1921 Petone Borough Council election
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| Turnout | 27 April 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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9 seats on the Petone Borough Council 5 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1921 Petone Borough Council election was a local election held on 27 April in the Petone, New Zealand, as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Petone and nine borough councillors for a two-year term. Polling booth voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.
Background
The incumbent mayor, John William McEwan, stood for a twelfth term in office. He was opposed by two other candidates, former councillor David McKenzie and lawyer Albert Pere.
Candidates
- John William McEwan
John William McEwan had been mayor of Petone since 1907 and a councillor before that from 1901.[1]
- David McKenzie
David McKenzie was a Scottish-born trade unionist and former employee of the Petone Woollen Works who had led a strike for better working conditions in 1916. He had previously been a borough councillor from 1915 to 1918.[2]
- Albert Pere
Albert Pere was a lawyer and son of Wi Pere, a former Member of Parliament for Eastern Maori.[3][4]
Results
Mayoral election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John William McEwan | 1,021 | 45.86 | −6.72 | |
| Labour | David McKenzie | 640 | 28.75 | ||
| Independent | Albert Pere | 565 | 25.38 | ||
| Majority | 381 | 17.11 | |||
| Turnout | 2,226 | ||||
Council election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Douglas Bedingfield | 1,481 | 66.53 | +5.23 | |
| Labour | James Churchouse | 1,144 | 51.39 | +1.74 | |
| Independent | William Hay | 1,111 | 49.91 | +11.81 | |
| Independent | Christopher Brocklebank | 1,099 | 49.37 | +8.93 | |
| Independent | George Cook | 1,097 | 49.28 | ||
| Independent | Melville Ford | 1,030 | 46.27 | ||
| Independent | Ralph Jones | 1,029 | 46.22 | +8.94 | |
| Independent | Alexander Anderson | 984 | 44.20 | +4.49 | |
| Independent | Richard Alfred Hartley | 937 | 42.09 | ||
| Independent | Ernest Ackroyd | 920 | 41.32 | ||
| Independent | James Edward Tovey | 902 | 40.52 | −0.56 | |
| Independent | John Kyle | 882 | 39.62 | −5.79 | |
| Labour | Albert Scholefield | 656 | 29.46 | +1.00 | |
| Labour | William Herbert Edwards | 574 | 25.78 | ||
| Independent | William McCullough | 541 | 24.30 | ||
| Labour | Albert Spurr | 521 | 23.40 | −1.16 | |
| Labour | Ernest Howard Garrett | 346 | 15.54 | ||
Harbour Board election
The Combined districts of the Counties of Hutt and Makara, the Boroughs of Petone, Lower Hutt, and Eastbourne, and the Town Districts of Johnsonville and Upper Hutt elected two members to the Wellington Harbour Board.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | John William McEwan | 2,780 | 92.38 | ||
| Independent | Maurice Welch | 1,871 | 62.18 | ||
| Independent | Walter Thomas Cotton | 1,366 | 45.39 | ||
| Majority | 505 | 16.78 | |||
| Turnout | 3,009 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Twenty Years as Mayor". The Dominion. Vol. 20, no. 175. 21 April 1927. p. 12.
- ↑ "Fine Citizen". The Evening Post. Vol. CXVIII, no. 81. 3 October 1934. p. 11.
- ↑ "Petone Borough – Election of Councillor". The New Zealand Times. Vol. XLIX, no. 11130. 9 February 1922. p. 7.
- ↑ "Personal". Feilding Star. Vol. 4, no. 767. 27 April 1926. p. 5.
- 1 2 3 "Petone". The New Zealand Times. Vol. XLVII, no. 10886. 28 April 1921. p. 6.