The locality of Porirua was part the Makara County Council which was abolished on 31 August 1962.

[1] The Labour Party selected a ticket for the mayoralty as well as council candidates.

Makara County Councillor Whitford Brown was nominated as part of the Labour's ticket for the election, but he declined any party endorsement.

He defeated four other candidates including another Makara County Councillor, Alf Mexted, and the former chairman of the Makara County Council, Robert Westley Bothamley, who was at the time the sitting chairman of the Hutt Valley Electric Board.

[3] The council had its first meeting on 24 October where members were sworn in and councillor Ernie Maxwell was appointed deputy mayor.