# 1933 Christchurch mayoral election

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

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."

## Mayoral results

The following table gives the election results:
1933 Christchurch mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Dan Sullivan | 18,345 | 62.72 |
| | Independent | Lancelot Charles Walker | 10,389 | 35.51 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 515 | 1.76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,956 | 27.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,249 | |

## Council results

The following table gives the overall party strengths and vote distribution.
Election results by Party :
| 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 City Council election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 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 |