1921 Petone Borough Council election

Election in New Zealand October 2025 October 2025 1921 Petone Borough Council election New Zealand Petone coat of arms.png 1919 Petone Borough Council election 1919 1923 Petone Borough Council election 1923 2,226 27 April 1921 yes Mayoral election John William McEwan Independent politician John William McEwan.jpg 1,021 45.86 David McKenzie New Zealand Labour Party David McKenzie (mayor).jpg 640 28.75 Albert Pere Independent politician 565 25.38 Mayor John William McEwan Independent politician John William McEwan Independent politician yes yes yes Council election 9 seats on the Petone Borough Council 5 Independents 8 7 New Zealand Labour Party 1 2 The 1921 Petone Borough Council election was a local election held on 27 April in the Petone, New Zealand, as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Petone and nine borough councillors for a two-year term. Polling booth voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used. Background The incumbent mayor, John William McEwan, stood for a twelfth term in office. He was opposed by two other candidates, former councillor David McKenzie and lawyer Albert Pere. Candidates John William McEwan John William McEwan had been mayor of Petone since 1907 and a councillor before that from 1901.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19270421.2.98 Twenty Years as Mayor The Dominion 21 April 1927 20 175 12 David McKenzie David McKenzie was a Scottish-born trade unionist and former employee of the Petone Woollen Works who had led a strike for better working conditions in 1916. He had previously been a borough councillor from 1915 to 1918.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19341003.2.108.1 Fine Citizen The Evening Post 3 October 1934 CXVIII 81 11 Albert Pere Albert Pere was a lawyer and son of Wi Pere, a former Member of Parliament for Eastern Maori.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19220209.2.59 Petone Borough – Election of Councillor The New Zealand Times 9 February 1922 XLIX 11130 7 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS19260427.2.19 Personal Feilding Star 27 April 1926 4 767 5 Results Mayoral election 1921 Petone mayoral electionhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19210428.2.69 Petone The New Zealand Times 28 April 1921 XLVII 10886 6 Independent politician John William McEwan 1,021 45.86 -6.72 New Zealand Labour Party David McKenzie 640 28.75 Independent politician Albert Pere 565 25.38 381 17.11 2,226 Council election 1921 Petone Borough Council election Independent politician Douglas Bedingfield 1,481 66.53 +5.23 New Zealand Labour Party James Churchouse 1,144 51.39 +1.74 Independent politician William Hay 1,111 49.91 +11.81 Independent politician Christopher Brocklebank 1,099 49.37 +8.93 Independent politician George Cook 1,097 49.28 Independent politician Melville Ford 1,030 46.27 Independent politician Ralph Jones 1,029 46.22 +8.94 Independent politician Alexander Anderson 984 44.20 +4.49 Independent politician Richard Alfred Hartley 937 42.09 Independent politician Ernest Ackroyd 920 41.32 Independent politician James Edward Tovey 902 40.52 -0.56 Independent politician John Kyle 882 39.62 -5.79 New Zealand Labour Party Albert Scholefield 656 29.46 +1.00 New Zealand Labour Party William Herbert Edwards 574 25.78 Independent politician William McCullough 541 24.30 New Zealand Labour Party Albert Spurr 521 23.40 -1.16 New Zealand Labour Party Ernest Howard Garrett 346 15.54 Other results Harbour Board election The Combined districts of the Counties of Hutt and Makara, the Boroughs of Petone, Lower Hutt, and Eastbourne, and the Town Districts of Johnsonville and Upper Hutt elected two members to the Wellington Harbour Board. 1921 Wellington Harbour Board election, Combined Districts Independent politician John William McEwan 2,780 92.38 Independent politician Maurice Welch 1,871 62.18 Independent politician Walter Thomas Cotton 1,366 45.39 505 16.78 3,009 References Category:1921 elections in New Zealand Category:Petone Borough Council elections Category:April 1921 in Oceania