1933 Lower Hutt mayoral election

The 1933 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.

1933 Lower Hutt mayoral election
3 May 1933
Turnout3,290
 
Candidate Jack Andrews Alexander McBain
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 2,001 876
Percentage 60.82 26.62
Mayor before election

William Thomas Strand

 Elected Mayor

Jack Andrews

Background

The incumbent mayor, William Thomas Strand, declined to seek re-election. Four candidates put themselves forward for the mayoralty. Local businessman, and former Masterton Borough Councillor, Jack Andrews defeated Alexander McBain, a member of the Lower Hutt Borough Council since 1921, to win the mayoralty.[1] Two other candidates campaigned on behalf of the unemployed but polled far less than Andrews and McBain.

Mayoral results
1933 Lower Hutt mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jack Andrews 2,001 60.82
Independent Alexander McBain 876 26.62
Worker's Party John Barker Young 277 8.41
Independent Labour Alfred Avery 95 2.88
Informal votes 41 1.24
Majority 1,125 34.19
Turnout 3,290

Councillor results
1933 Lower Hutt local election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alexander Anderson 2,206 67.05
Independent Frank Campbell 2,040 62.00
Independent Archibald Grierson 1,964 59.69
Independent Barton Ginger 1,928 58.60
Independent Walter George Meldrum 1,851 56.26
Independent William Henry Wilson 1,721 52.31
Independent Charles James Ashton 1,673 50.85
Independent James Eric Napier 1,634 49.66
Independent John Mitchell 1,550 47.11
Independent Richard James Joseph Burke 1,460 44.37
Independent Albert Frederick William Jackson 1,260 38.29
Independent Frank Malcolm Thessman 1,242 37.75
Independent Ward Pearce 1,188 36.10
Independent Adam Marshall Laird 713 21.67
Worker's Party Charles Edmund Ratliff 598 18.17
Communist George Watt 581 17.65
Communist William Ullrich 420 12.76

Notes
  1. McGill 1991, pp. 212.
  2. "Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 8 May 1933. p. 2.
  3. "Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Nine Councillors". The Evening Post. 8 May 1933. p. 2.

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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