Election Name: | 1980 Lower Hutt mayoral election |
Country: | New Zealand |
Flag Image: | Lower Hutt COA.jpg |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1977 Lower Hutt mayoral election |
Previous Year: | 1977 |
Next Election: | 1983 Lower Hutt mayoral election |
Next Year: | 1983 |
Election Date: | 11 October 1980 |
Turnout: | (18,053 46.00%) |
Candidate1: | John Kennedy-Good |
Party1: | United Citizens |
Popular Vote1: | 10,906 |
Percentage1: | 60.41 |
Candidate2: | Ernie Barry |
Party2: | New Zealand Labour Party |
Popular Vote2: | 5,753 |
Percentage2: | 31.86 |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | John Kennedy-Good |
After Election: | John Kennedy-Good |
The 1980 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.
The incumbent Mayor, John Kennedy-Good, stood for a fifth term and was re-elected alongside a nearly all-United Citizens council. This included ex-Labour councillor Lawrie Woodley who had defected to the United Citizens mid-term and was rewarded after the 1980 election by Kennedy-Good with a committee chairman position.