The 1938 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 The city of Lower Hutt, New Zealand, was first proclaimed a borough on 1 February 1891. Prior to this it had been part of Hutt County, initially as a Roads Board and from 1881 as a Town Board. Since 2019, the mayor has been Campbell Barry. Li ...

plus other local government positions including the nine borough councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard

first-past-the-post In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...

electoral method.

Background

The incumbent Mayor, Jack Andrews, sought re-election for a third term. Andrews was opposed by Labour Party candidate

Percy Dowse Percy Dowse (4 December 1898 – 9 December 1970) was a New Zealand politician. He was mayor of Lower Hutt from 1950 to 1970. Biography Early life He was born in Lancashire in 1898 and was educated at Wigan Technical College. His coal miner fat ...

who had been a councillor since 1935. The election marked the first where electoral terms for local government were extended from two years to three.

Mayoral results

Councillor results

Notes

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lower Hutt Mayoral Election, 1938 Mayoral elections in Lower Hutt 1938 elections in New Zealand Politics of the Wellington Region