1933 Los Angeles mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1933 Los Angeles mayoral election Los Angeles presidential no 1929 Los Angeles mayoral election 1929 1937 Los Angeles mayoral election 1937 1933 05 02 and 1933 06 06 First round Runoff Frank Shaw being sworn as Mayor, 1933 (cropped).jpg c0c0c0 Frank L. Shaw 118,77535.9% 187,86854.7% John C. Porter, 1933.jpg c0c0c0 John Clinton Porter 111,54033.7% 155,78445.3% George Cryer, Mayor of Los Angeles, 1920s.jpg c0c0c0 George E. Cryer 36,193 10.9% Eliminated Charles W. Dempster 1932 (cropped).jpg c0c0c0 Charles W. Dempster 35,285 10.7% Eliminated Mayor John Clinton Porter Democratic Party (United States) Frank L. Shaw Republican Party (United States) The 1933 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on May 2, 1933, with a run-off election on June 6, 1933. Incumbent John Clinton Porter was defeated by Frank L. Shaw, a Los Angeles County Supervisor, in the runoff election. During the election, Shaw's citizenship was questioned as his birth records could not be located.https://www.proquest.com/docview/163078146 SHAW HOPE GROWS DIM: Apparently Is Not a Citizen Records Show Father's First Papers Taken Out in 1887 but No Completion Abandoned Application for Land Patent Requiring Naturalization Los Angeles Times May 28, 1933 163078146 Municipal elections in California, including 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 Election Incumbent John Clinton Porter announced that he would be running for re-election.https://www.proquest.com/docview/163152074 FOR MAYOR: JOHN C. PORTER June 3, 1933 Los Angeles Times 163152074 He was challenged by Los Angeles County Supervisor Frank L. Shaw, former Mayor George E. Cryer, and State Assemblymember Charles W. Dempster. During the election, Shaw's citizenship came under question, as he had been born in Warwick, Ontario, Canada, and his birth records were not found.https://www.proquest.com/docview/163175120 NATURALIZATION ELUDES MR. SHAW: Garden City, Kan., Fails to Show Him Citizen Records of Half a Century Searched in Vain Supervisor Still Thinks It Must Be Somewhere May 26, 1933 Los Angeles Times 163175120 Because of his birth records, a complaint was filed to try to prevent him from becoming mayor, asserting that he was still only a citizen of Canada and not a citizen of the United States.https://www.proquest.com/docview/163116546 ACTION TO BLOCK SHAW FROM MAYORALTY FILED: Right to Hold Office Under Fire in Court After Dispute Over Citizenship July 1, 1933 Los Angeles Times 163116546 https://www.proquest.com/docview/163068980 SHAW SUIT MOVES AHEAD: Final Step Taken to Get Decision on Citizenship of Supervisor, Now Candidate for Mayor June 6, 1933 Los Angeles Times 163068980 In the runoff election, Shaw beat Porter by a comfortable margin.https://www.proquest.com/docview/163195142 TODAY TO USHER IN NEW REGIME: Porter to Hand City Keys to Mayor-elect Shaw Both to Ride in Marshal's Car to Air Races Eight Councilmen-elect to Take Their Seats July 1, 1933 Los Angeles Times 163195142 Results Primary election Los Angeles mayoral primary election, May 2, 1933Los Angeles Mayor - Primary http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=568014 Our Campaigns Frank L. Shaw 118,775 35.90 John Clinton Porter (incumbent) 111,540 33.71 George E. Cryer 36,193 10.94 Charles W. Dempster 35,285 10.67 Charles S. Hutson 10,639 3.22 Frank C. Shoemaker 5,539 1.67 Chaim Shapiro 4,702 1.42 Martin C. Neuner 3,511 1.06 George H. McLain 2,354 0.71 Lawrence Ross 2,311 0.70 330,849 100.00 General election Los Angeles mayoral general election, June 6, 1933Los Angeles Mayor http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=568013 Our Campaigns Frank L. Shaw 187,868 54.67 John Clinton Porter (incumbent) 155,784 45.33 343,652 100.00 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 1933 Los Angeles Category:1933 California elections Category:May 1933 in the United States Category:June 1933 in the United States Category:1933 in Los Angeles