1962 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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1962 Lower Hutt mayoral election
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  1959 13 October 1962 1965  
Turnout13,586 (45.28%)
  Percy Dowse cropped.jpg George Llewellyn Barker.jpg
Candidate Percy Dowse George Barker
Party Labour Independent
Popular vote8,3675,137
Percentage61.5837.81

Mayor before election

Percy Dowse

Elected Mayor

Percy Dowse

The 1962 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 fifteen city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

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Background

The incumbent Mayor, Percy Dowse, sought re-election for a fifth term. Dowse was opposed by the deputy mayor George Llewellyn Barker who stood as an independent candidate. Barker had been a councillor and member of the Wellington Harbour Board since 1959 and had recently contested the parliamentary seat of Hutt at the 1960 election for the National Party. Just as in the previous two elections the Citizens' Association did not stand an official ticket of candidates and endorsed a slate of independents. The Ratepayer Independents lost all but three seats with the Labour Party regaining their majority on the council. [1] The main issue of the previous election was the council's finances with Dowse criticised over a NZ£75,000 loan for the second stage of the Maungaraki development. Since then the financial situation had been evaluated and the City Treasurer's report in April 1961 established that the council's accounts were healthy with the Ratepayer Independents criticisms being over-exaggerated. This news helped Dowse and Labour make a strong comeback in the election. [2]

Mayoral results

1962 Lower Hutt mayoral election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Percy Dowse 8,367 61.58 +1.07
Independent George Barker5,13737.81
Informal votes820.60-1.93
Majority3,23023.77+0.21
Turnout 13,58645.28+6.46

Councillor results

1962 Lower Hutt City Council election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Trevor Young 7,554 55.60 -14.84
Labour Sam Chesney 7,391 54.40 +0.64
Labour Chen Werry 7,144 52.58 -15.14
Labour Jessie Donald 7,114 52.36 -14.96
Labour Joe Aspell 6,850 50.41
Labour Alexander Campbell 6,595 48.54
Labour Wally Bugden 6,587 48.48 -16.18
Labour Walter Fraser 6,525 48.02 -0.53
Labour Wally Mildenhall 6,524 48.02 -1.79
Independent John Kennedy-Good 6,415 47.21
Independent Ted Holdaway 6,185 45.52
Labour William Harvey 6,179 45.48
Labour Bert Sutherland 6,149 45.25 -2.41
Labour William Mouat McLaren 5,920 43.57 -2.82
Independent Dave Hadley 5,867 43.18 -8.67
Independent James Roderick Murray5,86443.16
Independent Stan Frost5,70942.02
Independent Donald Marshall Wilson5,69341.90-11.51
Independent Labour James McDonald5,68541.84-27.31
Independent Cyril Phelps5,64241.52-15.08
Labour Allan Patrick Ryan5,57441.02-1.82
Independent Don Lee5,57241.01
Independent Harold George Cole5,51040.55
Independent Hugh McKinnon Smith5,45140.12
Independent James Kawarau Horn5,44240.05
Labour Joseph Stanislaus O'Brien5,43640.01-1.14
Independent Keith Thomas5,33439.26-13.39
Labour Morris Gordon Castree5,13237.77
Independent Alwin Atkinson4,82935.54-23.89

Notes

  1. "Labour Ticket Shows Gains - Mayors Kitts and Dowse Returned with Big Majorities". The Evening Post . 15 October 1962. p. 10.
  2. McGill 1991, pp. 171.
  3. "City of Lower Hutt - Election of Mayor". The Evening Post . 22 October 1962. p. 2.
  4. "City of Lower Hutt - Election of Fifteen Councillors". The Evening Post . 22 October 1962. p. 2.

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