1933 Dunedin mayoral election

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1933 Dunedin mayoral election
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  1931 4 May 1933 1935  
Turnout26,295
  Edwin Cox.jpg Robert Sheriff Black.jpg
Candidate Edwin Cox Robert Black
Party Independent Citizens'
Popular vote10,7518,805
Percentage40.8833.48

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.

Contents

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Edwin Cox 10,751 40.88
Citizens' Robert Black 8,80533.48−17.79
Independent Francis William Mitchell6,22523.67
Communist Michael O'Rorke2170.82
Independent Cornelius Machin Moss1030.39
Informal votes1940.73+0.25
Majority1,9467.40
Turnout 26,295

Council results

1933 Dunedin local election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Munro 14,171 53.89 +6.54
Labour Fred Jones 13,750 52.29 +18.14
Citizens' William Henry Borrie11,50543.75
Citizens' John McIndoe 11,46143.58−3.31
Citizens' Walter Alexander Scott11,17542.49
Citizens' James Marlow 10,85941.29−5.86
Citizens' John Shacklock 10,71840.76−9.87
Citizens' Andrew Allen 10,59740.30−7.47
Labour Mark Silverstone 10,563 40.17 +8.50
Citizens' William Henry Sheppard10,38639.49
Citizens' William Begg 10,24838.97−9.30
Citizens' Herbert Cecil Campbell9,96937.91
Labour Ralph Harrison9,83837.41+6.67
Labour Peter Neilson 9,79537.25+8.95
Labour John Gilchrist 9,78737.22
Citizens'John Wilson9,61836.57−5.69
Citizens'William Hector Carson9,35635.58
Labour William Batchelor9,32835.47
Citizens' Robert Walls 9,13534.74
Labour Phil Connolly 8,99034.18
Labour Bryan O'Donnell8,26731.43
Citizens' William Taverner 8,19431.16
Labour May Don 8,16931.06
Labour Albert Payton7,84329.82
Labour Evelyne Bennet7,23927.52
Independent Henry Alexander Hamer7,17427.28−3.47

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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.