1962 Porirua mayoral election

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1962 Porirua mayoral election
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13 October 1962 1965  
Turnout2,426 (50.00%)
  Whitford J.R Brown.jpg No image.png Robert Westley Bothamley.jpg
Candidate Whitford Brown Rairi FieldRobert Bothamley
Party Independent Independent Independent
Popular vote885667558
Percentage36.4727.4923.00

Elected Mayor

Whitford Brown

The 1962 Porirua mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The elections were held for the role of Mayor of Porirua plus other local government positions including ten borough councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

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Background

The locality of Porirua was part the Makara County Council which was abolished on 31 August 1962. The rural area became part of Hutt County, the urban area becoming Porirua Borough Council. [1]

The Labour Party selected a ticket for the mayoralty as well as council candidates. Makara County Councillor Whitford Brown was nominated as part of the Labour's ticket for the election, but he declined any party endorsement. [2] Brown attracted many Labour voters, particularly as Labour did not select a mayoral candidate after Brown his declination, and was successful in being elected Porirua's first mayor. He defeated four other candidates including another Makara County Councillor, Alf Mexted, and the former chairman of the Makara County Council, Robert Westley Bothamley, who was at the time the sitting chairman of the Hutt Valley Electric Board. [3]

The council had its first meeting on 24 October where members were sworn in and councillor Ernie Maxwell was appointed deputy mayor. [4]

Mayoral results

1962 Porirua mayoral election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Whitford Brown 885 36.47
Independent Rairi Field66727.49
Independent Robert Westley Bothamley55823.00
Independent Labour Jim Hunter1616.63
Independent Alf Mexted1345.52
Informal votes210.86
Majority2188.98
Turnout 2,42650.00

Councillor results

1962 Porirua Borough Council election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Whitford Brown [nb 1] 1,285 62.22
Independent Jill Nixon 1,157 56.02
Independent Christina Sylvia Bell 1,138 55.10
Independent Ernie Maxwell 1,033 50.02
Independent James Hamilton Wilson 1,011 48.95
Independent Charles Jane 1,005 48.66
Independent Bill Arnold 921 44.60
Independent Alf Mexted 874 42.32
Labour Duncan MacLeod 865 41.88
Labour Mervyn Down 852 41.25
Independent Matuaiwi Solomon 839 40.62
Independent Donald Collins82840.09
Independent John David Keay82539.95
Labour Brownie Pūriri 78437.96
Labour Kevin Arthurs78237.86
Independent Hec Stuart78137.82
Independent John Marsh73535.59
Labour Emily Anne Moffitt73535.59
Labour Neville Collins66031.96
Labour Charles Weller64431.18
Independent Ivan Williams57127.65
Independent Walter Cecil Henderson53525.90
Independent Arthur Neville Cole44821.69
Communist Paul Potiki37918.35
Independent Jack Underhill36317.57
Communist Tommy Heptinstall32315.64
Independent Noel Tock27813.46

Table footnotes:

  1. As Brown won the Mayoralty his election to the council was voided and his seat was awarded to the highest polling unsuccessful candidate.

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  2. "Lively issue". The Evening Post . 15 October 1962. p. 10.
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