1923 Lower Hutt mayoral election

The 1923 Lower Hutt mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The elections were held for the role of Mayor of Lower Hutt plus other local government positions including the nine borough councillors, also elected biennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

1923 Lower Hutt mayoral election

← 1921 26 April 1923 1925 →
 
Candidate Will Strand
Party Independent
Popular vote Unopposed

Mayor before election

Will Strand

Elected mayor

Will Strand

Background

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The incumbent mayor, Will Strand, stood again for a second term in office. No other candidates emerged and consequently he was declared elected unopposed.[1]

Councillor results

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1923 Lower Hutt Borough Council election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' Alexander McBain 1,358 88.41 +4.48
Citizens' Archibald Hobbs 1,267 82.48 +5.68
Citizens' Herbert George Teagle 1,255 81.70
Citizens' David Ewen 1,233 80.27
Citizens' Alex Roberts 1,212 78.90
Citizens' Ernest Hunt 1,160 75.52
Citizens' Walter Meldrum 1,088 70.83 −10.05
Citizens' John Mitchell 1,048 68.22 +0.86
Citizens' Lemuel Thomas Watkins 989 64.38
Independent Archibald Grierson 511 33.26
Independent Walter Cotton 447 29.10 −46.19
Ind. Progressive Henry James Poole 416 27.08
Independent Walter Dempsy 388 25.26
Independent James Forsyth 326 21.22
Independent John W. Jones 280 18.22
Independent Frederick Brattle 205 13.34
Independent Thomas De Charles Bell 193 12.56
Independent Robert Hazelwood 177 11.52
Independent Walter Andrews 174 11.32

Notes

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  1. ^ "Municipal Elections – Lower Hutt and Petone Nominations". The Dominion. Vol. 16, no. 182. 20 April 1923. p. 8.
  2. ^ "Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Nine Councillors". New Zealand Times. Vol. L, no. 11505. 28 April 1923. p. 3.

References

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  • Millar, David P. (1972). Once Upon a Village: A History of Lower Hutt 1819-1965. Lower Hutt: New Zealand University Press & LHCC. OCLC 154232923.
  • McGill, David (1991). Lower Hutt – The First Garden City. Petone, New Zealand: Lower Hutt City Council. ISBN 1-86956-003-5.