1935 Lower Hutt mayoral election

The 1935 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 biannually. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

1935 Lower Hutt mayoral election
7 May 1935
 
Candidate Jack Andrews
Party Legion
Popular vote elected unopposed
Mayor before election

Jack Andrews

 Elected Mayor

Jack Andrews

Background

Jack Andrews, the incumbent Mayor sought re-election and retained office by being declared elected unopposed with no other candidates emerging.[1]

The Labour Party put up an official ticket for the election, but chose not to stand a candidate for the mayoralty. It instead decided to put all its resources in to winning a majority on the council, thinking this was the best way to achieve their policies. They were opposed by the politically right-leaning New Zealand Legion. It was the first occasion the Legion had contested an election. The Legion's mayoral candidate (Andrews) was elected unopposed and a majority of Legion candidates were elected to the council. It also had candidates elected to the Wellington Hospital Board, Hutt Valley Electric Power Board and Hutt River Board. Its candidates for the Wellington Harbour Board and Eastbourne Borough Council were all defeated however. The Legion's president, Dr Campbell Begg, said he was pleased with the results.[2]

Councillor results
1935 Lower Hutt local election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Legion Murdoch Macaskill 2,176 64.55
Legion Charles James Ashton 1,912 56.71 +5.86
Legion John Mitchell 1,904 56.48 +9.37
Legion Wilfred Barton Rainey 1,863 55.26
Legion Joseph Sidney Dallenger 1,654 49.06
Legion Roy Russell 1,626 48.23
Labour Frank Hall 1,618 47.99
Legion Walter Cole 1,616 47.93
Labour Percy Dowse 1,611 47.78
Labour Charles Fenwick Hart 1,541 45.71
Labour Ronald George Maxwell 1,530 45.38
Labour Robert Webb Johnson 1,494 44.31
Legion Albert Frederick William Jackson 1,453 43.10 +4.81
Legion Harry Esmond Grieg 1,435 42.56
Labour Joseph Taylor 1,367 40.55
Independent James Eric Napier 1,343 39.83 -9.83
Independent William Henry Wilson 1,220 36.19 -16.12
Independent Percy Norman Player 1,133 33.61
Independent Richard James Joseph Burke 982 29.13 -15.24
Independent Frank Malcolm Thessman 867 25.71 -12.04

Notes
  1. "Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Mayor". The Hutt News. No. 42. 1 May 1935. p. 3.
  2. "Legion Candidates - President's Statement". The Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 108. 9 May 1935. p. 15.
  3. "Recount at Hutt - Several Changes". The Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 110. 11 May 1935. p. 10.

References
  • 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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