1929 Dunedin mayoral election

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1929 Dunedin mayoral election
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 19271 May 1929 1931  
Turnout15,625
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Candidate Robert Black Charles Hayward Fred Jones
PartyCitizens' Independent Labour
Popular vote5,7014,7923,811
Percentage36.4830.6624.39

Mayor before election

William Taverner

Elected mayor

Robert Black

The 1929 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1929, elections were held for the Mayor of Dunedin plus other local government positions including twelve city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

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Mayoral results

1929 Dunedin mayoral election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens' Robert Black 5,70136.48
Independent Charles Henry Hayward4,79230.66
Labour Fred Jones 3,81124.39
Independent John McDonald 1,3218.45
Majority 9095.81
Turnout 15,625

Council results

1929 Dunedin local election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens' James Clark 7,56248.39
Citizens' John Shacklock 7,12345.58
Labour Jim Munro 7,029 44.98
Citizens' Frank Leonard Lawrence6,70442.90
Citizens' Walter Alexander Scott6,51741.70
Citizens' Francis William Mitchell6,23539.90
Citizens' Harold Tapley 6,15439.38
Independent Herbert Cecil Campbell 6,032 38.60
Citizens' John Wilson5,92337.90
Citizens' James Marlow 5,56835.63
Citizens' Frank Wilkinson5,27233.74
Independent William Begg 5,219 33.40
Citizens'Adam David Edgar4,99731.98
Citizens'Charles Robert Smith4,97831.85
Independent David Larnach4,71330.16
Citizens'Patrick Leith Ritchie4,48028.67
Labour Arthur Paape3,98525.50
Independent Fred William Knight3,84824.62
Independent Edwin Sincock3,81424.40
Labour John Robinson3,40821.81
Labour Ralph Harrison3,38121.63
Independent George P. Cuttriss3,19020.41
Labour Peter Neilson 2,73317.49
Labour William Batchelor2,69117.22
Independent Cornelius Machin Moss2,32814.89
Labour George Sinclair Geddes2,31714.82
Labour Mark Silverstone 2,30314.73
Labour Alexander John Morison2,16813.87
Labour Alice Herbert2,10013.44
Independent Daniel Minnock1,92312.30
Labour Brian O'Donnell1,88412.05
Independent Arthur James Rice1,85611.87
Labour William George Cocking1,72011.00
Independent H. Walton Phillips9856.30

References

  1. "New Mayor of Dunedin". The New Zealand Herald . Vol. LXVI, no. 20244. 2 May 1929. p. 15. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. "Election Notices". Otago Daily Times . No. 20711. 8 May 1929. p. 11. Retrieved 29 January 2022.