List of by-elections to the Hutt City Council
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By-elections to the Hutt City Council (formerly Lower Hutt City Council until 1989) occur to fill vacant seats in the council. The death, resignation, bankruptcy or expulsion of a sitting Councillor can cause a by-election to occur.
The following is a list of by-elections held to fill vacancies on the Hutt City Council:
Key
| Independent | Citizens' | Labour | Community Concern |
| Ward | Date | Incumbent | Cause | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At large | 26 September 1912 | John Watson Stevenson | Death | Thomas Charles Dawson | ||
| At large | 6 May 1914 | Thomas Charles Dawson | Resignation | John Brasell | ||
| At-large | 3 May 1918 | Sidney Clendon | Resignation | Sidney Clendon | ||
| Henry Ward | Resignation | Albert West | ||||
| At large | 14 December 1921 | Will Strand | Resignation | Allan Macaskill | ||
| At large | 27 January 1928 | Ernest Hunt | Resignation | Arthur Carver | ||
| At large | 27 January 1937 | Walter Cole | Death | John Brasell | ||
| At large | 12 April 1949 | William Gregory | Elected as Mayor | James McDonald | ||
| At large | 3 November 1951 | Norman Player | Resignation | Will Giltrap | ||
| At large | 17 August 1985 | Jan Taylor | Resignation | Pat Hall | ||
| Northern | 11 December 1993 | Peter Bates | Death | Tata Parata | ||
| Wainuiomata | 18 February 1995 | Tony London | Resignation | Ray Wallace | ||
| Central | 24 September 2021 | David Bassett | Resignation | Glenda Barratt | ||
Results
1912 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas Charles Dawson | 483 | 72.96 | ||
| Independent | George Mumford | 174 | 26.28 | ||
| Informal votes | 5 | 0.75 | |||
| Majority | 309 | 46.67 | |||
| Turnout | 662 | 20.73 | |||
1914 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Brasell | 552 | 60.46 | ||
| Independent | Thomas Charles Dawson | 356 | 39.00 | ||
| Informal votes | 5 | 0.54 | |||
| Majority | 196 | 21.46 | |||
| Turnout | 913 | ||||
1918 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Sidney Clendon | 310 | 49.20 | −47.26 | |
| Independent | Albert West | 285 | 45.23 | ||
| Independent | Henry Ward | 255 | 40.47 | −42.51 | |
| Independent | William Hardy | 221 | 35.07 | ||
| Independent | Charles Robinson | 167 | 26.50 | ||
| Informal votes | 21 | 3.33 | +0.46 | ||
| Majority | 30 | 4.76 | |||
| Turnout | 630 | 22.22 | |||
1921 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Allan Macaskill | Unopposed | |||
1928 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Arthur Carver | Unopposed | |||
1937 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens' | John Brasell | 1,152 | 52.48 | ||
| Labour | Ronald George Maxwell | 1,037 | 47.24 | ||
| Informal votes | 6 | 0.27 | |||
| Majority | 115 | 5.23 | |||
| Turnout | 2,195 | ||||
1949 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James McDonald | 2,262 | 50.88 | ||
| Citizens' | Herbert Muir | 2,168 | 48.77 | −0.85 | |
| Informal votes | 16 | 0.35 | |||
| Majority | 94 | 2.11 | |||
| Turnout | 4,446 | 19.33 | −29.71 | ||
1951 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens' | Will Giltrap | Unopposed | |||
1985 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Citizens | Pat Hall | 2,118 | 42.59 | ||
| Labour | John Eaton | 2,031 | 40.84 | −0.60 | |
| Independent | Doug Witcher | 458 | 9.21 | −18.27 | |
| Independent | Rhys Morris | 356 | 7.16 | ||
| Informal votes | 9 | 0.18 | |||
| Majority | 87 | 1.74 | |||
| Turnout | 4,972 | 11.50 | |||
1993 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Concern | Tata Parata | 1,694 | 31.32 | ||
| United Citizens | Pat Hall | 1,304 | 24.11 | −14.98 | |
| Independent | Peter MacMillan | 1,266 | 23.41 | ||
| Independent | Diana East | 1,053 | 19.47 | −19.79 | |
| Informal votes | 90 | 1.66 | +0.75 | ||
| Majority | 390 | 7.21 | |||
| Turnout | 5,407 | ||||
1995 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ray Wallace | 1,910 | 45.54 | ||
| Independent | Reg Moore | 1,187 | 28.30 | −22.40 | |
| Independent | Viv Auty | 1,097 | 26.15 | ||
| Majority | 723 | 17.23 | |||
| Turnout | 4,194 | ||||
2021 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Glenda Barratt | 606 | 22.00 | ||
| Independent | Andrea Hilton | 592 | 21.49 | ||
| Independent | Henry Clayton | 567 | 20.58 | ||
| Independent | Faran Shahzhad | 370 | 13.43 | ||
| Independent | Simon Monrad | 161 | 5.84 | ||
| Independent | Ash Roper | 99 | 3.59 | ||
| Independent | Colin Wilson | 92 | 3.34 | ||
| Independent | Thomas Morgan | 75 | 2.72 | ||
| Independent | Andrew Fox | 69 | 2.50 | ||
| Independent | Evelyn Richter | 69 | 2.50 | ||
| Independent | Phil Caswell | 33 | 1.19 | ||
| Informal votes | 21 | 0.76 | |||
| Majority | 14 | 0.50 | |||
| Turnout | 2,754 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Lower Hutt Borough Council − Extraordinary Election of Councillor". The Dominion. Vol. 6, no. 1557. 28 September 1912. p. 2.
- ↑ "Hutt By-election". The Dominion. Vol. 7, no. 2142. 7 May 1914. p. 3.
- ↑ "Borough of Lower Hutt − Extraordinary Election of Two Councillors". New Zealand Times. Vol. XLIII, no. 9964. 7 May 1918. p. 3.
- ↑ "Lower Hutt Borough Council − Extraordinary Election of Councillor". New Zealand Times. Vol. XLVIII, no. 11085. 16 December 1921. p. 3.
- ↑ "Lower Hutt Council". The Evening Post. Vol. CV, no. 22. 27 January 1928. p. 10.
- ↑ "Borough of Lower Hutt − By-election of One Councillor". Hutt News. Vol. 10, no. 33. 3 February 1937. p. 6.
- ↑ "Council by-election - Mr. J. McDonald elected". Hutt News. 20 April 1949. p. 7.
- ↑ "New Councillor - Mr. W. Giltrap Elected". Hutt News. 7 November 1951. p. 7.
- ↑ "By-election winner". The Evening Post. 22 August 1985. p. 3.
- ↑ "City of Lower Hutt − Declaration of Result of Election − Election of One Councillor". The Evening Post. 22 August 1985. p. 30.
- ↑ "Declaration of Result of By-election − Northern Ward". The Evening Post. 15 December 1993. p. 51.
- ↑ Hawkins, Barry (21 February 1995). "Easy win for councillor". The Evening Post. p. 2.
- ↑ "Past Elections". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 3 May 2024.