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2019 Dunedin mayoral election

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2019 Dunedin mayoral election

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Candidate Aaron Hawkins Lee Vandervis
Party Green Independent
Popular vote 17,222 14,351
Percentage 54.54 45.46

Mayor before election

Dave Cull

Elected mayor

Aaron Hawkins

The 2019 Dunedin mayoral election was held on 12 October 2019. It was conducted with a single transferable vote (STV) system.[1] Aaron Hawkins was elected for his first term as Dunedin's 58th Mayor after beating 13 other candidates.[2] Nominations opened on 19 July 2019 and closed on 16 August 2019.[3][4]

Candidates

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Declared candidates

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  • Scout Barbour-Evans[5]
  • Bob Barlin[6]
  • Finn Campbell[6]
  • Rachel Elder, Dunedin City Councillor[6]
  • Christine Garey, Dunedin City Councillor[5]
  • Aaron Hawkins, Dunedin City Councillor[7]
  • Carmen Houlahan[5]
  • Mandy Mayhem-Bullock, Waikouaiti Coast Community Board member[6][8]
  • Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle
  • Jim O'Malley, Dunedin City Councillor[9]
  • Jules Radich, business consultant[6]
  • Richard Seager[6]
  • Lee Vandervis, Dunedin City Councillor[9]
  • Andrew Whiley, Dunedin City Councillor[9]

Declined to be candidates

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Results

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Candidate Affiliation First Preference [1] Last Iteration
Votes % +/- Votes %
Aaron Hawkins Green Dunedin 9,074 20.97 +13.18 17,222 54.54
Lee Vandervis Independent 9,481 21.91 +4.20 14,351 45.46
Andrew Whiley 5,222 12.07 +0.42
Christine Garey 4,755 10.99
Jim O'Malley Independent 4,534 10.48 +4.21
Jules Radich Independent 3,845 8.88
Carmen Houlahan Independent 1,577 3.64
Bob Barlin Independent 1,290 2.98
Rachel Elder 1,262 2.91 −1.44
Mandy Mayhem-Bullock 729 1.68
Finn Campbell Independent Youth 524 1.21
Scout Barbour-Evans Independent 393 0.90 −1.47
Richard Seagar Independent ecological democrat 319 0.73
Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle 253 0.58
Informal votes
Turnout 45.6%

References

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  1. ^ a b "Single Transferable Vote". The Department of Internal Affairs, NZ. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Dunedin goes Green". 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. ^ "About your 2019 local elections". 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  4. ^ Morris, Chris (13 October 2019). "Hawkins extends winning margin". Otago Daily Times. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Garey joins mayoral contest". 29 June 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Local body elections 2019: The nominations". 17 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Hawkins announces bid for city mayoralty". 18 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Mandy Mayhem-Bullock - Dunedin City Council".
  9. ^ a b c "O'Malley to run for mayor". 3 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Long-serving Dunedin mayor Dave Cull to stand down". 29 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Timmings decides not to run for mayor, council". 9 August 2019.
  12. ^ "2019 Election results - Dunedin City Council". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 25 September 2022.