1929 Lower Hutt mayoral election

1929 Lower Hutt mayoral election
1 May 1929
Turnout3,877 (59.12%)
 
Candidate Sir Alex Roberts Justin M. Power
Party Citizens' People's Party
Popular vote 2,608 1,246
Percentage 67.26 32.13
Mayor before election

Will Strand

 Elected mayor

Sir Alex Roberts

The 1929 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.

Background

The mayor, Will Strand, decided not to accept nomination for a further term after which efforts were made to have councillor Sir Alex Roberts to stand for the position.[1] Roberts has agreed to accept nomination for the mayoralty in response to a deputation.[2] At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, Justin McCarthy Power, was requested to stand for mayor which he accepted.[3]

Mayoral results

1929 Lower Hutt mayoral election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' Sir Alex Roberts 2,608 67.26
People's Party Justin M. Power 1,246 32.13
Informal votes 23 0.59
Majority 1,362 35.13
Turnout 3,877 59.12

Councillor results

1929 Lower Hutt Borough Council election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' James Roberts Boyd 2,325 59.96
Citizens' Archibald Hobbs 2,292 59.11 −28.66
Citizens' Archibald Grierson 2,190 56.48 −25.09
Citizens' Alexander McBain 2,175 56.10 −30.12
Citizens' Frank Campbell 2,022 52.15 −14.64
Citizens' Walter Meldrum 1,953 50.37 −20.83
Citizens' John Mitchell 1,662 42.86 −24.70
Citizens' Arthur Carver 1,631 42.06 −15.60
Citizens' Douglas Smith Patrick 1,537 39.64
People's Party Alex Anderson 1,534 39.56
People's Party Jack Andrews 1,517 39.12
People's Party Rudolph Godfrey Anderson 1,225 31.59
People's Party Helmore Henry Brown 1,225 31.59
People's Party John Wyatt Newell 1,213 31.28
People's Party Isaac Campbell Kennedy 1,151 29.68
People's Party Stanley Thomas Watkins 1,151 29.68
People's Party Eric Rothwell 1,119 28.86
Independent Walter Cotton 491 12.66 −12.49
Independent Edward John Seager 423 10.91

Notes

  1. ^ "Local & General". The Hutt News. Vol. 1, no. 31. 10 January 1929. p. 6.
  2. ^ "Personal". Waikato Times. Vol. 105, no. 17626. 2 February 1929. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Lower Hutt Mayoralty – Mr. Power Asked to Stand". The Hutt News. Vol. 1, no. 35. 7 February 1929. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Mayor". The Hutt News. Vol. 1, no. 48. 9 May 1929. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Nine Councillors". The Hutt News. Vol. 1, no. 48. 9 May 1929. p. 10.

References

  • 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.
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