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List of by-elections to the Hutt City Council

By-elections to the Hutt City Council (formerly Lower Hutt City Council until 1989) occur to fill vacant seats in the council. The death, resignation, bankruptcy or expulsion of a sitting Councillor can cause a by-election to occur.

List of by-elections

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The following is a list of by-elections held to fill vacancies on the Hutt City Council:

Key

  Independent   Citizens'   Labour   Community Concern
Ward Date Incumbent Cause Winner
At large 26 September 1912 John Watson Stevenson Death Thomas Charles Dawson
At large 6 May 1914 Thomas Charles Dawson Resignation John Brasell
At large 14 December 1921 Will Strand Resignation Allan Macaskill
At large 27 January 1928 Ernest William Hunt Resignation Arthur Carver
At large 27 January 1937 Walter Cole Death John Brasell
At large 12 April 1949 William Gregory Elected as Mayor James McDonald
At large 3 November 1951 Norman Player Resignation Will Giltrap
At large 17 August 1985 Jan Taylor Resignation Pat Hall
Northern 11 December 1993 Peter Bates Death Tata Parata
Wainuiomata 18 February 1995 Tony London Resignation Ray Wallace
Central 24 September 2021 David Bassett Resignation Glenda Barratt

Results

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1912 by-election

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1912 Lower Hutt City Borough by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Thomas Charles Dawson 483 72.96
Independent George Mumford 174 26.28
Informal votes 5 0.75
Majority 309 46.67
Turnout 662 20.73

1914 by-election

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1914 Lower Hutt City Borough by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Brasell 552 60.46
Independent Thomas Charles Dawson 356 39.00
Informal votes 5 0.54
Majority 196 21.46
Turnout 913

1921 by-election

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1921 Lower Hutt Borough Council by-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Allan Macaskill Unopposed

1928 by-election

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1928 Lower Hutt Borough Council by-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Arthur Carver Unopposed

1937 by-election

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1937 Lower Hutt Borough Council by-election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' John Brasell 1,152 52.48
Labour Ronald George Maxwell 1,037 47.24
Informal votes 6 0.27
Majority 115 5.23
Turnout 2,195

1949 by-election

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1949 Lower Hutt City Council by-election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McDonald 2,262 50.88
Citizens' Herbert Muir 2,168 48.77 -0.85
Informal votes 16 0.35
Majority 94 2.11
Turnout 4,446 19.33 -29.71

1951 by-election

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1951 Lower Hutt City Council by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' Will Giltrap Unopposed

1985 by-election

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1985 Lower Hutt City Council by-election[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Citizens Pat Hall 2,118 42.59
Labour John Eaton 2,031 40.84 -0.60
Independent Doug Witcher 458 9.21 -18.27
Independent Rhys Morris 356 7.16
Informal votes 9 0.18
Majority 87 1.74
Turnout 4,972 11.50

1993 by-election

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1993 Hutt City Council by-election, Northern ward[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Concern Tata Parata 1,694 31.32
United Citizens Pat Hall 1,304 24.11 -14.98
Independent Peter MacMillan 1,266 23.41
Independent Diana East 1,053 19.47 -19.79
Informal votes 90 1.66 +0.75
Majority 390 7.21
Turnout 5,407

1995 by-election

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1995 Hutt City Council by-election, Wainuiomata ward[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ray Wallace 1,910 45.54
Independent Reg Moore 1,187 28.30 -22.40
Independent Viv Auty 1,097 26.15
Majority 723 17.23
Turnout 4,194

2021 by-election

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2021 Hutt City Council by-election, Central ward[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Glenda Barratt 606 22.00
Independent Andrea Hilton 592 21.49
Independent Henry Clayton 567 20.58
Independent Faran Shahzhad 370 13.43
Independent Simon Monrad 161 5.84
Independent Ash Roper 99 3.59
Independent Colin Wilson 92 3.34
Independent Thomas Morgan 75 2.72
Independent Andrew Fox 69 2.50
Independent Evelyn Richter 69 2.50
Independent Phil Caswell 33 1.19
Informal votes 21 0.76
Majority 14 0.50
Turnout 2,754

References

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  1. ^ "Lower Hutt Borough Council − Extraordinary Election of Councillor". The Dominion. Vol. 6, no. 1557. 28 September 1912. p. 2.
  2. ^ "Hutt By-election". The Dominion. Vol. 7, no. 2142. 7 May 1914. p. 3.
  3. ^ "Lower Hutt Borough Council − Extraordinary Election of Councillor". New Zealand Times. Vol. XLVIII, no. 11085. 16 December 1921. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Lower Hutt Council". The Evening Post. Vol. CV, no. 22. 27 January 1928. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Borough of Lower Hutt − By-election of One Councillor". Hutt News. Vol. 10, no. 33. 3 February 1937. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Council by-election - Mr. J. McDonald elected". Hutt News. 20 April 1949. p. 7.
  7. ^ "New Councillor - Mr. W. Giltrap Elected". Hutt News. 7 November 1951. p. 7.
  8. ^ "By-election winner". The Evening Post. 22 August 1985. p. 3.
  9. ^ "City of Lower Hutt − Declaration of Result of Election − Election of One Councillor". The Evening Post. 22 August 1985. p. 30.
  10. ^ "Declaration of Result of By-election − Northern Ward". The Evening Post. 15 December 1993. p. 51.
  11. ^ Hawkins, Barry (21 February 1995). "Easy win for councillor". The Evening Post. p. 2.
  12. ^ "Past Elections". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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