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was nominated as part of the Labour's ticket for the election, but he declined any party endorsement. Brown attracted many Labour voters, particularly as Labour did not select a mayoral candidate after Brown his declination, and was successful in being elected
Porirua's first mayor. He defeated four
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other candidates including another Makara County
Councillor, Alf Mexted, and the former chairman of the Makara County Council, Robert Westley Bothamley, who was at the time the sitting chairman of the Hutt Valley Electric Board.
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plus other local government positions including ten borough councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard
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As Brown won the
Mayoralty his election to the council was voided and his seat was awarded to the highest polling unsuccessful candidate.
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The council had its first meeting on 24 October where members were sworn in and councillor Ernie
Maxwell was appointed deputy mayor.
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The locality of
Porirua was part the Makara County Council which was abolished on 31 August 1962. The rural area became part of
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was part of the New
Zealand local elections held that same year. The elections were held for the role of
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selected a ticket for the mayoralty as well as council candidates. Makara County
Councillor
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1228:"Borough of Porirua - Declaration of Result of Poll—Councillors".
1211:"Borough of Porirua - Declaration of Result of Poll—Mayor".
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1194:"Borough of Porirua - First Meeting of New Body".
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1139:"NZ Elective Structures Since Colonisation"
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425:1962 Porirua Borough Council election
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1262:Politics of the Wellington Region
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241:1962 Porirua mayoral election
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1257:1962 elections in New Zealand
1234:. 20 October 1962. p. 3.
1217:. 20 October 1962. p. 3.
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195:1962 Porirua mayoral election
21:1962 Porirua mayoral election
1252:Mayoral elections in Porirua
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324:Robert Westley Bothamley
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992:Walter Cecil Henderson
1141:. Porirua City Council
581:James Hamilton Wilson
521:Christina Sylvia Bell
1177:"Their First Mayor".
1012:Arthur Neville Cole
912:Emily Anne Moffitt
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203:first-past-the-post
22:
1072:Tommy Heptinstall
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420:Councillor results
340:Independent Labour
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205:electoral method.
135:Popular vote
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110:Robert Bothamley
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1180:The Evening Post
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1163:The Evening Post
1160:"Lively issue".
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932:Neville Collins
810:John David Keay
762:Matuaiwi Solomon
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1052:Jack Underhill
952:Charles Weller
790:Donald Collins
701:Duncan MacLeod
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377:Informal votes
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1143:. Retrieved
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1032:Paul Potiki
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731:Mervyn Down
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1088:Independent
1048:Independent
1008:Independent
988:Independent
968:Independent
892:John Marsh
888:Independent
872:Hec Stuart
868:Independent
806:Independent
786:Independent
755:Independent
671:Alf Mexted
665:Independent
635:Independent
605:Independent
575:Independent
545:Independent
515:Independent
491:Jill Nixon
485:Independent
453:Independent
364:Alf Mexted
360:Independent
344:Jim Hunter
320:Independent
300:Independent
269:Independent
215:Hutt County
149:Percentage
129:Independent
124:Independent
119:Independent
1246:Categories
1145:28 October
1125:References
1092:Noel Tock
433:Candidate
249:Candidate
209:Background
99:Candidate
1068:Communist
1028:Communist
390:Majority
404:Turnout
73:
61:Turnout
1098:13.46
1078:15.64
1058:17.57
1038:18.35
1018:21.69
998:25.90
978:27.65
958:31.18
948:Labour
938:31.96
928:Labour
918:35.59
908:Labour
898:35.59
878:37.82
858:37.86
848:Labour
838:37.96
826:Labour
816:39.95
796:40.09
773:40.62
741:41.25
725:Labour
711:41.88
695:Labour
681:42.32
651:44.60
621:48.66
616:1,005
591:48.95
586:1,011
561:50.02
556:1,033
531:55.10
526:1,138
501:56.02
496:1,157
471:62.22
466:1,285
436:Votes
430:Party
411:50.00
408:2,426
330:23.00
310:27.49
287:36.47
252:Votes
246:Party
158:23.00
155:27.49
152:36.47
115:Party
396:8.98
383:0.86
370:5.52
350:6.63
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