1927 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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1927 Lower Hutt mayoral election
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  1925 27 April 1927 1929  
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Candidate Will Strand
Party Independent
Popular voteUnopposed

Mayor before election

Will Strand

Elected Mayor

Will Strand

The 1927 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.

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Background

The incumbent mayor, Will Strand, was not going to stand for re-election due to personal matters. However, by mid-February his circumstances had changed to the point where he accepted nomination to stand again. [1] No other candidates emerged and he was thusly declared elected unopposed. [2] The election took place during a time of rapid population increase due to a state housing scheme in the borough. [3] By May 1927 over 600 sections had been bought up for prefabricated housing. [4]

Councillor results

1927 Lower Hutt Borough Council election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens' Sir Alex Roberts 1,154 89.31
Independent Archibald Hobbs 1,134 87.77 +9.52
Citizens' Alexander McBain 1,114 86.22 +3.19
Independent Archibald Grierson 1,054 81.57 +0.68
Citizens' Ernest Hunt 1,024 79.25 +0.27
Independent Walter Meldrum 920 71.20 +1.48
Citizens' John Mitchell 873 67.56 -4.51
Citizens' Frank Campbell 863 66.79
Citizens' Edward Waldie 862 66.71 +0.22
Independent Arthur Carver74557.66
Independent Hugh McGill59546.05
Independent Charles Strong49638.39
Independent William Henry Edwards46836.22
Independent Walter Cotton32525.15

Notes

  1. "Lower Hutt Mayoralty". The Evening Post . Vol. CXIII, no. 40. 17 February 1927. p. 12.
  2. "Lower Hutt Borough". The Evening Post . Vol. CXIII, no. 93. 21 April 1927. p. 5.
  3. McGill 1991, p. 224.
  4. McGill 1991, p. 147.
  5. "Hutt Borough Councillors Elections". The Hutt News . Vol. 1, no. 3. 6 May 1927. p. 1.

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