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.
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| Turnout | 23,240 (46.82%) | |||||||||||||||
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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
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Citizens' | Len Wright | 12,000 | 51.63 | ||
| Labour | Hubert Brown | 11,119 | 47.85 | ||
| Informal votes | 121 | 0.52 | +0.14 | ||
| Majority | 881 | 3.79 | |||
| Turnout | 23,240 | 46.82 | −18.15 | ||
Council results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 12,207 | 52.52 | +0.97 | |
| Citizens' | Charlie Hayward | 12,129 | 52.19 | −0.09 | |
| Citizens' | Robert Forsyth-Barr | 11,990 | 51.59 | −0.92 | |
| Labour | Ethel McMillan | 11,928 | 51.32 | +8.87 | |
| Labour | Alister Abernethy | 11,619 | 49.99 | ||
| Citizens' | William Taverner | 11,598 | 49.90 | −2.09 | |
| Citizens' | Norman Douglas Anderson | 11,467 | 49.34 | −2.48 | |
| Citizens' | Eric Anderson | 11,463 | 49.32 | −4.54 | |
| Citizens' | Stuart Sidey | 11,443 | 49.23 | −1.21 | |
| Citizens' | Milton Rowley Aldridge | 11,398 | 49.04 | ||
| Citizens' | William Stewart Armitage | 11,285 | 48.55 | −1.44 | |
| Labour | Bill Fraser | 10,943 | 47.08 | ||
| Citizens' | Robert Abraham Wilkie | 10,826 | 46.58 | ||
| Labour | James Harrison | 10,817 | 46.54 | ||
| Citizens' | Frederick Allan Keane | 10,808 | 46.50 | ||
| Labour | Jack Stead | 10,749 | 46.25 | ||
| Citizens' | Norman Duncan McKinlay | 10,651 | 45.83 | ||
| Labour | Henry McManus | 10,548 | 45.38 | ||
| Labour | John Harold Patrick Belfield | 10,111 | 43.50 | ||
| Labour | Alphonso Daniel Hennessey | 9,451 | 40.66 | ||
| Communist | Edgar Wilson Hunter | 1,474 | 6.34 | ||
| Communist | Samuel Ikin | 913 | 3.92 | −1.47 | |
References
edit- ^ "Labour Secures Six Seats". Otago Daily Times. No. 27551. 20 November 1950. p. 4.
- ^ "The City Mayoralty: Details of the Polling". Otago Daily Times. No. 27551. 20 November 1950. p. 4.
- ^ "Election Notices". Otago Daily Times. No. 27555. 24 November 1950. p. 10.