1933 Christchurch mayoral election

New Zealand local election

1933 Christchurch mayoral election

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| <- 1931 | 3 May 1933 | 1935 ->

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Turnout| 29,249
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Candidate  | Dan Sullivan | Lancelot Walker
Party  | Labour | Independent
Popular vote  | 18,345  | 10,389
Percentage  | 62.72  | 35.51

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| Mayor before election

Dan Sullivan

| Elected Mayor

Dan Sullivan

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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[edit]

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[edit]

The following table gives the election results:

1933 Christchurch mayoral election[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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[edit]

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 local election[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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[edit]

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.

## References[edit]

* Watson, James (1989), "No Mean City? Christchurch's Labour City Council during the Depression, 1927-1935", New Zealand Journal of History, 23 (2)

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