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The 1950 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 twelve city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
The incumbent Mayor, William Gregory, sought re-election for a full term after winning a by-election the previous year. Gregory was opposed by Labour Party candidate Percy Dowse who had been a councillor since 1947 (and previously from 1935 to 1938). Dowse, who had run for mayor unsuccessfully twice before in 1938 and 1944, defeated Gregory. Labour won in a landslide securing not only the mayoralty but all 12 seats on the city council as well. However, one of the successful candidates was Dowse resulting in the twelfth council seat being allocated to Citizens' candidate Norman Player. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Percy Dowse | 7,072 | 56.01 | ||
| Citizens' | William Gregory | 5,417 | 42.90 | -7.39 | |
| Informal votes | 138 | 1.09 | +0.64 | ||
| Majority | 1,655 | 13.10 | |||
| Turnout | 12,627 | 44.00 | +5.65 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Percy Dowse [nb 1] | 7,476 | 59.20 | +6.29 | |
| Labour | Harry Horlor | 7,331 | 58.05 | +0.69 | |
| Labour | Bella Logie | 7,212 | 57.11 | +3.52 | |
| Labour | Trevor Young | 6,953 | 55.06 | +5.31 | |
| Labour | James McDonald | 6,847 | 54.22 | +3.34 | |
| Labour | Sam Chesney | 6,845 | 54.20 | ||
| Labour | Ronald George Maxwell | 6,485 | 54.20 | +9.05 | |
| Labour | John Davey | 6,354 | 50.32 | ||
| Labour | Chen Werry | 6,191 | 49.02 | ||
| Labour | Alexander Murray | 6,105 | 48.34 | ||
| Labour | Frank Whitley | 6,057 | 47.96 | ||
| Labour | Ernest Knights | 6,037 | 47.81 | ||
| Citizens' | Norman Player | 4,879 | 38.63 | ||
| Citizens' | Will Giltrap [nb 2] | 4,712 | 37.31 | -15.68 | |
| Citizens' | Eric Rothwell | 4,631 | 36.67 | -14.68 | |
| Citizens' | Briton Matthews | 4,626 | 36.63 | -13.67 | |
| Citizens' | Marjorie Alice Feist | 4,572 | 36.20 | ||
| Citizens' | Frank Lonsdale | 4,540 | 35.95 | -15.26 | |
| Citizens' | Clarence Edgar Bentley | 4,489 | 35.55 | ||
| Citizens' | George Austad | 4,450 | 35.24 | -13.85 | |
| Citizens' | Dick Simpson | 4,210 | 33.34 | -14.86 | |
| Citizens' | Albert Maud | 4,163 | 32.96 | ||
| Citizens' | Eustace Jackson Rishworth | 4,119 | 32.62 | ||
| Citizens' | Harry Godfrey Calvert | 4,002 | 31.69 | ||
| Communist | Donald Austin | 1,008 | 7.98 | ||
| Communist | William George John Durning | 649 | 5.13 | ||
Table footnotes:
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Percy Dowse was a New Zealand politician. He was mayor of Lower Hutt from 1950 to 1970.
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