Ernst Peterson Hay Ernst Peterson Hay The 1947 Lower Hutt mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year.

The winner of the previous mayoral election, Jack Andrews, resigned towards the end of his fifth term.

The council did not hold a by-election due to the closeness to the regularly scheduled election and instead the councillors elected Ernst Peterson Hay in June 1947 to finish the remainder of the term.

Taking place during a period of rapid population growth in the area, it was the first election after the addition of the new suburb of Taita.

[2] Hay won the mayoralty and Saunders was elected a member of both the Hutt Valley Electric Power Board and Petone and Lower Hutt Gas Board, serving for just over a year until his death in December 1948.