1933 Dunedin mayoral election

1933 Dunedin mayoral election

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Turnout	26,295
Candidate Edwin Cox Robert Black Party Independent Citizens' Popular vote 10,751 8,805 Percentage 40.88 33.48
Mayor before election Robert Black Elected mayor Edwin Cox

The 1933 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1933, 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.

Robert Black, the incumbent Mayor, sought re-election but was defeated by Edwin Cox, a clergyman who had the backing of the Labour movement.

Mayoralty results

1933 Dunedin mayoral election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edwin Cox	10,751	40.88
	Citizens'	Robert Black	8,805	33.48	−17.79
	Independent	Francis William Mitchell	6,225	23.67
	Communist	Michael O'Rorke	217	0.82
	Independent	Cornelius Machin Moss	103	0.39
Informal votes			194	0.73	+0.25
Majority			1,946	7.40
Turnout			26,295

Council results

1933 Dunedin local election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Munro	14,171	53.89	+6.54
	Labour	Fred Jones	13,750	52.29	+18.14
	Citizens'	William Henry Borrie	11,505	43.75
	Citizens'	John McIndoe	11,461	43.58	−3.31
	Citizens'	Walter Alexander Scott	11,175	42.49
	Citizens'	James Marlow	10,859	41.29	−5.86
	Citizens'	John Shacklock	10,718	40.76	−9.87
	Citizens'	Andrew Allen	10,597	40.30	−7.47
	Labour	Mark Silverstone	10,563	40.17	+8.50
	Citizens'	William Henry Sheppard	10,386	39.49
	Citizens'	William Begg	10,248	38.97	−9.30
	Citizens'	Herbert Cecil Campbell	9,969	37.91
	Labour	Ralph Harrison	9,838	37.41	+6.67
	Labour	Peter Neilson	9,795	37.25	+8.95
	Labour	John Gilchrist	9,787	37.22
	Citizens'	John Wilson	9,618	36.57	−5.69
	Citizens'	William Hector Carson	9,356	35.58
	Labour	William Batchelor	9,328	35.47
	Citizens'	Robert Walls	9,135	34.74
	Labour	Phil Connolly	8,990	34.18
	Labour	Bryan O'Donnell	8,267	31.43
	Citizens'	William Taverner	8,194	31.16
	Labour	May Don	8,169	31.06
	Labour	Albert Payton	7,843	29.82
	Labour	Evelyne Bennet	7,239	27.52
	Independent	Henry Alexander Hamer	7,174	27.28	−3.47

References

1. "Election Notices". Evening Star . No. 21404. 6 May 1933. p. 14. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
2. "Election Notices". Evening Star . No. 21405. 8 May 1933. p. 10. Retrieved 29 January 2022.