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1929 Dunedin mayoral election
← 1927 1 May 1929 1931 →
Turnout15,625
 
Candidate Robert Black Charles Hayward Fred Jones
Party Citizens' Independent Labour
Popular vote 5,701 4,792 3,811
Percentage 36.48 30.66 24.39
Mayor before election

William Taverner

 Elected mayor

Robert Black

The 1929 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1929, 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.

Mayoral results

1929 Dunedin mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' Robert Black 5,701 36.48
Independent Charles Henry Hayward 4,792 30.66
Labour Fred Jones 3,811 24.39
Independent John McDonald 1,321 8.45
Majority 909 5.81
Turnout 15,625

Council results

1929 Dunedin local election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' James Clark 7,562 48.39
Citizens' John Shacklock 7,123 45.58
Labour Jim Munro 7,029 44.98
Citizens' Frank Leonard Lawrence 6,704 42.90
Citizens' Walter Alexander Scott 6,517 41.70
Citizens' Francis William Mitchell 6,235 39.90
Citizens' Harold Tapley 6,154 39.38
Independent Herbert Cecil Campbell 6,032 38.60
Citizens' John Wilson 5,923 37.90
Citizens' James Marlow 5,568 35.63
Citizens' Frank Wilkinson 5,272 33.74
Independent William Begg 5,219 33.40
Citizens' Adam David Edgar 4,997 31.98
Citizens' Charles Robert Smith 4,978 31.85
Independent David Larnach 4,713 30.16
Citizens' Patrick Leith Ritchie 4,480 28.67
Labour Arthur Paape 3,985 25.50
Independent Fred William Knight 3,848 24.62
Independent Edwin Sincock 3,814 24.40
Labour John Robinson 3,408 21.81
Labour Ralph Harrison 3,381 21.63
Independent George P. Cuttriss 3,190 20.41
Labour Peter Neilson 2,733 17.49
Labour William Batchelor 2,691 17.22
Independent Cornelius Machin Moss 2,328 14.89
Labour George Sinclair Geddes 2,317 14.82
Labour Mark Silverstone 2,303 14.73
Labour Alexander John Morison 2,168 13.87
Labour Alice Herbert 2,100 13.44
Independent Daniel Minnock 1,923 12.30
Labour Brian O'Donnell 1,884 12.05
Independent Arthur James Rice 1,856 11.87
Labour William George Cocking 1,720 11.00
Independent H. Walton Phillips 985 6.30

References

  1. "New Mayor of Dunedin". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXVI, no. 20244. 2 May 1929. p. 15. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. "Election Notices". Otago Daily Times. No. 20711. 8 May 1929. p. 11. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
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