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Fran Wilde’s Elections & Candidacies
Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2020, 2017 and 2014 general elections, the 2025 local government election and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.
Contested 1 race — 1 elected
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MayorSouth Wairarapa District CouncilAffiliation: IndependentFinal ElectedVote share • 61.1%3,381 votes
Offices held
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MayorSouth Wairarapa District CouncilAffiliation: IndependentOct 2025 – present
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Pōneke/Wellington Regional ConstituencyGreater Wellington Regional CouncilOct 2004 – Oct 2016
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MP for Wellington CentralParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: LabourNov 1981 – Oct 1992
In the News
South Wairarapa mayor Dame Fran Wilde shares her holiday plans
The Post — December 22, 2025The South Wairarapa mayor shares her upcoming holiday plans and hot tips for visitors to the district this summer.
Could Wellington finally be ready to merge?
The Spinoff — December 12, 2025Wellington’s mayors have agreed to explore amalgamation – a decade after the last attempt collapsed, writes Catherine McGregor in today’s extract from The Bulletin.
Three Wairarapa mayors talk ‘Mayor School’ and closer co-operation.
Stuff — October 21, 2025Newly elected Wairarapa mayors Bex Johnson, Steve Cretney and Fran Wilde attended “Mayor School” in Wellington early this week, along with other mayors from across New Zealand.
Fran Wilde leads South Wairarapa mayoralty election
RNZ — October 17, 2025A former MP, Wellington mayor and regional council chair says she ran to be mayor after people told her they needed "strong experienced leadership".
Dame Fran Wilde leads South Wairarapa mayoral race by sizeable margin
Stuff — October 11, 2025The former MP, Wellington mayor and regional council chairperson is in front by more than 1000 votes, with 85 per cent of the counting done.
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