By-elections to the Hutt City Council (formerly Lower Hutt City Council until 1989) occur to fill vacant seats in the council. The death, resignation, bankruptcy or expulsion of a sitting Councillor can cause a by-election to occur.
List of by-elections
The following is a list of by-elections held to fill vacancies on the Hutt City Council:
Key
Ward |
Date |
Incumbent |
Cause |
Winner
|
At large
|
26 September 1912
|
|
John Watson Stevenson
|
Death
|
|
Thomas Charles Dawson
|
At large
|
6 May 1914
|
|
Thomas Charles Dawson
|
Resignation
|
|
John Brasell
|
At-large
|
3 May 1918
|
|
Sidney Clendon
|
Resignation
|
|
Sidney Clendon
|
|
Henry Ward
|
Resignation
|
|
Albert West
|
At large
|
14 December 1921
|
|
Will Strand
|
Resignation
|
|
Allan Macaskill
|
At large
|
27 January 1928
|
|
Ernest Hunt
|
Resignation
|
|
Arthur Carver
|
At large
|
27 January 1937
|
|
Walter Cole
|
Death
|
|
John Brasell
|
At large
|
12 April 1949
|
|
William Gregory
|
Elected as Mayor
|
|
James McDonald
|
At large
|
3 November 1951
|
|
Norman Player
|
Resignation
|
|
Will Giltrap
|
At large
|
17 August 1985
|
|
Jan Taylor
|
Resignation
|
|
Pat Hall
|
Northern
|
11 December 1993
|
|
Peter Bates
|
Death
|
|
Tata Parata
|
Wainuiomata
|
18 February 1995
|
|
Tony London
|
Resignation
|
|
Ray Wallace
|
Central
|
24 September 2021
|
|
David Bassett
|
Resignation
|
|
Glenda Barratt
|
Results
1912 by-election
1914 by-election
1918 by-election
1921 by-election
1928 by-election
1937 by-election
1949 by-election
1951 by-election
1985 by-election
1993 by-election
1995 by-election
2021 by-election
References