1933 Lower Hutt mayoral election

none April 2024 1933 Lower Hutt mayoral election New Zealand Presidential no 1931 Lower Hutt mayoral election 1931 1935 Lower Hutt mayoral election 1935 3 May 1933 3,290 (49.40%) 150x150px Jack Andrews Independent politician 2,001 60.82 100px Alexander McBain Lower Hutt Citizens' Association 876 26.62 Mayor Will Strand Jack Andrews The 1933 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 the nine borough councillors, also elected biennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. Background The incumbent mayor, Will Strand, declined to seek re-election. Four candidates put themselves forward for the mayoralty. Local businessman, and former Masterton Borough Councillor, Jack Andrews defeated Alexander McBain, a member of the Lower Hutt Borough Council since 1921, to win the mayoralty.McGill 1991 212 Two other candidates campaigned on behalf of the unemployed but polled far less than Andrews and McBain. Mayoral results 1933 Lower Hutt mayoral electionhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19330508.2.10.4 Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Mayor The Evening Post 8 May 1933 2 Independent politician Jack Andrews 2,001 60.82 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Alexander McBain 876 26.62 #DE2C34 Worker's Party John Barker Young 277 8.41 Independent Labour Alfred Avery 95 2.88 41 1.24 1,125 34.19 3,290 49.40 Councillor results 1933 Lower Hutt Borough Council electionhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19330508.2.10.5 Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Nine Councillors The Evening Post 8 May 1933 2 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Alex Anderson 2,206 67.05 -3.70 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Frank Campbell 2,040 62.00 -7.61 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Archibald Grierson 1,964 59.69 -12.03 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Barton Ginger 1,928 58.60 -4.99 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Walter George Meldrum 1,851 56.26 -1.47 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association William Henry Wilson 1,721 52.31 -5.21 Independent politician Charles James Ashton 1,673 50.85 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association James Eric Napier 1,634 49.66 +0.78 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association John Mitchell 1,550 47.11 -11.04 Independent politician Richard James Joseph Burke 1,460 44.37 Independent politician Albert Jackson 1,260 38.29 -1.78 Lower Hutt Citizens' Association Frank Malcolm Thessman 1,242 37.75 Independent politician Ward Pearce 1,188 36.10 Independent politician Adam Marshall Laird 713 21.67 #DE2C34 Worker's Party Charles Edmund Ratliff 598 18.17 Communist Party of New Zealand George Watt 581 17.65 Communist Party of New Zealand William Ullrich 420 12.76 Notes References Millar David P. Once Upon a Village: A History of Lower Hutt 1819-1965 1972 New Zealand University Press & LHCC Lower Hutt 154232923 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:1933 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Wellington Region Category:May 1933 in Oceania