1992 Lower Hutt mayoral election

none April 2024 1992 Lower Hutt mayoral election New Zealand File:Lower Hutt CoA shield.svg Presidential no 1989 Lower Hutt mayoral election 1989 1995 Lower Hutt mayoral election 1995 10 October 1992 no 16,411 (25.30%) 100px Glen Evans United Citizens 7,651 46.62 110px Lawrie Woodley 00CED1 Community Concern 7,523 45.84 Mayor Glen Evans Glen Evans 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. Background A council decision to build the Central City Plaza car-parking building in Queens Drive was the dominant issue of the election. Mayor Glen Evans argued that the plaza would attract people to the south end of High Street and assist smaller retailers compete with Queensgate Mall. The cost of constructing the plaza sky-rocketed causing the council to find itself in severe financial strife, costing more than $35 million to design and build while only being valued at $13 million.http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/86190799/Civic-role-was-a-calling-for-former-mayor Civic role was a calling for former mayor The Dominion Post Bess Manson 12 November 2016 18 December 2016 A new ticket, Community Concern, was set up in opposition to Evans and his policies headed by former councillor Lawrie Woodley. The Labour Party did not contest the mayoralty for the second consecutive election and only ran candidates in two wards (none were elected).Barry Hawkins Special votes to decide Lower Hutt cliffhanger The Evening Post 12 October 1992 19 Evans, was re-elected very narrowly and his United Citizens ticket lost their large majority of council seats. Evans had an election night lead of only 103 over Woodley with over 500 special votes still to be counted. Woodley said he was confident of overturning the margin, but the final count slightly extended Evans' majority to 128. Woodley was elected in the Western Ward and four other candidates from his Community Concern ticket were also elected to the council. Turnout for the election was a record low with barely one quarter of electors voting (the lowest anywhere in the country). Lower Hutt was the only place in New Zealand to still use polling booths rather than postal voting which Evans thought was a cause of comparatively low turnout. He stated that elections would switch to postal voting.Barry Hawkins Glen Evans holds on to mayoralty The Evening Post 15 October 1992 1 Mayoral results The following table gives the election results: 1992 Lower Hutt mayoral electionDeclarations of Results of Elections - Lower Hutt City The Evening Post 17 October 1992 38 United Citizens Glen Evans 7,651 46.62 -15.04 #00CED1 Community Concern Lawrie Woodley 7,523 45.84 Independent politician Rachael Umaga 881 5.36 356 2.16 -1.36 128 0.77 -44.19 16,411 25.30 -20.20 Ward results 1992 Hutt City local elections Fifteen candidates were also elected from wards to the Hutt City Council. Party/ticket Councillors United Citizens 5 Community Concern 5 Independent5 References Category:Mayoral elections in Lower Hutt Category:1992 New Zealand local elections Category:Politics of the Wellington Region