1933 Christchurch mayoral election

1933 Christchurch mayoral election
← 1931 3 May 1933 1935 →
Turnout29,249
 
Candidate Dan Sullivan Lancelot Walker
Party Labour Independent
Popular vote 18,345 10,389
Percentage 62.72 35.51
Mayor before election

Dan Sullivan

 Elected mayor

Dan Sullivan

The 1933 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1933, election were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus 16 councillors and other local government positions.

Background

Sitting mayor Dan Sullivan sought re-election for a second term. The Citizens' Association, whose leaders had cooperated well with Sullivan during the term, decided not to put up an opposing candidate "... the Citizens' Association's leading councillors declined to stand against Sullivan and only a somewhat eccentric Independent, Lancelot Walker, opposed him. Walker favoured some grandiose schemes and Sullivan appeared safely conservative in comparison."[1]

Mayoral results

The following table gives the election results:

1933 Christchurch mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dan Sullivan 18,345 62.72
Independent Lancelot Charles Walker 10,389 35.51
Informal votes 515 1.76
Majority 7,956 27.20
Turnout 29,249

Council results

The following table gives the overall party strengths and vote distribution.

Election results by Party[3]
Party Candidates Total votes Percentage Averages Seats won
Labour 13 12,235 43.73 874 7
Citizens' 12 10,510 37.57 876 6
Independent 9 3,225 11.52 358 2
Socialist 5 1,778 6.35 356 1
Communist 3 117 0.41 39 0

The following table gives the initial candidate preferences totals and sorted by the vote distribution after the 720th (final) count.

1933 Christchurch City Council election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Archer 5,494 19.63
Citizens' Ernest Andrews 2,416 8.63
Citizens' John Beanland 2,235 7.98
Labour Elizabeth McCombs 2,171 7.76
Independent Francis Thomas Evans 1,763 6.30
Socialist Tommy Armstrong 1,549 5.53
Labour Jack Barnett 389 1.39
Labour Mabel Howard 845 3.02
Citizens' Melville Lyons 1,098 3.92
Citizens' William Hayward 1,071 3.82
Citizens' Thomas Milliken 1,009 3.60
Labour John Mathison 988 3.53
Labour Thomas Henry Butterfield 373 1.33
Labour George Thomas Thurston 377 1.34
Citizens' Thomas Andrews 396 1.41
Independent Henry Thacker 586 2.09
Citizens' Annie Fraer 1,351 4.82
Labour Edward Parlane 1,087 3.88
Citizens' Bill MacGibbon 942 3.36
Citizens' John Nicholas De Feu 845 3.02
Independent George Thomas Baker 630 2.25
Citizens' Richard John Bickerton Dalley 576 2.05
Labour Arthur Edwin Tongue 571 2.04
Labour Robert Macfarlane 445 1.59
Citizens' Kathleen Moore 320 1.14
Labour Alfred John Beauchamp 303 1.08
Labour Reg Stillwell 281 1.00
Independent William James Boyce 260 0.92
Citizens' John James Hurley 226 0.80
Socialist William Berryman 198 0.70
Independent Charles Seymour Trillo 140 0.50
Independent Silas McAlister 132 0.47
Socialist William Henry Bayard 130 0.46
Labour Joseph William Roberts 118 0.42
Communist Robert Macdonald 101 0.36
Socialist Ferguson Hamilton Grant 75 0.26
Independent Edwin Philpott Crowther 56 0.20
Independent Charles John McKay 52 0.18
Communist Richard Henry Ellis 45 0.16
Independent Philip Richard Needham 29 0.10
Socialist Leonard Frank Warburton 26 0.09
Communist Albert John Patterson 15 0.05

Notes

  1. ^ Watson 1989, p. 138.
  2. ^ "Local Elections - Mr Sullivan Retains the Mayoralty". The Press. Vol. LXIX, no. 20846. 4 May 1933. p. 10.
  3. ^ "City Council". The Press. Vol. LXIX, no. 20846. 4 May 1933. p. 10.
  4. ^ "New Council - Exact Representation Given". The Star. Vol. XLIV, no. 758. 11 May 1933. p. 16.

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