The 1933 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.
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Background
editThe incumbent mayor, Will Strand, declined to seek re-election. Four candidates put themselves forward for the mayoralty. Local businessman, and former Masterton Borough Councillor, Jack Andrews defeated Alexander McBain, a member of the Lower Hutt Borough Council since 1921, to win the mayoralty.[1] Two other candidates campaigned on behalf of the unemployed but polled far less than Andrews and McBain.
Mayoral results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Jack Andrews | 2,001 | 60.82 | ||
| Citizens' | Alexander McBain | 876 | 26.62 | ||
| Worker's Party | John Barker Young | 277 | 8.41 | ||
| Independent Labour | Alfred Avery | 95 | 2.88 | ||
| Informal votes | 41 | 1.24 | |||
| Majority | 1,125 | 34.19 | |||
| Turnout | 3,290 | 49.40 | |||
Councillor results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens' | Alex Anderson | 2,206 | 67.05 | -3.70 | |
| Citizens' | Frank Campbell | 2,040 | 62.00 | -7.61 | |
| Citizens' | Archibald Grierson | 1,964 | 59.69 | -12.03 | |
| Citizens' | Barton Ginger | 1,928 | 58.60 | -4.99 | |
| Citizens' | Walter George Meldrum | 1,851 | 56.26 | -1.47 | |
| Citizens' | William Henry Wilson | 1,721 | 52.31 | -5.21 | |
| Independent | Charles James Ashton | 1,673 | 50.85 | ||
| Citizens' | James Eric Napier | 1,634 | 49.66 | +0.78 | |
| Citizens' | John Mitchell | 1,550 | 47.11 | -11.04 | |
| Independent | Richard James Joseph Burke | 1,460 | 44.37 | ||
| Independent | Albert Jackson | 1,260 | 38.29 | -1.78 | |
| Citizens' | Frank Malcolm Thessman | 1,242 | 37.75 | ||
| Independent | Ward Pearce | 1,188 | 36.10 | ||
| Independent | Adam Marshall Laird | 713 | 21.67 | ||
| Worker's Party | Charles Edmund Ratliff | 598 | 18.17 | ||
| Communist | George Watt | 581 | 17.65 | ||
| Communist | William Ullrich | 420 | 12.76 | ||
Notes
edit- ^ McGill 1991, pp. 212.
- ^ "Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 8 May 1933. p. 2.
- ^ "Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Nine Councillors". The Evening Post. 8 May 1933. p. 2.
References
edit- 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.