2019 Dunedin mayoral election
12 October 2019
 
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

Declared candidates

  • 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

Results

[12]

CandidateAffiliationFirst Preference [1]Last Iteration
Votes %+/-Votes %
Aaron HawkinsGreen Dunedin9,07420.97+13.1817,22254.54
Lee VandervisIndependent9,48121.91+4.2014,35145.46
Andrew Whiley5,22212.07+0.42
Christine Garey4,75510.99
Jim O'MalleyIndependent4,53410.48+4.21
Jules RadichIndependent3,8458.88
Carmen HoulahanIndependent1,5773.64
Bob BarlinIndependent1,2902.98
Rachel Elder1,2622.91−1.44
Mandy Mayhem-Bullock7291.68
Finn CampbellIndependent Youth5241.21
Scout Barbour-EvansIndependent3930.90−1.47
Richard SeagarIndependent ecological democrat3190.73
Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle2530.58
Informal votes
Turnout45.6%

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 "Garey joins mayoral contest". 29 June 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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. 1 2 3 "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.
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