1941 Lower Hutt mayoral election

The 1941 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 city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

1941 Lower Hutt mayoral election
17 May 1941
Turnout6,136 (47.69%)
 
Candidate Jack Andrews Harry Horlor
Party Citizens' Labour
Popular vote 3,616 2,464
Percentage 58.93 40.16
Mayor before election

Jack Andrews

 Elected Mayor

Jack Andrews

Background

The incumbent Mayor, Jack Andrews, sought re-election for a fourth term. Andrews was opposed by Labour Party candidate Henry Valentine Horlor who had been a councillor since 1938. The election occurred in the shadow of the infamous 'Nathan Incident', a political scandal that developed in nearby Wellington revolving around Hubert Nathan, a Citizens' Association candidate for the Wellington Harbour Board who was critical of the number of union secretaries on the Labour ticket for the 1941 civic elections. Nathan alleged that 5 unionists used "Gestapo tactics" to try and blackmail him into withdrawing his nomination and accusing them of Antisemitism. The press ran articles on the alleged confrontation (which was refuted by Labour) and as a result Labour candidates struggled in the election with a decisive Citizens' victory.[1]

Mayoral results
1941 Lower Hutt mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' Jack Andrews 3,616 58.93 +8.23
Labour Harry Horlor 2,464 40.16
Informal votes 56 0.91 -1.05
Majority 1,152 18.77 +16.81
Turnout 6,136 47.69 -11.46

Councillor results
1941 Lower Hutt local election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' Stan Dudding 3,412 55.60
Citizens' Frank Campbell 3,330 54.26
Citizens' Gordon Giesen 3,259 53.11
Citizens' Ernst Peterson Hay 3,180 51.82 +0.43
Citizens' William Gregory 3,162 51.53 +0.66
Citizens' Frederick Seymour Hewer 3,158 51.46
Citizens' John Mitchell 3,130 51.01 -0.15
Citizens' Herbert Muir 3,086 50.29
Citizens' Arthur Marshall 2,968 48.37 -4.48
Labour Bill Morrison 2,759 44.96 -7.51
Labour Percy Dowse 2,627 42.81
Labour Frank Hall 2,525 41.15 -9.85
Labour Hughie Gilbert Burrell 2,389 38.93 -11.11
Labour Bella Logie 2,332 38.00
Labour John Robert Scott 2,292 37.35
Labour Robert Webb Johnson 2,008 32.72 -16.78
Labour Milton David Gamble 1,933 31.50
Labour Herbert William Land 1,892 30.83
Independent Charles James Ashton 1,573 25.63 -26.63
Communist Elsie Freeman 678 11.04

Notes
  1. Yska, Redmer (2006). Wellington: Biography of a City. Auckland: Reed. pp. 159, 160. ISBN 0-7900-1117-4.
  2. "City of Lower Hutt - Election of Mayor". The Dominion. 23 May 1941. p. 2.
  3. "City of Lower Hutt - Election of Nine Councillors". The Dominion. 23 May 1941. 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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