Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.[2]
Bowron had been the subject of various failed recall elections against him, including one in 1950 that said that Bowron was "guilty of 'false' representations or was 'grossly negligent' in his assurances [...] that he had rid the city of official corruption and organized crime."[3] Along with Poulson, three other candidates joined to challenge Bowron, including Lloyd Aldrich who failed to win the runoff against Bowron in the previous election.[4] In the primary, Poulson and Bowron advanced to the runoff election, with Poulson gaining more votes than Bowron.[5]
In the runoff election, Poulson defeated Bowron to become Mayor, ending Bowron's tenure of fourteen years.[1][6]
Resultsedit
Primary electionedit
Los Angeles mayoral primary election, April 7, 1953[7]
1953, angeles, mayoral, election, 1953, election, mayor, angeles, took, place, april, 1953, with, election, 1953, incumbent, fletcher, bowron, defeated, norris, poulson, representative, 1949, april, 1953, 1953, 1953, 1953, 1957, candidate, norris, poulson, fle. The 1953 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on April 7 1953 with a run off election on May 26 1953 Incumbent Fletcher Bowron was defeated by Norris Poulson a U S Representative 1 1953 Los Angeles mayoral election 1949 April 7 1953 1953 04 07 and May 26 1953 1953 05 26 1957 Candidate Norris Poulson Fletcher Bowron Lloyd AldrichFirst round vote 212 66844 06 179 20537 13 70 82314 67 First round percentage 287 61953 23 252 72146 77 EliminatedMayor before electionFletcher Bowron Elected Mayor Norris PoulsonMunicipal elections in California including Mayor of Los Angeles are officially nonpartisan candidates party affiliations do not appear on the ballot 2 Contents 1 Election 2 Results 2 1 Primary election 2 2 General election 3 References and footnotes 4 External linksElection editBowron had been the subject of various failed recall elections against him including one in 1950 that said that Bowron was guilty of false representations or was grossly negligent in his assurances that he had rid the city of official corruption and organized crime 3 Along with Poulson three other candidates joined to challenge Bowron including Lloyd Aldrich who failed to win the runoff against Bowron in the previous election 4 In the primary Poulson and Bowron advanced to the runoff election with Poulson gaining more votes than Bowron 5 In the runoff election Poulson defeated Bowron to become Mayor ending Bowron s tenure of fourteen years 1 6 Results editPrimary election edit Los Angeles mayoral primary election April 7 1953 7 Candidate Votes Norris Poulson 212 668 44 06Fletcher Bowron incumbent 179 205 37 13Lloyd Aldrich 70 823 14 67Paul Burke 16 455 3 41Myra Tanner Weiss 3 541 0 73Total votes 482 692 100 00General election edit Los Angeles mayoral general election May 26 1953 8 Candidate Votes Norris Poulson 287 619 53 23Fletcher Bowron incumbent 252 721 46 77Total votes 540 340 100 00References and footnotes edit a b Poulson Wins L A Mayoralty Madera Tribune May 27 1953 LOS ANGELES STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT PDF League of Women Voters Citizens Seek Bowron Recall Madera Tribune January 6 1950 Five well known citizens in L A race for mayor Bowron Poulson Aldrich Burke and Mrs Weiss Los Angeles Daily News February 20 1953 L A Mayoralty Race To Run Off Madera Tribune April 8 1953 Soibelman Daivd July 1 1953 IVE GIVEN THE JOB MY BEST BOWRON Los Angeles Daily News Los Angeles Mayor Our Campaigns Los Angeles Mayor Our Campaigns External links editOffice of the City Clerk City of Los Angeles Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1953 Los Angeles mayoral election amp oldid 1182124165, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
