Dunedin mayoral election, 2013

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Dunedin mayoral election, 2013

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Candidate Dave Cull Hilary Calvert Lee Vandervis
Party Greater Dunedin Independent Independent
Popular vote 18,604 6,474 5,872
Percentage 50.4 17.6 16.0
Mayor before election

Dave Cull

Elected Mayor

Dave Cull

The Dunedin mayoral election, 2013 was held on Saturday, 12 October 2013 and was conducted under the single transferable voting system. Dave Cull, Dunedin's 57th mayor, was re-elected after seeing off eight challengers.

The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies. Under STV, an elector (voter) has a single vote that is initially allocated to their most preferred candidate. Votes are totalled and a quota derived. If their candidate achieves quota, he/she is elected and in some STV systems any surplus vote is transferred to other candidates in proportion to the voters' stated preferences. If more candidates than seats remain, the bottom candidate is eliminated with his/her votes being transferred to other candidates as determined by the voters' stated preferences. These elections and eliminations, and vote transfers if applicable, continue until there are only as many candidates as there are unfilled seats. The specific method of transferring votes varies in different systems.

Dave Cull New Zealand former broadcaster and 57th Mayor of Dunedin

David Charles "Dave" Cull, JP is the mayor of the city of Dunedin in New Zealand. He became the 57th Mayor of Dunedin in October 2010 and was re-elected in both the 2013 mayoralty race and 2016 mayoral election. Before politics, he was a presenter for Television New Zealand and an author.

Mayor of Dunedin Wikimedia list article

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Contents

Candidates

First-term incumbent Dave Cull was the first to enter the contest, announcing his candidature in January 2013. [1] He faced eight challengers, including one sitting councillor and one former Member of Parliament. [2]

Councillor Lee Vandervis, who placed third in the previous local body elections, [3] announced on 21 May that he would contest his fourth mayoralty; he had stood in every mayoral election since 2004. [4] Aside from Cull, Vandervis was the only current councillor seeking the mayoralty.

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.

For the first time, the Green Party stood a candidate for the Dunedin mayoralty. Although former mayor Sukhi Turner was a member of the Green Party, she did not run for mayor on the party ticket. [5] Broadcaster Aaron Hawkins was confirmed by the Green Party on 24 May as their candidate. [6] Hawkins contested the 2010 mayoralty as an independent, when he came fourth. [3]

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Former ACT Member of Parliament Hilary Calvert declared her candidacy, as an independent. [7] She also contested a seat on the City Council. Former United Future candidate and blogger Pete George also declared an independent bid for the mayoralty. [2]

ACT New Zealand New Zealand political party

ACT New Zealand, usually known as ACT, is a right-wing, classical-liberal political party in New Zealand. According to former party leader Rodney Hide, ACT stands for "individual freedom, personal responsibility, doing the best for our natural environment and for smaller, smarter government in its goals of a prosperous economy, a strong society, and a quality of life that is the envy of the world".

Hilary Calvert ACT member

Hilary Jane Calvert is a lawyer and a former member of the New Zealand parliament for the ACT Party. Following the resignation of ACT MP David Garrett in September 2010, she assumed a position in the House of Representatives as the next MP on ACT's list. In 2013 she was elected to the Dunedin City Council, after a failed campaign for mayor.

United Future New Zealand political party

United Future New Zealand, usually known as United Future, was a centrist political party in New Zealand. The party was in government between 2005 and 2017, first alongside Labour (2005–2008) and then supporting National (2008–2017).

The other mayoral candidates were two 2010 mayoral hopefuls Olivier Lequeux and Kevin Dwyer, as well as Steve McGregor and Andrew Whiley.

Results

Cull was re-elected, beating Calvert and Vandervis to second and third place. [8] Both Calvert and Vandervis were elected to Council, as were fourth-placed Aaron Hawkins and fifth-placed Andrew Whiley. [9] [10]

Candidate Affiliation First Preference Last Iteration
Votes % +/- Votes %
Dave Cull Greater Dunedin 18,335 49.3 +0.7 18,604 50.4
Hilary Calvert 6,191 16.7 6,474 17.6
Lee Vandervis 5,653 15.2 +2.0 5,872 16.0
Aaron Hawkins Green Dunedin 2,787 7.5 +4.1 2,972 8.1
Andrew Whiley Independent 2,674 7.2 2,962 8.0
Pete George Your Dunedin 704 1.9
Olivier Lequeux 487 1.3 -1.3
Kevin Dwyer 206 0.6 +0.2
Steve McGregor 179 0.5
Informal votes 89 [11]
Turnout 37,216

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References

  1. ↑ Morris, Chris (5 January 2013). "Councillors reveal election year priorities". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Race for public office begins". Otago Daily Times. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Dunedin City Council : 2010 Triennial Elections" (PDF). Dunedin City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Morris, Chris (22 May 2013). "Mayoral contest heats up". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Miller, Tim (19 May 2013). "Greens to announce mayoral candidate". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Morris, Chris (25 May 2013). "Aaron Hawkins Greens mayoral candidate". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Morris, Chris (19 July 2013). "Calvert confirms bid for mayoralty". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "Dunedin City Council Results". Dunedin City Council. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Dunedin City Council : 2013 Triennial Elections" (PDF). Dunedin City Council . Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  10. ↑ Morris, Chris (18 October 2013). "Finally tally increases mayor's vote margin". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Declaration of Result" (PDF). Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
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