1980 Lower Hutt mayoral election

none April 2024 1980 Lower Hutt mayoral election New Zealand Presidential no 1977 Lower Hutt mayoral election 1977 1983 Lower Hutt mayoral election 1983 11 October 1980 (18,053 46.00%) 150x150px John Kennedy-Good United Citizens 10,906 60.41 100px Ernie Barry New Zealand Labour Party 5,753 31.86 Mayor John Kennedy-Good John Kennedy-Good The 1980 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 sixteen city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. Background The incumbent Mayor, John Kennedy-Good, stood for a fifth term and was re-elected alongside a nearly all-United Citizens council.McGill 1991 195 This included ex-Labour councillor Lawrie Woodley who had defected to the United Citizens mid-term and was rewarded after the 1980 election by Kennedy-Good with a committee chairman position.Terris 2004 110 Mayoral results 1980 Lower Hutt mayoral electionCity of Lower Hutt - Declaration of Result of Election - Election of Mayor The Evening Post 20 October 1980 30 United Citizens John Kennedy-Good 10,906 60.41 +8.22 New Zealand Labour Party Ernie Barry 5,753 31.86 -10.24 Independent politician Nick Ursin 987 5.46 +1.54 407 2.25 +0.42 5,153 28.54 +18.46 18,053 46.00 +3.00 Councillor results 1980 Lower Hutt City Council electionCity of Lower Hutt - Declaration of Result of Election For Councillors The Evening Post 20 October 1980 30 United Citizens Mollie Ngan-Kee 11,217 62.13 +4.52 United Citizens Don Lee 10,204 56.52 -0.41 United Citizens Lucy Cole 9,738 53.94 +1.05 United Citizens Teri Puketapu 9,547 52.88 -2.03 United Citizens Gerald Bond 9,251 51.24 +2.47 United Citizens Roger Twentyman 8,927 49.44 United Citizens Lawrie Woodley 8,896 49.27 +0.57 United Citizens Chen Werry 8,864 49.09 -1.66 United Citizens Harold Turbott 8,721 48.30 -3.08 United Citizens John Barker 8,700 48.19 United Citizens Lois Risley 8,690 48.13 United Citizens Helen Thorstenson 8,603 47.65 United Citizens David Ogden 8,424 46.66 New Zealand Labour Party John Terris 8,243 45.66 -8.03 United Citizens Rowland Crone 8,233 45.60 United Citizens Henry Martens 7,663 42.44 New Zealand Labour Party Ernie Barry 7,567 41.91 -16.98 New Zealand Labour Party Jan Taylor 7,247 40.14 -10.95 New Zealand Labour Party Alister Abernethy 7,174 39.73 -11.34 United Citizens Toaiga Magele 6,949 38.49 New Zealand Labour Party John Eaton 6,439 35.66 New Zealand Labour Party Sandra Nolan 6,425 35.58 New Zealand Labour Party Richard Luke 6,358 35.21 New Zealand Labour Party Michael Jamieson 6,355 35.20 New Zealand Labour Party David Taylor 6,012 33.30 New Zealand Labour Party Muriel Powell 6,008 33.27 New Zealand Labour Party Walter Clement 5,840 32.34 New Zealand Labour Party Neil Tynan 5,497 30.44 -11.17 New Zealand Labour Party Norman Woodgate 5,427 30.06 New Zealand Labour Party Peter Petterson 5,392 29.86 New Zealand Labour Party Ellen Te Moni 5,373 29.76 New Zealand Labour Party Evelyn Richter 5,288 29.29 Independent politician Doug Whitcher 3,418 18.93 Independent politician Nick Ursin 3,053 16.91 -3.13 Independent politician Lesley Buckley 2,790 15.45 Independent politician Rangi Bailey 2,534 14.03 Independent politician Patricia May Lodge 2,348 13.00 -4.03 Independent politician Harald Pies-Lintz 1,731 9.58 Values Party William Wayne Hennessy 1,553 8.60 Notes References McGill David Lower Hutt – The First Garden City Lower Hutt City Council 1991 Petone, New Zealand 1-86956-003-5 Terris John John Terris Being who you are 2004 Steele Roberts Wellington 1877338427 Category:Mayoral elections in Lower Hutt Category:1980 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Wellington Region