1968 Lower Hutt mayoral election

Last updated

1968 Lower Hutt mayoral election
Lower Hutt COA.jpg
  1965 12 October 1968 1971  
Turnout14,063 (43.01%)
  Percy Dowse cropped.jpg Dave Hadley (crop).jpg
Candidate Percy Dowse Dave Hadley
Party Labour Citizens'
Popular vote7,2416,629
Percentage51.4847.13

Mayor before election

Percy Dowse

Elected Mayor

Percy Dowse

The 1968 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.

Contents

Background

The incumbent Mayor, Percy Dowse, sought re-election for a seventh term. He was opposed by Citizens' Association councillor Dave Hadley. Initially John Kennedy-Good was favoured as the Citizens' mayoral candidate, but as he had in 1965, he refused to challenge Dowse. Additionally he cited his intention to stand for parliament as the National Party candidate for the Hutt electorate at the upcoming 1969 general election as being incompatible with the mayoralty. [1] Dowse, who was returned unopposed in the previous election, had a large reduction in his majority. The Labour Party lost its majority on the council (three sitting councillors lost their seats) with a large swing to Citizens' candidates. [2]

Mayoral results

1968 Lower Hutt mayoral election [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Percy Dowse 7,241 51.48
Citizens' Dave Hadley6,62947.13
Informal votes1931.37
Majority6124.35
Turnout 14,06343.01

Councillor results

1968 Lower Hutt City Council election [5] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens' Dave Hadley 8,260 58.73 +8.69
Citizens' John Kennedy-Good 8,195 58.27 +1.43
Labour Chen Werry 7,876 56.00 -5.35
Citizens' Don Lee 7,540 53.61 +4.61
Citizens' Ted Holdaway 7,347 52.24
Citizens' Stan Frost 7,104 50.51
Labour Sam Chesney 6,988 49.69 -8.46
Labour Kitty Mildenhall 6,849 48.70 -5.39
Labour Jessie Donald 6,717 47.76 -8.28
Citizens' Cyril Phelps 6,654 47.31 +18.03
Citizens' Ted Gibbs 6,583 46.81 +1.64
Labour Wally Bugden 6,517 46.34 -12.00
Citizens' Max Borra 6,442 45.80
Citizens' Jim Ross 6,406 45.55
Citizens' Harold Meachen 6,210 44.15
Labour David Carrad5,96742.43-8.75
Citizens' Joseph David Peters5,92742.14
Labour William Harvey5,89141.89-8.58
Labour Joan Mary Pearce5,88941.87-6.16
Labour Bert Sutherland5,88041.81-7.88
Citizens' Peter James Stevens5,85141.60
Citizens' William Davidson Smith5,67740.36
Citizens' Andrew George Gathergood5,49139.04
Labour Ronald Edward Alexander Annan5,48238.98
Labour Edward William Harnett5,14236.56
Labour William Mouat McLaren5,12036.40-11.26
Citizens' Peter Edwin Grenside5,08036.12
Labour William John Jarvis5,06436.00-8.28
Labour John Alan Nelsson Ivory5,02835.75
Labour George John Ravelich4,83134.35
Independent Unah Lovell Archibald2,60418.51
Independent Nick Ursin2,34816.69

Notes

  1. "Cr. Hadley Named For Mayoralty". Hutt News . 23 April 1968.
  2. "New Mayors in Both Upper Hutt and Petone". The Evening Post . 14 October 1968. p. 12.
  3. "City of Lower Hutt - Election of Mayor". The Evening Post . 19 October 1968. p. 3.
  4. 1 2 "Final Results in Hutt Elections". The Evening Post . 19 October 1968. p. 28.
  5. "City of Lower Hutt - Declaration of Result of Poll". The Evening Post . 19 October 1968. p. 3.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Kennedy-Good</span> New Zealand mayor

Sir John Kennedy-Good was a New Zealand politician. He was mayor of Lower Hutt from 1970 to 1986.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Percy Dowse</span> New Zealand politician

Percy Dowse was a New Zealand politician. He was mayor of Lower Hutt from 1950 to 1970.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Gregory (mayor)</span> New Zealand politician

William Cooper Gregory was a New Zealand politician who was the Mayor of Lower Hutt from 1949 to 1950.

Thomas Glendwr Gardner "Glen" Evans was a New Zealand politician. He served as the mayor of Lower Hutt from 1986 to 1995.

The Lower Hutt Citizens' Association, was a right-leaning local body electoral ticket in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. It was formed in 1945 by merging the selection process of council candidates of several civic interest groups and business lobby groups. Its main ambitions were to continue to control the Lower Hutt City Council, reduce local spending and deny left-leaning Labour Party candidates election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1935 Lower Hutt mayoral election</span>

The 1935 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 biannually. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1949 Lower Hutt mayoral by-election</span> New Zealand mayoral by-election

The 1949 Lower Hutt mayoral by-election was held to elect a successor to Ernst Peterson Hay who resigned as Mayor of Lower Hutt upon his appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1950 Lower Hutt mayoral election</span>

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.

Harcourt Chenoweth "Chen" Werry was a New Zealand businessman and politician. He was a Lower Hutt City Councillor for 36 years from 1950 to 1986 and was twice deputy mayor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1953 Lower Hutt mayoral election</span>

The 1953 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1956 Lower Hutt mayoral election</span> 1956 election in New Zealand

The 1956 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1959 Lower Hutt mayoral election</span>

The 1959 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1962 Lower Hutt mayoral election</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1965 Lower Hutt mayoral election</span>

The 1965 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1971 Lower Hutt mayoral election</span>

The 1971 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.

Ernest Albert Barry was a New Zealand educator and politician. He was a Lower Hutt city councillor and was deputy mayor from 1977 to 1980.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1986 Lower Hutt mayoral election</span> Local election in New Zealand

The 1986 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 sixteen city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

The 1989 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.

The 1992 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1995 Lower Hutt mayoral election</span>

The 1995 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 thirteen city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

References