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33: 204:. In 1921 Rishworth had a disagreement with the Ratepayers' Association and some councillors over the erection of a gasworks in Lower Hutt as an alternative to using Petone gasworks. The public supported a new gasworks in a plebiscite but the Ratepayers' Association remained opposed it. In December 1921 councillor 208:
made a speech to the Ratepayers' Association accusing Rishworth of a 'breach of faith' which was later leaked and published in newspapers. At the next council meeting Rishworth addressed the matter and challenged Strand to resign along with himself and contest an election for mayor. Strand accepted
169:. He was interested in education and served for many years on multiple local educational bodies. He was chairman of the Hutt District High School committee, the Hutt Valley's representative on the Wellington Education Board. and chairman of the 456: 173:
Board of Governors. He was instrumental in obtaining the land from the Government where Hutt Valley High School was built. He was a member of the Lower Hutt Bowling and Tennis Club and a freemason.
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epidemic and coordinated the council's response. He was praised for his response and was thus unopposed at the next two mayoral elections. He also stood in the
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He died in Lower Hutt on 28 March 1930. He was survived by his wife and family.
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Unsuccessful candidates in the 1919 New Zealand general election
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Rishworth was a dentist by profession with his own clinic in
342:. Vol. CII, no. 150. 22 December 1921. p. 2. 184:, resigned. His first years as mayor were dominated by the 209:
the challenge and defeated Rishworth in the by-election.
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Index


Mayor of Lower Hutt
Henry Baldwin
Will Strand
Reform
Mayor of Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt
Hutt Valley High School
Mayor of Lower Hutt
Henry Baldwin
Spanish flu
1919 election
Hutt
Reform Party
Thomas Wilford
Will Strand


"Personal Items"
The Evening Post
"Lower Hutt Mayoralty – Mr. E. P. Rishworth Unopposed"
The Evening Post
McGill 1991
The General Election, 1919
National Library
"Hutt Gasworks"
The New Zealand Times
"Extraordinary Election of Mayor, 21st December 1921"
The Evening Post
ISBN

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