1927 Petone Borough Council election

1927 Petone Borough Council election

27 April 1927
Turnout	2,721
Mayoral election
Candidate David McKenzie George Cook Party Independent Civic Association Popular vote 1,740 944 Percentage 63.94 34.69
Mayor before election John William McEwan Independent Elected mayor David McKenzie Independent
Council election
9 seats on the Petone Borough Council 5 seats needed for a majority
Party Seats +/– Labour 6 +2 Civic Association 3 −2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 1927 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, declined to stand for a fifteenth term in office. Two candidates emerged to replace him.

Candidates

George Cook

George Cook, the owner of a manufacturing company, had been a Petone Borough Councillor since 1919 and a member of the Petone Fire Board since 1920. After declaring his candidacy, Cook underwent a minor operation though it was not to effect his ability to campaign. He announced his candidature after John William McEwan had indicated he would not stand and was backed by the Civic Association.

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. He had stood previously for mayor in 1921 against McEwan. Despite his long association with the Labour Party and trade unions, he ran as an independent candidate.

Results

Mayoral election

1927 Petone mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David McKenzie	1,740	63.94
	Civic Association	George Cook	944	34.69
Informal votes			37	1.35
Majority			796	29.25
Turnout			2,721

Council election

1927 Petone Borough Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Scholefield	1,892	69.53	+23.62
	Labour	Edward Norman Campbell	1,785	65.60	+26.11
	Labour	William Edwards	1,707	62.73	+23.94
	Labour	James Cumming	1,705	62.66
	Labour	Denis McCarthy	1,628	59.83	+27.18
	Civic Association	Victor Jacobsen	1,459	53.61	−6.26
	Labour	James Ashby	1,395	51.26
	Civic Association	John Pearson	1,302	47.85
	Civic Association	John Longman	1,294	47.55
	Civic Association	Christopher Brocklebank	1,208	44.39	+5.56
	Civic Association	Luther Blacker	1,162	42.70
	Civic Association	William Watkinson	1,102	40.49
	Civic Association	James Sharpe	991	36.42	−28.10
	Independent	Arthur Cometti	951	34.95

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.

John William McEwan and Captain Colin Post were elected to the Harbour Board unopposed.