1967 Boston mayoral election

1967 Boston mayoral election
November 7, 1967
 
Candidate Kevin White Louise Day Hicks
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 102,706 90,154
Percentage 53.25% 46.75%
Results by ward
White:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Hicks:      50–60%      70–80%
Mayor before election

John F. Collins

 Elected mayor

Kevin White

The Boston mayoral election of 1967 occurred on Tuesday, November 7, 1967, between Secretary of the Commonwealth Kevin White and Boston School Committee member Louise Day Hicks. White was elected to his first term, and inaugurated on Monday, January 1, 1968.

The nonpartisan municipal preliminary election was held on Tuesday, September 26, 1967.

Hicks' victory in the preliminary election made her the first woman to be a finalist for mayor in city history.

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