1895 Invercargill mayoral election

1895 mayoral election in Invercargill, New Zealand

1895 Invercargill mayoral election

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27 November 1895

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Turnout

559


Candidate	John Sinclair	John Walker Mitchell
Party	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	297	262
Percentage	53.13	46.69

Mayor before election

William Benjamin Scandrett

Elected Mayor

John Sinclair

The 1895 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 27 November 1895 as part of that year's local elections.

John Sinclair defeated former mayor John Walker Mitchell.

Results

The following table gives the election results:^[1]

1895 Invercargill mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Sinclair	297	53.13
	Independent	John Walker Mitchell	262	46.69
Majority			35	6.44
Turnout			559

References

^ "Mayoral Elections". Hawera and Normanby Star. Papers Past. 29 November 1895.

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