2019 Dunedin mayoral election

The 2019 Dunedin mayoral election was held on 12 October 2019. It was conducted with a single transferable vote (STV) system.^[1] Aaron Hawkins was elected for his first term as Dunedin's 58th Mayor after beating 13 other candidates.^[2] Nominations opened on 19 July 2019 and closed on 16 August 2019.^[3][4]

2019 Dunedin mayoral election

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Candidate Aaron Hawkins Lee Vandervis Party Green Independent Popular vote 17,222 14,351 Percentage 54.54 45.46

Mayor before election Dave Cull Elected mayor Aaron Hawkins

Candidates

Declared candidates

• Scout Barbour-Evans^[5]
• Bob Barlin^[6]
• Finn Campbell^[6]
• Rachel Elder, Dunedin City Councillor^[6]
• Christine Garey, Dunedin City Councillor^[5]
• Aaron Hawkins, Dunedin City Councillor^[7]
• Carmen Houlahan^[5]
• Mandy Mayhem-Bullock, Waikouaiti Coast Community Board member^[6][8]
• Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle
• Jim O'Malley, Dunedin City Councillor^[9]
• Jules Radich, business consultant^[6]
• Richard Seager^[6]
• Lee Vandervis, Dunedin City Councillor^[9]
• Andrew Whiley, Dunedin City Councillor^[9]

Declined to be candidates

• Dave Cull, incumbent Mayor^[10]
• Barry Timmings, businessman^[11]

Results

^[12]

Candidate	Affiliation	First Preference [1]			Last Iteration
		Votes	%	+/-	Votes	%
Aaron Hawkins	Green Dunedin	9,074	20.97	+13.18	17,222	54.54
Lee Vandervis	Independent	9,481	21.91	+4.20	14,351	45.46
Andrew Whiley		5,222	12.07	+0.42
Christine Garey		4,755	10.99
Jim O'Malley	Independent	4,534	10.48	+4.21
Jules Radich	Independent	3,845	8.88
Carmen Houlahan	Independent	1,577	3.64
Bob Barlin	Independent	1,290	2.98
Rachel Elder		1,262	2.91	−1.44
Mandy Mayhem-Bullock		729	1.68
Finn Campbell	Independent Youth	524	1.21
Scout Barbour-Evans	Independent	393	0.90	−1.47
Richard Seagar	Independent ecological democrat	319	0.73
Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle		253	0.58
Informal votes
Turnout		45.6%

References

1. "Single Transferable Vote". The Department of Internal Affairs, NZ. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
2. "Dunedin goes Green". 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
3. "About your 2019 local elections". 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
4. Morris, Chris (13 October 2019). "Hawkins extends winning margin". Otago Daily Times. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
5. "Garey joins mayoral contest". 29 June 2019.
6. "Local body elections 2019: The nominations". 17 August 2019.
7. "Hawkins announces bid for city mayoralty". 18 April 2019.
8. "Mandy Mayhem-Bullock - Dunedin City Council".
9. "O'Malley to run for mayor". 3 June 2019.
10. "Long-serving Dunedin mayor Dave Cull to stand down". 29 May 2019.
11. "Timmings decides not to run for mayor, council". 9 August 2019.
12. "2019 Election results - Dunedin City Council". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 25 September 2022.