1927 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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.

1927 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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Candidate Will Strand
Party Independent
Popular vote Unopposed

Mayor before election

Will Strand

Elected mayor

Will Strand

Background

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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

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1927 Lower Hutt Borough Council election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Carver 745 57.66
Independent Hugh McGill 595 46.05
Independent Charles Strong 496 38.39
Independent William Henry Edwards 468 36.22
Independent Walter Cotton 325 25.15

Notes

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  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.

References

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  • Millar, David P. (1972). Once Upon a Village: A History of Lower Hutt 1819-1965. Lower Hutt: New Zealand University Press & LHCC. OCLC 154232923.
  • McGill, David (1991). Lower Hutt – The First Garden City. Petone, New Zealand: Lower Hutt City Council. ISBN 1-86956-003-5.