1938 Lower Hutt mayoral election

The 1938 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 triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

1938 Lower Hutt mayoral election
11 May 1938
Turnout6,066 (59.15%)
 
Candidate Jack Andrews Percy Dowse
Party Citizens' Labour
Popular vote 3,076 2,957
Percentage 50.70 48.74
Mayor before election

Jack Andrews

 Elected Mayor

Jack Andrews

Background

The incumbent Mayor, Jack Andrews, sought re-election for a third term. Andrews was opposed by Labour Party candidate Percy Dowse who had been a councillor since 1935. The election marked the first where electoral terms for local government were extended from two years to three.

Mayoral results
1938 Lower Hutt mayoral election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' Jack Andrews 3,076 50.70
Labour Percy Dowse 2,957 48.74
Informal votes 33 0.54
Majority 119 1.96
Turnout 6,066 59.15

Councillor results
1938 Lower Hutt local election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Horlor 2,955 53.27
Citizens' Arthur Marshall 2,932 52.85
Labour Bill Morrison 2,911 52.47
Citizens' Charles James Ashton 2,899 52.26 -4.45
Citizens' Ernst Peterson Hay 2,851 51.39
Citizens' John Mitchell 2,838 51.16 -5.32
Labour Frank Hall 2,829 51.00 -3.01
Citizens' William Gregory 2,822 50.87
Citizens' Jim Vogel 2,777 50.06
Labour Hughie Gilbert Burrell 2,776 50.04
Citizens' Cyril George Hedge 2,752 49.61
Citizens' Raymond Douglas Smith 2,752 49.61
Labour Robert Webb Johnson 2,746 49.50 +5.19
Labour Herbert Keith Milne 2,727 49.16
Labour Thomas Logie 2,696 48.60
Citizens' Roy Russell 2,681 48.33 +0.10
Labour Jack Taylor 2,638 47.55
Labour Henry Fairclough 2,341 42.20

Notes
  1. "Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 14 May 1938. p. 5.
  2. "Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Nine Councillors". The Evening Post. 17 May 1938. 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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