1925 Petone Borough Council election
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29 April 1925
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| Turnout | 2,557 (44.05%) | |||||||||||||||
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Mayoral election | ||||||||||||||||
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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. | ||||||||||||||||
The 1925 Petone Borough Council election was a local election held on 29 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 fourteenth term in office. He was opposed by former mayor George Thomas London.
Candidates
- George Thomas London
George London had previously been Mayor of Petone from 1903 to 1907. He had also contested the parliamentary seat of Hutt twice, in 1890 and 1905.[1] He had previously opposed McEwan in 1919.
- John William McEwan
John William McEwan had been mayor of Petone since 1907 and a councillor before that from 1901.[2]
Results
Mayoral election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | John William McEwan | 1,480 | 57.88 | −7.35 | |
| Independent | George Thomas London | 1,077 | 42.12 | ||
| Majority | 403 | 15.76 | −16.19 | ||
| Turnout | 2,557 | 44.05 | |||
Council election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens' | James Sharpe | 1,650 | 64.52 | ||
| Citizens' | Victor Jacobsen | 1,531 | 59.87 | −0.73 | |
| Citizens' | George Cook | 1,378 | 53.89 | −0.28 | |
| Labour | Albert Scholefield | 1,174 | 45.91 | +3.82 | |
| Labour | Thomas Gallagher | 1,145 | 44.77 | ||
| Labour | Edward Norman Campbell | 1,010 | 39.49 | ||
| Citizens' | Christopher Brocklebank | 993 | 38.83 | −8.16 | |
| Labour | William Edwards | 992 | 38.79 | +0.21 | |
| Citizens' | Henry Jay | 991 | 38.75 | −3.80 | |
| Independent | John Kyle | 989 | 38.67 | ||
| Citizens' | Ralph Jones | 983 | 38.44 | −10.74 | |
| Independent | Josiah Packard | 935 | 36.56 | ||
| Independent | John Albert Clark | 916 | 35.82 | ||
| Labour | Denis McCarthy | 835 | 32.65 | ||
| Independent | Albert John Daniell | 774 | 30.26 | ||
| Independent | George Cairns | 718 | 28.07 | ||
| Independent | Walter Bird | 667 | 26.08 | ||
| Independent | Luke Russell | 200 | 7.82 | ||
Other results
- 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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| Citizens' | John William McEwan | 4,413 | 95.00 | +1.12 | |
| Citizens' | Colin Post | 2,634 | 56.70 | ||
| Independent | Angus McCurdy | 2,242 | 48.26 | ||
| Majority | 392 | 8.43 | |||
| Turnout | 4,645 | ||||
References
- ↑ "The London Mayors of Petone, New Zealand". Heritage at Hutt City Libraries. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ↑ "Twenty Years as Mayor". The Dominion. Vol. 20, no. 175. 21 April 1927. p. 12.
- 1 2 "Petone". The Evening Post. Vol. CIX, no. 99. 30 April 1925. p. 9.
- ↑ "Harbour Board". The Evening Post. Vol. CIX, no. 99. 30 April 1925. p. 9.