1935 Dunedin mayoral election

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1935 Dunedin mayoral election
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←  1933 8 May 1935 1938  →
Turnout28,118
  Edwin Cox.jpg James John Marlow.jpg
Candidate Edwin Cox James Marlow
Party Labour Citizens'
Popular vote12,21510,425
Percentage43.4437.07
Mayor before election

Edwin Cox

Elected Mayor

Edwin Cox

The 1935 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1935, 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

Edwin Cox, the incumbent Mayor, sought re-election and was successful in attaining a second-term. The Labour Party was also successful in securing a majority on the council for the first time. [1]

Mayoral results

1935 Dunedin mayoral election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edwin Cox 12,215 43.44 +2.56
Citizens' James Marlow 10,42537.07
Independent Robert Black 5,26818.73-14.75
Informal votes2100.74+0.01
Majority1,7906.36-1.04
Turnout 28,118

Council results

1935 Dunedin local election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Jones 15,746 55.99 +3.70
Labour Gervan McMillan 15,461 54.98
Labour Jim Munro 15,131 53.81 -0.08
Labour Mark Silverstone 14,745 52.43 +12.26
Citizens' William Begg 13,35447.49+8.52
Citizens'Walter Alexander Scott13,12146.66+4.17
Citizens' Andrew Allen 12,91145.91+5.61
Citizens'Francis William Mitchell12,72345.24
Citizens'William Henry Sheppard12,40444.11+4.62
Citizens' Donald Cameron 12,06642.91
Labour Peter Neilson 12,034 42.79 +5.54
Labour William Batchelor 11,779 41.89 +6.42
Citizens' Robert Walls 11,75741.81+7.07
Labour Ralph Harrison [nb 1] 11,41140.58+3.17
Citizens'Henry Louis Paterson11,33840.32
Citizens'William Julian Bardsley11,22039.90
Citizens'Jackson Purdie11,20739.85
Labour Michael Connelly 11,19139.80
Labour Phil Connolly 11,02439.20+3.17
Labour James Harrison10,87538.67
Citizens'Alfred Clark10,79738.39
Citizens' John McIndoe 10,79438.38-5.20
Labour John Robinson10,77338.31
Labour Bryan O'Donnell10,14036.06+4.63
Independent Charles Andrew Wilson9,51233.82
Independent Henry Alexander Hamer3,94314.02-13.26
Independent Alexander William Martin3,14811.19
Independent Cornelius Machin Moss2,3258.26
Communist Arthur Basil Powell1,0823.84
Communist Samuel Ikin7992.84

Table footnotes:

  1. ↑ Harrison was appointed to the council in December 1937 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Fred Jones. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Dunedins Vote". Auckland Star . Vol. LXVI, no. 108. 9 May 1935. p. 8. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Election Notices". Otago Daily Times . No. 24569. 13 May 1935. p. 11. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "The Elections - Dunedin City Council". Otago Daily Times . No. 22570. 14 May 1935. p. 6. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "A New Councillor". Otago Daily Times . No. 23368. 7 December 1937. p. 8.
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