[1] He stood in the 1925 election in the Masterton electorate for the Liberal Party, but was defeated by the incumbent, Reform's George Sykes.

[1] At the 1929 local-body elections he stood for the Lower Hutt Borough Council on the incipient People's Party ticket.

He began a public works scheme to provide employment relief during the Great Depression by upgrading the facilities of the Hutt Recreation Ground, including a new grandstand being erected.

[7] The 1940s was a period of rapid population growth in the area with the addition of thousands of new state houses in the new suburbs of Epuni, Waddington and Naenae.

He was president of the Municipal Association of New Zealand from 1944 to 1947 leading him to take up an appointment as a member of the Local Government Commission.

[1] In the 1950 King's Birthday Honours, Andrews was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his 15 years of service as mayor of Lower Hutt.