1938 Lower Hutt mayoral election

1938 Lower Hutt mayoral election
Turnout	6,066 (59.15%)
Mayor before election; Jack Andrews;	Elected mayor ; Jack Andrews;

The 1938 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 triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background

The incumbent Mayor, Jack Andrews, sought re-election for a third term. Andrews was opposed by Labour Party candidate Percy Dowse who had been a councillor since 1935. The election marked the first where electoral terms for local government were extended from two years to three.

Mayoral results

1938 Lower Hutt mayoral election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Citizens'	Jack Andrews	3,076	50.70
	Labour	Percy Dowse	2,957	48.74
Informal votes			33	0.54
Majority			119	1.96
Turnout			6,066	59.15

Councillor results

1938 Lower Hutt local election^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Harry Horlor	2,955	53.27
Citizens'	Arthur Marshall	2,932	52.85
Labour	Bill Morrison	2,911	52.47
Citizens'	Charles James Ashton	2,899	52.26	−4.45
Citizens'	Ernst Peterson Hay	2,851	51.39
Citizens'	John Mitchell	2,838	51.16	−5.32
Labour	Frank Hall	2,829	51.00	−3.01
Citizens'	William Gregory	2,822	50.87
Citizens'	Jim Vogel	2,777	50.06
Labour	Hughie Gilbert Burrell	2,776	50.04
Citizens'	Cyril George Hedge	2,752	49.61
Citizens'	Raymond Douglas Smith	2,752	49.61
Labour	Robert Webb Johnson	2,746	49.50	+5.19
Labour	Herbert Keith Milne	2,727	49.16
Labour	Thomas Logie	2,696	48.60
Citizens'	Roy Russell	2,681	48.33	+0.10
Labour	Jack Taylor	2,638	47.55
Labour	Henry Fairclough	2,341	42.20

Notes

^ "Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 14 May 1938. p. 5.
^ "Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Nine Councillors". The Evening Post. 17 May 1938. p. 2.

References

Millar, David P. (1972). Once Upon a Village: A History of Lower Hutt 1819-1965. Lower Hutt: New Zealand University Press & LHCC. OCLC 154232923.
McGill, David (1991). Lower Hutt – The First Garden City. Petone, New Zealand: Lower Hutt City Council. ISBN 1-86956-003-5.

[1] "Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 14 May 1938. p. 5.

[2] "Borough of Lower Hutt - Election of Nine Councillors". The Evening Post. 17 May 1938. p. 2.

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