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1938 Dunedin mayoral election
← 1935 11 May 1938 1941 →
Turnout32,032
 
Candidate Andrew Allen Edwin Cox
Party Citizens' Labour
Popular vote 17,929 13,891
Percentage 55.97 43.36
Mayor before election

Edwin Cox

 Elected mayor

Andrew Allen

The 1938 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1938, 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.

Edwin Cox, the incumbent Mayor, sought re-election for a third term, a feat never before achieved in Dunedin. Cox was unsuccessful in this and was beaten by Andrew Allen.

Mayoral results

1938 Dunedin mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' Andrew Allen 17,929 55.97
Labour Edwin Cox 13,891 43.36 −0.08
Informal votes 212 0.66 −0.08
Majority 4,038 12.60
Turnout 32,032

Council results

1938 Dunedin local election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' Donald Cameron 16,997 53.06 +10.15
Citizens' William Henry Borrie 16,588 51.78
Labour Gervan McMillan 16,226 50.65 −4.33
Citizens' William Henry Sheppard 16,193 50.55 +6.44
Citizens' John Wilson 15,864 49.52
Citizens' Matthew Cochrane Henderson 15,608 48.72
Labour Robert Walls 15,386 48.03 +6.22
Labour Jim Munro 15,244 47.58 −6.23
Citizens' John McRae 15,186 47.40
Citizens' Henry Lewis Gibson 15,020 46.89
Citizens' William Taverner 14,694 45.87
Citizens' Edmund J. Smith 14,626 45.66
Citizens' Herbert Alfred Newall 14,258 44.51
Labour Peter Neilson 14,073 43.93 −1.14
Labour Ralph Harrison 13,969 43.60 +3.02
Labour Phil Connolly 13,839 43.20 +4.00
Labour John McManus 13,734 42.87
Labour Michael Connelly 13,611 42.49 +2.69
Labour Edwin Sincock 13,579 42.39
Independent William Begg 13,538 42.26 −5.23
Independent Walter Alexander Scott 13,359 41.70 −4.96
Labour Mark Silverstone 13,295 41.50 −10.93
Labour Bryan O'Donnell 12,152 37.93 −1.87
Labour Alice Herbert 11,873 37.06
Independent James Douglas 6,812 21.26
Independent Oprah Jones-Neilson 2,283 7.12
Independent Cornelius Machin Moss 1,984 6.19 −2.07
Independent Gertrude Brooks 1,829 5.70

References

  1. "Election Notices". Evening Star. No. 22956. 13 May 1938. p. 10. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  2. "Local Elections - The City Council". Otago Daily Times. No. 23502. 17 May 1938. p. 7. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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