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New Zealand mayoral election
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 [ edit ]
Declared candidates [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Results [ edit ]
[12]
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 [ edit ]