour	Val Taylor	8,942	38.66
	Labour	Raewyn Good	8,521	36.84	−5.77
	Citizens'	Kevin O'Brien	8,231	35.59	−2.69
	Labour	John Gilberthorpe	7,535	32.58	−0.37
	Green	Stephen Rainbow	7,119	30.78
	Green	John Carter	5,803	25.09
Informal votes			997	4.31
Turnout			23,125	41.27
Registered electors			56,023

Wellington Area Health Board

North Ward

The Wellington North Ward returns two members to the Wellington Area Health Board.

Wellington North Ward^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens'	Bridget-Anne Fowler	10,261	42.63
	Labour	Margaret Bonner	9,900	41.13
	Citizens'	Doug Catley	9,320	38.72
	Independent	Barry McGuiness	5,756	23.91
	Independent	Jean Drage	5,252	21.82
	Labour	Jim Kebbell	4,513	18.75
	Independent	Boyd Pieres	1,125	4.67
Informal votes			2,010	8.35
Turnout			24,068	49.20
Registered electors			48,912

South Ward

The Wellington South Ward returns two members to the Wellington Area Health Board.

Wellington South Ward^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens'	Glenys Arthur	12,599	52.30
	Labour	Val Taylor	10,650	44.21
	Citizens'	Ian Symonds	10,551	43.80
	Labour	Anne Town	9,476	39.33
	Independent	Roderick Walker	2,985	12.39
Informal votes			1,917	7.95
Turnout			24,089	42.99
Registered electors			56,023

References

1. Bly, Ross A. (25 October 1989). Declaration of Election Results (Report). Wellington City Council.
2. "Declaration of Result of Election". The Evening Post. 27 October 1989.