2019 Dunedin mayoral election

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

Dave Cull, incumbent Mayor^[10]
Barry Timmings, businessman^[11]

Results

^[12]

Candidate	Affiliation	First Preference ^[1]			Last Iteration
Candidate	Affiliation	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

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

[STV-1] "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.

[ODT_13_Oct_2019-4] Morris, Chris (13 October 2019). "Hawkins extends winning margin". Otago Daily Times. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

[ref1-5] "Garey joins mayoral contest". 29 June 2019.

[ref3-6] ^ ^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".

[ref2-9] "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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