1971 Lower Hutt mayoral election

none April 2024 1971 Lower Hutt mayoral election New Zealand Presidential no 1968 Lower Hutt mayoral election 1968 1974 Lower Hutt mayoral election 1974 9 October 1971 18,440 (46.15%) no 150x150px 9932CC John Kennedy-Good Combined Team 6,854 37.16 150x150px John Seddon Labour 6,337 34.36 150x150px Dave Hadley Citizens' 4,630 25.10 Mayor John Kennedy-Good John Kennedy-Good 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. Background 1970 mid-term election Mayor Percy Dowse died mid-term on 9 December 1970. Rather than hold a by-election the city council members decided to elect a councillor to finish the remainder of the term until the scheduled election 10 months later.McGill 1991 189 The council special meeting was held on 21 December. Councillor Chen Werry was nominated by Wally Bugden and seconded by Jessie Donald but he unexpectedly declined nomination. Cyril Phelps then nominated John Kennedy-Good which was seconded by Harold Meachen and finally the deputy mayor Dave Hadley was nominated by Ted Holdaway and seconded by Don Lee. A vote was held among the councillors by a show of hands. A visible split was seen with Citizens' Association councillors, splitting support between Hadley and Kennedy-Good, with Labour councillors (who were the minority on the council) all voting for Kennedy-Good who won nine votes to six.Dentist Mr Kennedy-Good Elected 14th Mayor of Lower Hutt on 9-6 Vote in Council The Evening Post 22 December 1970 3 A list of each Councillors vote: Councillor Mayoral Vote Max Borra 1 Hadley Wally Bugden 1 Kennedy-Good Sam Chesney 1 Kennedy-Good Jessie Donald 1 Kennedy-Good Stan Frost 1 Hadley Ted Gibbs 1 Kennedy-Good Dave Hadley 1 Hadley Ted Holdaway 1 Hadley John Kennedy-Good Kennedy-Good Don Lee 1 Hadley Harold Meachen 1 Kennedy-Good Kitty Mildenhall 1 Kennedy-Good Cyril Phelps 1 Kennedy-Good Jim Ross 1 Hadley Chen Werry Kennedy-Good October 1971 election Even after councillors elected Kennedy-Good as Dowse's successor the Citizens' Association, who had a majority on the council, did not select Kennedy-Good for the 1971 election. Instead they chose the deputy mayor (and 1968 candidate) Dave Hadley instead. As a result Kennedy-Good formed his own "combined" electoral ticket, consisting of candidates who were previously Citizens' and Labour affiliated, with which to contest the election. Thinking that the Labour Party was not intending to put up a ticket of their own, four Labour councillors joined the combined team. Labour did eventually decide to run its own ticket and party policy dictated that members could not stand for election against official party candidates resulting them having their Labour membership suspended.McGill 1991 189 In an evenly divided poll Kennedy-Good narrowly edged out former Labour councillor John Seddon to win the mayoralty.Mr Kennedy-Good Just Retains Mayoralty in Face of Labour Bid The Evening Post 11 October 1971 1 The city council was split three ways, with Labour winning a plurality of seats. Labour and Citizens' councillors made a deal to elect their own members to committee chairs and voted Seddon as deputy mayor, sidelining the Combined Team.McGill 1991 189 At the election both a father and son were elected to the council. Chen Werry was re-elected to the council on the combined ticket while his son, Dick Werry, won a seat on the Labour ticket.Son Joins Father on L Hutt Council The Evening Post 11 October 1971 2 It also saw the election of the city's first ever Indian councillor, Govind Bhula, a civil engineer originally from Bombay.LH Elects Indian Councillor The Evening Post 11 October 1971 2 Mayoral results 1971 Lower Hutt mayoral electionCity of Lower Hutt - Declaration of Result of Election - Election of Mayor The Evening Post 16 October 1971 44 Combined Team #9932CC John Kennedy-Good 6,854 37.16 New Zealand Labour Party John Seddon 6,337 34.36 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Dave Hadley 4,630 25.10 -22.03 Independent politician Nick Ursin 484 2.62 135 0.73 -0.64 517 2.80 18,440 46.15 +3.14 Councillor results 1971 Lower Hutt City Council electionCity of Lower Hutt - Declaration of Result of Election - Election of Councillors The Evening Post 16 October 1971 44 New Zealand Labour Party John Seddon 8,610 46.69 New Zealand Labour Party Kitty Mildenhall 8,146 44.17 -4.53 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Don Lee 7,482 40.57 -13.04 Combined Team #9932CC Chen Werry 7,225 39.18 -16.82 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Harold Turbott 7,133 38.68 Combined Team #9932CC Sam Chesney 7,018 38.05 -11.64 New Zealand Labour Party Lawrie Woodley 6,995 37.93 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Andrew Ash 6,860 37.20 Combined Team #9932CC Jessie Donald 6,737 36.53 -11.23 New Zealand Labour Party Govind Bhula 6,548 35.50 New Zealand Labour Party Ernie Barry 6,494 35.21 Combined Team #9932CC Stan Ramsom 6,344 34.40 New Zealand Labour Party Dick Werry 6,258 33.93 Combined Team #9932CC Ted Gibbs 6,130 33.24 -13.57 New Zealand Labour Party Les Duckworth 6,030 32.70 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Francis John Cameron 5,974 32.39 New Zealand Labour Party David Carrad 5,966 32.35 -10.08 Combined Team #9932CC Cyril Phelps 5,934 32.18 -15.13 Combined Team #9932CC Gerald Bond 5,879 31.88 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Max Borra 5,693 30.87 -14.93 New Zealand Labour Party Jack Ward 5,612 30.43 New Zealand Labour Party Bert Sutherland 5,597 30.35 -11.46 New Zealand Labour Party Laurie Sutton 5,596 30.34 Combined Team #9932CC Jim Ross 5,496 29.80 -15.75 New Zealand Labour Party Peter Gordon Palmer 5,458 29.59 New Zealand Labour Party Laurence Phillip Lowe 5,391 29.23 Combined Team #9932CC Glen Evans 5,388 29.21 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Stan Frost 5,354 29.03 -21.48 New Zealand Labour Party Alick Shaw 5,221 28.31 Combined Team #9932CC David Kincaid 4,807 26.06 Combined Team #9932CC Vince Fitzgibbon 4,654 25.23 Combined Team #9932CC Eric Pearce 4,564 24.75 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association David James Smith 4,526 24.54 Combined Team #9932CC Keith Thomas 4,427 24.00 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Parone Matiu 4,405 23.88 New Zealand Labour Party Graeme Smith 4,354 23.61 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Sadie Williams 4,254 23.06 Combined Team #9932CC Bill Lambert 4,197 22.76 Combined Team #9932CC Ray Partridge 4,183 22.68 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association George Ian Hooper 3,872 20.99 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Raymond Joseph McLaughlin 3,823 20.73 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Joseph David Peters 3,717 20.15 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Robert McMurray 3,665 19.87 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Charles Edward Maxted 3,624 19.65 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Andrew George Gathergood 3,540 19.19 -19.85 Independent politician Nick Ursin 2,400 13.01 -3.68 Independent politician Anthony Francis Foot 1,780 9.65 Notes References McGill David Lower Hutt – The First Garden City Lower Hutt City Council 1991 Petone, New Zealand 1-86956-003-5 Category:Mayoral elections in Lower Hutt Category:1971 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Wellington Region