1944 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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.

1944 Lower Hutt mayoral election

← 1941 27 May 1947 1947 →
Turnout9,037 (53.15%)
 
Candidate Jack Andrews Percy Dowse
Party Citizens' Labour
Popular vote 5,347 3,616
Percentage 59.16 40.02

Mayor before election

Jack Andrews

Elected mayor

Jack Andrews

Background

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The 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

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1944 Lower Hutt mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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1944 Lower Hutt City Council election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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:

  1. ^ Young resigned in December 1946 and was replaced by Harry Shearer via appointment.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ McGill 1991, pp. 154.
  2. ^ "City of Lower Hutt - Election of Mayor". Hutt News. Vol. 18, no. 1. 7 June 1944. p. 6.
  3. ^ "City of Lower Hutt - Election of Twelve Councillors". Hutt News. Vol. 18, no. 1. 7 June 1944. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Councillor's Departure". Hutt News. Vol. 20, no. 29. 18 December 1946. p. 5.

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.