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Percy Dowse
CBE JP
Dowse in 1966
14th Mayor of Lower Hutt
In office
18 November 1950 – 9 December 1970
Deputy
See list
    • Harry Horlor (1950-56)
    • James McDonald (1956–59)
    • George Barker (1959–62)
    • Chen Werry (1962–68)
    • Dave Hadley (1968-70)
Preceded byWilliam Gregory
Succeeded byJohn Kennedy-Good
Personal details
Born4 December 1898
Wigan, Lancashire, England
Died(1970-09-12)12 September 1970 aged 72y
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
SpouseMary Kirkman (m. 1922)
Children2

Percy Dowse CBE JP (4 December 1898 – 9 December 1970) was a New Zealand politician. He was mayor of Lower Hutt from 1950 to 1970.

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Percy Dowse CBE JP (4 December 1898 – 9 December 1970) was a New Zealand politician. He was mayor of Lower Hutt from 1950 to 1970. He was born in Lancashire...

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Dowse Art Museum

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The Dowse's holdings generally focus on New Zealand artists of both national and local significance. The Dowse Art Museum is named after Mayor Percy and...

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1962 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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first-past-the-post electoral method. The incumbent Mayor, Percy Dowse, sought re-election for a fifth term. Dowse was opposed by the deputy mayor George Llewellyn...

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1953 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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ultimately decided against it. The incumbent Mayor, Percy Dowse, sought re-election for a second term. Dowse was opposed by Citizens' Association candidate...

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1956 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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first-past-the-post electoral method. The incumbent Mayor, Percy Dowse, sought re-election for a third term. Dowse was opposed by William Giltrap who stood as an...

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1968 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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standard first-past-the-post electoral method. The incumbent Mayor, Percy Dowse, sought re-election for a seventh term. He was opposed by Citizens' Association...

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1959 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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incumbent Mayor, Percy Dowse, sought re-election for a fourth term. Dowse was opposed by George Wain who stood as an independent candidate. Dowse received a...

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Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal

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Mayor of Lower Hutt

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dropped from the name of the council. The longest-serving mayor was Percy Dowse who held office for twenty years, from 1950 to 1970. Mayors of Lower...

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1950 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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opposed by Labour Party candidate Percy Dowse who had been a councillor since 1947 (and previously from 1935 to 1938). Dowse, who had run for mayor unsuccessfully...

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1938 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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re-election for a third term. Andrews was opposed by Labour Party candidate Percy Dowse who had been a councillor since 1935. The election marked the first where...

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1965 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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standard first-past-the-post electoral method. The incumbent Mayor, Percy Dowse, sought re-election for a sixth term. He was returned unopposed as no...

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1944 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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re-election for a sixth term. Andrews was opposed by Labour Party candidate Percy Dowse, a councillor between 1935 and 1938, who had challenged Andrews in 1938...

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Maungaraki

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New Zealand. The main road through the suburb, Dowse Drive, honours the Lower Hutt Mayor Percy Dowse (in office: 1950-1970), who led the development...

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1941 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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Marshall 2,968 48.37 -4.48 Labour Bill Morrison 2,759 44.96 -7.51 Labour Percy Dowse 2,627 42.81 Labour Frank Hall 2,525 41.15 -9.85 Labour Hughie Gilbert...

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1935 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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Labour Frank Hall 1,618 47.99 Legion Walter Cole 1,616 47.93 Labour Percy Dowse 1,611 47.78 Labour Charles Fenwick Hart 1,541 45.71 Labour Ronald George...

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Lower Hutt War Memorial Library

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initiated planning for a civic complex in Lower Hutt. His successor Percy Dowse, who was mayor from 1950 to 1970, oversaw the implementation of the various...

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Eric Rothwell

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stood for the mayoralty but was defeated by the incumbent Labour mayor Percy Dowse. Rothwell was president of the Hutt Club from 1951 to 1953 and again...

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1947 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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Bella Logie 5,788 53.59 +10.89 Citizens' Will Giltrap 5,723 52.99 Labour Percy Dowse 5,715 52.91 Citizens' William Gregory 5,660 52.40 +1.64 Labour Hughie...

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1971 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. Mayor Percy Dowse died mid-term on 9 December 1970. Rather than hold a by-election the...

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Ernie Barry

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campaign to improve the water quality of the Hutt River. The mayor, Percy Dowse, persuaded him to put himself forward for local political office. At...

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