Dunedin mayoral election, 2010

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Dunedin mayoral election, 2010

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  2007 9 October 2010 2013  

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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 48.6 31.5 13.2

Mayor before election

Peter Chin

Elected Mayor

Dave Cull

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

Contents

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.

Peter Chin New Zealand mayor

Peter Wing Ho Chin CNZM is a lawyer and was the 56th Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand. He served two terms as Mayor from 2004 to 2010.

Lee Vandervis is a local-body politician who was first elected to the Dunedin City Council in the 2004 local elections. Vandervis has run for mayor in 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013, finishing second in 2007. He is currently an elected councillor.

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

Mayor of Dunedin Wikimedia list article

The Mayor of Dunedin is the head of the municipal government of Dunedin, New Zealand, and presides over the Dunedin City Council. The Mayor is directly elected, using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system in 2007.

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

44770

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

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References

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