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Local election in New Zealand

1986 Lower Hutt mayoral election
← 1983 11 October 1986 1989 →
Turnout13,729 (31.00%)
 
Candidate Glen Evans Alister Abernethy Gerald Bond
Party United Citizens Labour Combined Progressive
Popular vote 6,482 4,164 2,770
Percentage 47.21 30.32 20.17
Mayor before election

Sir John Kennedy-Good

 Elected mayor

Glen Evans

The 1986 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

The incumbent Mayor, Sir John Kennedy-Good, retired leaving an open race. The United Citizens' chose former councillor Glen Evans over sitting councillor Gerald Bond to replace Kennedy-Good to lead the ticket. This caused a rift and Bond split from the United Citizens' to form his own Combined Progressive ticket. Labour's candidate from the previous election, councillor Alister Abernethy, contested the mayoralty again. The United Citizens won in a landslide with majority of councillors and Evans winning the mayoralty against Abernethy in second. Bond came a distant third for mayor and lost his council and energy board seat. All of his ticket (which included several incumbents) were defeated. Evans was expecting a closer result and had thought Bond would be a close second.

Mayoral results

1986 Lower Hutt mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Citizens Glen Evans 6,482 47.21
Labour Alister Abernethy 4,164 30.32 +6.67
Combined Progressive Gerald Bond 2,770 20.17
Informal votes 313 2.27 +0.83
Majority 2,318 16.88
Turnout 13,729 31.00 −11.00

Councillor results

1986 Lower Hutt City Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Terris 6,429 53.44 −7.03
United Citizens Teri Puketapu 6,297 52.34 −3.35
United Citizens Lawrie Woodley 6,271 52.13 +0.95
United Citizens Lucy Cole 6,252 51.97 −5.14
United Citizens Roger Twentyman 6,117 50.85 −2.19
Labour Alister Abernethy 6,076 50.51 +1.41
United Citizens Margaret Cousins 6,055 50.33 −0.11
United Citizens Ted Gibbs 6,004 49.91 +1.13
United Citizens Errol Baird 5,871 48.80 +2.03
United Citizens Pat Hall 5,857 48.69 +6.10
United Citizens Mary Bannerman 5,232 43.49
United Citizens Alison Lawson 5,164 42.92
United Citizens Peter Bates 4,992 41.49
United Citizens Margaret Ryan 4,933 41.00
United Citizens Pat Brosnan 4,785 39.77
United Citizens Noeline Matthews 4,538 37.72
United Citizens David Milson 4,529 37.65
Labour Ida Patel 4,411 36.67
Labour John Eaton 4,410 36.66 −4.18
Labour Neville Pickering 4,384 36.44 −5.35
Combined Progressive Gerald Bond 4,374 36.36 −19.33
Labour Shirley Wilde 4,322 35.92
Labour Brenda Howell 4,320 35.91
Labour Richard Luke 4,241 35.25 −4.01
Labour Peggy Clement 4,203 34.94
Labour J.B. Munro 4,093 34.02
United Citizens Joan Monrad 4,050 33.66
Labour Tafa Malifa-Poutoa 3,952 32.85 −1.96
Labour Patrick Braid 3,869 32.16
Labour John Collyns 3,862 32.10
Labour David Taylor 3,776 31.39 −6.09
Labour Bryan Mockridge 3,650 30.34
Labour Tu Taramai 3,581 29.76
Combined Progressive Chen Werry 3,307 27.49 −20.32
Combined Progressive Lois Riseley 3,285 27.30 −28.02
Combined Progressive Govind Bhula 2,733 22.72
Combined Progressive Pat Fraser 2,416 20.08
Combined Progressive Mollie Brown 2,321 19.29
Combined Progressive Jim Allen 2,115 17.58
Combined Progressive Russell Kerr 2,043 16.98
Combined Progressive Bruce Hayward 1,967 16.35
Combined Progressive Ronald Campbell 1,872 15.56
Combined Progressive Berwyn Gibbons 1,781 14.80
Combined Progressive Tony Sutcliffe 1,754 14.58
Combined Progressive Roger Wills 1,739 14.45
Combined Progressive Bill East 1,665 13.84
Combined Progressive Cornelius Anderson 1,525 12.67
Combined Progressive Seela Pea-Wall 1,042 8.66

Notes

  1. McGill 1991, p. 195.
  2. "Elections? What elections?". The Evening Post. 18 September 1986.
  3. "Landslide buries Bond team". The Evening Post. 13 October 1986. p. 5.
  4. Elphick, Michael (13 October 1986). "L Hutt's new Mayor expected closer race". The Evening Post. p. 5.
  5. "City of Lower Hutt - Declaration of Result of Election - Election of Mayor". The Evening Post. 20 October 1986. p. 42.
  6. "City of Lower Hutt - Declaration of Result of Election - Election of Councillors". The Evening Post. 20 October 1986. p. 42.

References

  • McGill, David (1991). Lower Hutt – The First Garden City. Petone, New Zealand: Lower Hutt City Council. ISBN 1-86956-003-5.
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