1983 Lower Hutt mayoral election

The 1983 Lower Hutt mayoral election was part of the 1983 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 sixteen city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

1983 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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Turnout(16,746 42.00%)
 
Candidate John Kennedy-Good Alister Abernethy Don Lee
Party United Citizens Labour Independent
Popular vote 8,261 3,961 3,653
Percentage 49.33 23.65 21.81

Mayor before election

John Kennedy-Good

Elected mayor

John Kennedy-Good

Background

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The incumbent Mayor, John Kennedy-Good, stood for a sixth term and was successful.[1] The Labour Party made a modest recovery from its 1980 result, winning three extra seats. Former United Citizens councillor Don Lee severed his links with the ticket to run for the mayoralty. As an independent he was defeated for mayor as well as losing his seat on the city council and Hutt Valley Energy Board (the latter of which he was chairman of). He did however manage to retain his seat on the Wellington Regional Council (which Kennedy-Good was also elected to).[2]

Mayoral results

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1983 Lower Hutt mayoral election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Citizens John Kennedy-Good 8,261 49.33 −11.08
Labour Alister Abernethy 3,961 23.65
Independent Don Lee 3,653 21.81
Independent Doug Whitcher 629 3.75
Informal votes 242 1.44 −0.81
Majority 4,300 25.67 −2.87
Turnout 16,746 42.00 −4.00

Councillor results

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1983 Lower Hutt City Council election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Terris 9,156 60.47 +14.81
United Citizens Lucy Cole 8,646 57.11 +3.17
United Citizens Gerald Bond 8,432 55.69 +4.45
United Citizens Teri Puketapu 8,432 55.69 +2.81
United Citizens Lois Riseley 8,375 55.32 +7.19
United Citizens Roger Twentyman 8,030 53.04 +3.60
United Citizens Helen Thorstenson 8,025 53.00 +5.35
United Citizens Lawrie Woodley 7,749 51.18 +1.91
United Citizens David Ogden 7,653 50.55 +3.89
United Citizens Margaret Cousins 7,603 50.22
Labour Jan Taylor 7,498 49.52 +9.38
Labour Alister Abernethy 7,434 49.10 +9.37
United Citizens Ted Gibbs 7,385 48.78
Labour Chen Werry 7,238 47.81 −1.28
United Citizens Errol Baird 7,081 46.77
United Citizens Chris MacKay 6,946 45.88
Independent Don Lee 6,808 44.96 −11.56
United Citizens Russell Cockburn 6,741 44.52
United Citizens Henri Martens 6,697 44.23 +1.79
United Citizens Rowland Crone 6,570 43.39 −2.21
United Citizens Bernard Feehan 6,493 42.88
Labour Neville Pickering 6,328 41.79
Labour John Eaton 6,275 41.44 +5.78
Labour Elsie Broom 5,980 39.50
Labour Richard Luke 5,945 39.26 +4.05
Labour David Taylor 5,675 37.48 +4.18
Labour Ian Jenkin 5,571 36.79
Labour Patrick O'Hagan 5,502 36.34
Labour Peter Lorimer 5,463 36.08
Labour Ian Reid 5,313 35.09
Labour Tafa Malifa-Poutoa 5,271 34.81
Labour Alan McMillain 5,214 34.44
Labour Peter Petterson 4,971 32.83 +2.97
Independent Doug Whitcher 4,161 27.48 +8.55
Unemployed Workers John Forman 2,104 13.89
Unemployed Workers Dave Macpherson 2,076 13.71

Notes

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  1. ^ McGill 1991, p. 195.
  2. ^ Woodley, Brian (10 October 1983). "Poll of Surprises – Hope for Loners". The Evening Post.
  3. ^ "City of Lower Hutt – Declaration of Result of Election – Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 19 October 1983. p. 40.
  4. ^ "City of Lower Hutt – Declaration of Result of Election". The Evening Post. 20 October 1983. p. 32.

References

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  • McGill, David (1991). Lower Hutt – The First Garden City. Petone, New Zealand: Lower Hutt City Council. ISBN 1-86956-003-5.