2010 Dunedin mayoral election

2010 Dunedin mayoral election

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Candidate Dave Cull Peter Chin Lee Vandervis Party Greater Dunedin Independent Independent Popular vote 21,757 14,084 5,917 Percentage 48.60 31.46 13.22

Mayor before election Peter Chin Elected mayor Dave Cull

The 2010 Dunedin mayoral election occurred on Saturday, 9 October 2010 and was conducted under the Single Transferable Voting system.

The candidates for mayor included Peter Chin, the incumbent who contested for a third consecutive term. He faced six other candidates. Of these, three stood in the 2007 mayoral race (former councillor Lee Vandervis, who came second, Olivier Lequeux, who came fifth, and Jimmy Knowles, who finished last). Other candidates include incumbent city councillor Dave Cull, Aaron Hawkins and Kevin Dwyer.

Dave Cull won the mayoral election becoming Dunedin's 57th mayor. ^[1]

Opinion polling

Source	Date (published)	Chin	Cull	Vandervis
ODT [2]	(27 September)	37.4%	45.9%	11%
ODT [3]	6 October	31%	54.2%	11.8%

Results

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Candidate	Affiliation	First Preference		Last Iteration
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Dave Cull	Greater Dunedin	21,757	48.60	22,832	51.89
Peter Chin	Independent	14,084	31.46	14,453	32.86
Lee Vandervis		5,917	13.22	6,692	15.21
Aaron Hawkins	Independent	1,527	3.41	(469)	-
Olivier Lequeux		1,164	2.60	(227)	-
Kevin Dwyer		197	0.44	(60)	-
Jimmy Knowles		124	0.28	(37)	-
Informal votes		57
Turnout		45,218	52.34

See also

• 2010 Dunedin local elections

References

1. "Cull wins Dunedin mayoralty". Otago Daily Times . 9 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
2. "Poll shows two horse race". Otago Daily Times . 27 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
3. "Cull leads latest poll". Otago Daily Times . 6 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.

External links

• Dunedin City Council Results