1929 Los Angeles mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1929 Los Angeles mayoral election presidential no 1925 Los Angeles mayoral election 1925 1933 Los Angeles mayoral election 1933 1929 06 09 First round Runoff John C. Porter, 1933.jpg c0c0c0 John C. Porter 75,198 36.4% 151,905 58.8% William G. Bonelli, California State Department of Professional and Vocational Standards director, 1935.jpg c0c0c0 William G. Bonelli 45,200 21.9% 106,515 41.2% John R. Quinn, 1930s.jpg c0c0c0 John R. Quinn 39,42519.1% Eliminated Perry H. Greer, 1922.png c0c0c0 Perry H. Greer 22,02210.7% Eliminated Mayor George E. Cryer John Clinton Porter The 1929 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on June 9, 1929. Incumbent George E. Cryer chose not contest the election and retire from office, making it the first open seat since 1911. The race was won by John Clinton Porter, who defeated Councilman William G. Bonelli, John R. Quinn, and 11 other candidates. Municipal elections in California, including for mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.https://my.lwv.org/sites/default/files/leagues/los-angeles/structureofacity.pdf LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT League of Women Voters Background Because of accusations of corruption and the straining of Mayor Cryer's relationship with Kent Kane Parrot, Parrot leaked to the Los Angeles Record that he would not seek re-election.https://www.jstor.org/stable/41171180 The "Boss" Without a Machine: Kent K. Parrot and Los Angeles Politics in the 1920s 67 Sitton, Tom Southern California Quarterly 1985 4 365–387 University of California Press for Southern California Quarterly 10.2307/41171180 41171180 subscription The Watchman Mayor Cryer Announces He Will Not Make Race Los Angeles Times 1929-03-01 Cryer himself announced that he would not run for re-election in late February 1929. Democratic John Clinton Porter and Republican William G. Bonelli both campaigned for the office, as well as Republican John R. Quinn, Democratic councilmember Charles J. Colden, and President of the Los Angeles City Council Boyle Workman.http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/am-legion.html The Political Graveyard: American Legion, politicians, California politicalgraveyard.com Bonelli was criticized during his campaign for sending an appeal for votes and an attack on Chief James E. Davis and the Police Commission."Bonelli Seeks Police Votes," Los Angeles Times, May 4, 1929, p. A-1"Bonelli and the Police," Los Angeles Times, May 5, 1929, p. B-4 Results Los Angeles mayoral primary election, May 2, 1929Los Angeles Times, May 9, 1929, pages 1 and 2 John Clinton Porter 75,198 36.42 William G. Bonelli 45,200 21.89 John R. Quinn 39,425 19.09 Perry H. Greer 22,022 10.67 William La Plante 8,182 3.96 Charles J. Colden 4,331 2.098 Carlin G. Smith 3,550 1.72 Nicholas B. Harris 3,503 1.70 Lloyd S. Nix 2,361 1.14 Boyle Workman 2,057 1.00 Charles Hopper 207 0.10 Ralph L. Knapp 188 0.09 Adam C. Derkum 179 0.09 David Horsley 73 0.04 206,476 100.00 Los Angeles mayoral general election, June 9, 1929Los Angeles Mayor http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=568419 Our Campaigns John Clinton Porter 151,905 58.78 William G. Bonelli 106,515 41.22 258,420 100.00 References and footnotes External links Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles https://web.archive.org/web/20110619161306/http://cityclerk.lacity.org/election/ June 19, 2011 collapsed 1929 Los Angeles Category:1929 California elections Category:1929 in Los Angeles Category:June 1929 in the United States