1950 Dunedin mayoral election

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1950 Dunedin mayoral election
Dunedin city coa.gif
  1947 18 November 1950 1953  
Turnout23,240 (46.82%)
  Len Wright.jpg Hubert Brown.jpg
Candidate Len Wright Hubert Brown
PartyCitizens' Labour
Popular vote12,00011,119
Percentage51.6347.85

Mayor before election

Donald Cameron

Elected Mayor

Len Wright

The 1950 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1950, 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

Donald Cameron, the incumbent Mayor, declined to run for a third term. He was succeeded by councillor Len Wright who narrowly defeated the Labour Party candidate Hubert Brown. There was also a swing against the Citizens' association on the city council with both the Labour Party and Citizens' tickets winning six seats each. [1]

Mayoral results

1950 Dunedin mayoral election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens' Len Wright 12,00051.63
Labour Hubert Brown11,11947.85
Informal votes1210.52+0.14
Majority8813.79
Turnout 23,24046.82-18.15

Council results

1950 Dunedin local election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gervan McMillan 12,776 54.97 +7.45
Labour Michael Connelly 12,673 54.53 +9.47
Labour Fred Jones 12,496 53.76
Labour Hubert Brown 12,361 53.18
Citizens' Jim Barnes 12,20752.52+0.97
Citizens' Charlie Hayward12,12952.19-0.09
Citizens' Robert Forsyth-Barr11,99051.59-0.92
Labour Ethel McMillan 11,928 51.32 +8.87
Labour Alister Abernethy 11,619 49.99
Citizens' William Taverner 11,59849.90-2.09
Citizens' Norman Douglas Anderson11,46749.34-2.48
Citizens' Eric Anderson11,46349.32-4.54
Citizens' Stuart Sidey 11,44349.23-1.21
Citizens'Milton Rowley Aldridge11,39849.04
Citizens'William Stewart Armitage11,28548.55-1.44
Labour Bill Fraser 10,94347.08
Citizens'Robert Abraham Wilkie10,82646.58
Labour James Harrison10,81746.54
Citizens'Frederick Allan Keane10,80846.50
Labour Jack Stead10,74946.25
Citizens'Norman Duncan McKinlay10,65145.83
Labour Henry McManus10,54845.38
Labour John Harold Patrick Belfield10,11143.50
Labour Alphonso Daniel Hennessey9,45140.66
Communist Edgar Wilson Hunter1,4746.34
Communist Samuel Ikin9133.92-1.47

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References

  1. "Labour Secures Six Seats". Otago Daily Times . No. 27551. 20 November 1950. p. 4.
  2. "The City Mayoralty: Details of the Polling". Otago Daily Times . No. 27551. 20 November 1950. p. 4.
  3. "Election Notices". Otago Daily Times . No. 27555. 24 November 1950. p. 10.