Ian Lawrence (mayor)

[3] He became heavily involved in the Wellington Jewish community, as were his parents, carrying out a lot of pro bono work for people, charities, and other organisations he believed in.However, following the counting of special votes, he superseded the fifteenth highest (and last successful) polling candidate, Labour's Joe Aspell, after a 23-vote gap became a 17-vote lead.[2] Given Lawrence's quiet style and low profile compared to his mayoral rival, Labour's Helene Ritchie, who had a more marked public reputation, most commentators and pollsters were predicting a very close result.[10] Lawrence spent much time attracting major events to Wellington; he brought the Nissan Mobil 500 street car race and established New Zealand Festival.[11][12] He was also aware of the increasing role the council was playing in both recreation and tourism and was interested in making a bid for Wellington to host the 1986 Commonwealth Games.Lawrence's main opponent in his 1986 re-election bid was local advertising agent Jim Belich who stood for the Labour Party.One newspaper ad showed a toilet on the beach, linking to the clean water campaign to stop raw sewage discharge at Moa Point.When Belich retired as mayor in 1992 Lawrence (in a surprise move) put himself forward for the Citizens' Association nomination for the mayoralty, but lost out to former Wellington Central MP Ken Comber.
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