1925 Lower Hutt mayoral election

1925 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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Candidate Will Strand Party Independent Popular vote Unopposed

Mayor before election Will Strand Elected mayor Will Strand

The 1925 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 incumbent mayor, Will Strand, stood again for a second full term in office. No other candidates emerged and he was thusly declared elected unopposed. ^[1]

Councillor results

1925 Lower Hutt Borough Council election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens'	Alexander McBain	1,217	89.41	+0.60
	Citizens'	Archibald Grierson	1,101	80.89	+47.47
	Citizens'	Ernest Hunt	1,075	78.98	+3.12
	Independent	Archibald Hobbs	1,065	78.25	−4.61
	Citizens'	Lemuel Thomas Watkins	1,045	76.78	+12.10
	Citizens'	Herbert George Teagle	1,033	75.90
	Citizens'	John Mitchell	981	72.07	+3.86
	Independent	Walter Meldrum	949	69.72	−1.43
	Citizens'	Edward Waldie	905	66.49
	Citizens'	David John Bews	885	65.02
	Citizens'	Edward Robert Norman	685	50.33
	Independent	Aaron Baker	675	49.59
	Independent	Edward Robinson Render	609	44.74

Notes

1. "Borough of Lower Hutt – Mayoral Election, 1925". The Evening Post . Vol. CIX, no. 94. 23 April 1925. p. 2.
2. "Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Nine Councillors". The Evening Post . Vol. CIX, no. 100. 1 May 1925. 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.