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1891 Wellington City mayoral election

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541: 806: 26: 78: 85: 1388: 202:, declined to stand for re-election. Before he ruled himself out, councillor Charles Frederick Worth (who had opposed Brown in 1890) had announced his candidacy. Brown led a deputation to request that lawyer and candidate at the 214:, stand for the mayoralty, which he agreed to do. The election took place during a period when political partisanship was increasing. Bell was a land estate owner and had worked for many years for 1352: 1425: 530: 207: 1454: 616: 601: 641: 448: 1444: 859: 1449: 1418: 711: 666: 621: 1266: 1261: 1256: 1251: 1246: 1241: 1236: 1231: 1226: 1221: 1216: 1211: 1206: 1201: 1196: 1191: 1186: 1181: 1176: 1171: 1166: 1161: 1156: 1151: 1146: 1141: 1136: 1131: 1126: 1110: 1104: 1099: 1094: 1089: 1084: 1079: 1074: 1069: 1063: 1058: 1042: 1037: 1032: 1026: 1021: 1016: 1011: 1006: 1000: 995: 990: 984: 978: 973: 968: 962: 957: 952: 947: 942: 937: 932: 922: 916: 910: 905: 900: 895: 890: 885: 880: 875: 870: 865: 854: 848: 842: 837: 832: 827: 671: 651: 611: 276: 211: 168: 95: 49: 39: 1469: 417: 706: 523: 1411: 499: 422: 203: 1346: 1341: 1336: 1331: 1326: 1321: 1316: 1311: 1306: 1301: 1296: 1291: 1286: 1464: 516: 468: 384: 508: 1459: 487: 781: 701: 691: 661: 227: 721: 681: 636: 596: 215: 656: 300: 269: 113: 108: 726: 686: 676: 565: 222:. In contrast, Worth was of a working-class background, had been president of the Working Men's Club in 186:
was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year to decide who would take the office of
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1890
1892


Francis Bell
Independent
Independent
Arthur Brown
Francis Bell
Mayor of Wellington
Arthur Winton Brown
1890 election
City of Wellington
Francis Bell
Conservative Party
John Eldon Gorst
Napier
Liberal Party
Independent
Francis Bell
Independent
Turnout
"Wellington"
"The Mayoralty - Mr. H. D. Bell Consents to Stand"
The Evening Post
Betts 1970
"Bell, Francis Henry Dillon – Biography"
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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