1931 Dunedin mayoral election

1931 Dunedin mayoral election

←  1929 6 May 1931 1933  →
Turnout	21,108
Candidate Robert Black Walter Alexander Scott Party Citizens' Independent Popular vote 10,824 10,181 Percentage 51.27 48.23
Mayor before election Robert Black Elected mayor Robert Black

The 1931 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1931, 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.

Mayoral results

1931 Dunedin mayoral election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens'	Robert Black	10,824	51.27	+14.79
	Independent	Walter Alexander Scott	10,181	48.23
Informal votes			103	0.48
Majority			643	3.04
Turnout			21,108

Council results

1931 Dunedin local election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens'	Francis William Mitchell	10,961	51.92	+12.02
	Citizens'	John Shacklock	10,688	50.63	+5.05
	Citizens'	James Clark	10,680	50.59	+2.20
	Citizens'	Charles Henry Hayward	10,679	50.59
	Citizens'	Harold Tapley	10,413	49.33	+9.95
	Citizens'	William Begg	10,284	48.72	+15.32
	Citizens'	Andrew Allen	10,084	47.77
	Labour	Jim Munro	9,996	47.35	+2.37
	Citizens'	James Marlow	9,954	47.15	+11.52
	Citizens'	John McIndoe	9,899	46.89
	Citizens'	Frank Wilkinson	9,170	43.44	+9.70
	Citizens'	John Wilson	8,921	42.26	+4.36
	Citizens'	Edwin Sincock	8,195	38.82	+14.42
	Labour	Fred Jones	7,209	34.15
	Labour	Mark Silverstone	6,686	31.67	+16.94
	Independent	David Larnach	6,624	31.38	+1.22
	Independent	Henry Alexander Hamer	6,491	30.75
	Labour	Ralph Harrison	6,489	30.74	+9.11
	Labour	Arthur Paape	6,486	30.72	+5.22
	Labour	Alexander John Morison	6,366	30.15	+16.28
	Labour	John Robinson	6,355	30.10	+8.29
	Labour	Peter Neilson	5,974	28.30	+10.81
	Independent	Christopher Henry Wing	4,962	23.50
	Independent	Cornelius Machin Moss	4,933	23.37	+8.48
	Independent	Daniel Minnock	3,819	18.09	+5.79

References

1. "Election Notices". Evening Star. No. 20789. 11 May 1931. p. 10. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
2. "Election Notices". Otago Daily Times . No. 21333. 13 May 1929. p. 12. Retrieved 29 January 2022.