The 1901 Christchurch City Council election was a local election held on 24 April in Christchurch, New Zealand, as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Christchurch for a one year term and 12 city councillors for a two year term. In person voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.
Results
Mayor Arthur Rhodes was elected unopposed to the position of mayor.
Council R M Macdonald, John M Taylor, and George Simpson were newly elected.
North-east ward Three candidates were returned unopposed for the three North-east ward seats. + Affiliation Candidate Votes % Independent John Clarke unopposed Independent W E Samuels unopposed Independent George Simpson unopposed
South-east ward John M Taylor, H H Loughnan, and Henry Wood were elected in the south-east ward. Affiliation Candidate Votes % Independent John M Taylor 189 Independent H H Loughnan 181 Independent Henry Wood 168 Independent Richard A Green 136 Informal Turnout Registered South-west ward Three candidates were returned unopposed for the three South-west ward seats. + Affiliation Candidate Votes % Independent C D Morris unopposed Independent J T Smith unopposed Independent H B Sorensen unopposed North-west ward Charles Gray, George Payling, and Ranald Macdonald were elected in the north-west ward. Gray and Payling would be elected mayors of Christchurch in subsequent years. The fourth candidate, William Prudhoe, failed to get re-elected as councillor; he had been mayor during 1892. Affiliation Candidate Votes % Independent Charles Gray 292 Independent George Payling 270 Independent Ranald Macdonald 262 Independent William Prudhoe 143 Informal Turnout Registered
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