The 1944 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 twelve city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
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Background
editThe incumbent Mayor, Jack Andrews, sought re-election for a sixth term. Andrews was opposed by Labour Party candidate Percy Dowse, a councillor between 1935 and 1938, who had challenged Andrews in 1938. Taking place during a period of rapid population growth in the area, it was the first election after the addition of the new suburbs of Epuni, Waddington and Naenae.[1]
Mayoral results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Citizens' | Jack Andrews | 5,347 | 59.16 | +0.23 | |
| Labour | Percy Dowse | 3,616 | 40.02 | ||
| Informal votes | 74 | 0.82 | −0.09 | ||
| Majority | 1,731 | 19.15 | +0.38 | ||
| Turnout | 9,037 | 53.15 | +5.46 | ||
Councillor results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Citizens' | Stan Dudding | 5,141 | 56.88 | +1.28 | |
| Citizens' | William Gregory | 4,588 | 50.76 | −0.77 | |
| Citizens' | Ernst Peterson Hay | 4,564 | 50.50 | −1.32 | |
| Citizens' | Herbert Muir | 4,484 | 49.61 | −0.68 | |
| Citizens' | Gordon Giesen | 4,391 | 48.58 | −4.53 | |
| Citizens' | Frederick Seymour Hewer | 4,390 | 48.57 | −2.89 | |
| Labour | Harry Horlor | 4,318 | 47.78 | ||
| Citizens' | Eric Rothwell | 4,210 | 46.58 | ||
| Citizens' | Frank Lonsdale | 4,127 | 45.66 | ||
| Citizens' | John Barker Young[nb 1] | 4,125 | 45.64 | ||
| Citizens' | Gordon Hector Phillips | 3,980 | 44.04 | ||
| Citizens' | Horace George Lewis | 3,878 | 42.91 | ||
| Labour | Bella Logie | 3,859 | 42.70 | +4.70 | |
| Labour | David Pritchard | 3,844 | 42.53 | ||
| Labour | John Vernon Burton | 3,723 | 41.19 | ||
| Citizens' | Arthur John Hyder | 3,714 | 41.09 | ||
| Labour | Sam Chesney | 3,692 | 40.85 | ||
| Labour | James McDonald | 3,515 | 38.89 | ||
| Labour | Frank Hall | 3,502 | 38.75 | −2.40 | |
| Labour | James W.R. Gibbons | 3,339 | 36.94 | ||
| Labour | Marmaduke McTaggart | 3,257 | 36.04 | ||
| Labour | Chen Werry | 3,216 | 35.58 | ||
| Labour | Harold Burton Wakerley | 2,999 | 33.18 | ||
| Labour | Alfred Robert Darkins | 2,975 | 32.92 | ||
| Independent | Norm Croft | 2,664 | 29.47 | ||
| Independent | Briton Matthews | 2,002 | 22.15 | ||
| Independent | John Bertram Grey | 1,793 | 19.84 | ||
| Independent | Aden Seafield Lyons | 680 | 7.52 | ||
Table footnotes:
Notes
edit- ^ McGill 1991, pp. 154.
- ^ "City of Lower Hutt - Election of Mayor". Hutt News. Vol. 18, no. 1. 7 June 1944. p. 6.
- ^ "City of Lower Hutt - Election of Twelve Councillors". Hutt News. Vol. 18, no. 1. 7 June 1944. p. 6.
- ^ "Councillor's Departure". Hutt News. Vol. 20, no. 29. 18 December 1946. p. 5.
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.