1933 Los Angeles mayoral election

1933 Los Angeles mayoral election

← 1929 May 2, 1933 (1933-05-02) and June 6, 1933 (1933-06-06) 1937 →
 
Candidate Frank L. Shaw John Clinton Porter
First round 118,775
35.9%
111,540
33.7%
Runoff 187,868
54.7%
155,784
45.3%

 
Candidate George E. Cryer Charles W. Dempster
First round 36,193
10.9%
35,285
10.7%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Mayor before election

John Clinton Porter
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Frank L. Shaw
Republican

The 1933 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on May 2, 1933, with a run-off election on June 6, 1933. Incumbent John Clinton Porter was defeated by Frank L. Shaw, a Los Angeles County Supervisor, in the runoff election.[1] During the election, Shaw's citizenship was questions as his birth records could not be located.[2]

Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference newregime was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "SHAW HOPE GROWS DIM: Apparently Is Not a Citizen Records Show Father's First Papers Taken Out in 1887 but No Completion Abandoned Application for Land Patent Requiring Naturalization". Los Angeles Times. May 28, 1933. ProQuest 163078146.
  3. ^ "LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT" (PDF). League of Women Voters.