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1980 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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1980 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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Turnout(18,053 46.00%)
 
Candidate John Kennedy-Good Ernie Barry
Party United Citizens Labour
Popular vote 10,906 5,753
Percentage 60.41 31.86

Mayor before election

John Kennedy-Good

Elected mayor

John Kennedy-Good

The 1980 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 sixteen city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background

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The incumbent Mayor, John Kennedy-Good, stood for a fifth term and was re-elected alongside a nearly all-United Citizens council.[1] This included ex-Labour councillor Lawrie Woodley who had defected to the United Citizens mid-term and was rewarded after the 1980 election by Kennedy-Good with a committee chairman position.[2]

Mayoral results

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1980 Lower Hutt mayoral election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Citizens John Kennedy-Good 10,906 60.41 +8.22
Labour Ernie Barry 5,753 31.86 −10.24
Independent Nick Ursin 987 5.46 +1.54
Informal votes 407 2.25 +0.42
Majority 5,153 28.54 +18.46
Turnout 18,053 46.00 +3.00

Councillor results

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1980 Lower Hutt City Council election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Citizens Mollie Ngan-Kee 11,217 62.13 +4.52
United Citizens Don Lee 10,204 56.52 −0.41
United Citizens Lucy Cole 9,738 53.94 +1.05
United Citizens Teri Puketapu 9,547 52.88 −2.03
United Citizens Gerald Bond 9,251 51.24 +2.47
United Citizens Roger Twentyman 8,927 49.44
United Citizens Lawrie Woodley 8,896 49.27 +0.57
United Citizens Chen Werry 8,864 49.09 −1.66
United Citizens Harold Turbott 8,721 48.30 −3.08
United Citizens John Barker 8,700 48.19
United Citizens Lois Risley 8,690 48.13
United Citizens Helen Thorstenson 8,603 47.65
United Citizens David Ogden 8,424 46.66
Labour John Terris 8,243 45.66 −8.03
United Citizens Rowland Crone 8,233 45.60
United Citizens Henry Martens 7,663 42.44
Labour Ernie Barry 7,567 41.91 −16.98
Labour Jan Taylor 7,247 40.14 −10.95
Labour Alister Abernethy 7,174 39.73 −11.34
United Citizens Toaiga Magele 6,949 38.49
Labour John Eaton 6,439 35.66
Labour Sandra Nolan 6,425 35.58
Labour Richard Luke 6,358 35.21
Labour Michael Jamieson 6,355 35.20
Labour David Taylor 6,012 33.30
Labour Muriel Powell 6,008 33.27
Labour Walter Clement 5,840 32.34
Labour Neil Tynan 5,497 30.44 −11.17
Labour Norman Woodgate 5,427 30.06
Labour Peter Petterson 5,392 29.86
Labour Ellen Te Moni 5,373 29.76
Labour Evelyn Richter 5,288 29.29
Independent Doug Whitcher 3,418 18.93
Independent Nick Ursin 3,053 16.91 −3.13
Independent Lesley Buckley 2,790 15.45
Independent Rangi Bailey 2,534 14.03
Independent Patricia May Lodge 2,348 13.00 −4.03
Independent Harald Pies-Lintz 1,731 9.58
Values William Wayne Hennessy 1,553 8.60

Notes

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  1. ^ McGill 1991, pp. 195.
  2. ^ Terris 2004, pp. 110.
  3. ^ "City of Lower Hutt - Declaration of Result of Election - Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 20 October 1980. p. 30.
  4. ^ "City of Lower Hutt - Declaration of Result of Election For Councillors". The Evening Post. 20 October 1980. p. 30.

References

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