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1941 Dunedin mayoral election
← 1938 17 May 1941 1944 →
Turnout26,715
 
Candidate Andrew Allen Gervan McMillan
Party Citizens' Labour
Popular vote 13,685 12,524
Percentage 51.22 46.88
Mayor before election

Andrew Allen

 Elected mayor

Andrew Allen

The 1941 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1941, 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.

Andrew Allen, the incumbent Mayor, sought re-election for a second term. He was successful, defeating a strong challenge by Gervan McMillan the Labour MP for Dunedin West.

Mayoral results

1941 Dunedin mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' Andrew Allen 13,685 51.22 −5.35
Labour Gervan McMillan 12,524 46.88
Independent Oprah Jones-Neilson 301 1.12
Informal votes 205 0.76 +0.10
Majority 1,161 4.34 −8.81
Turnout 26,715

Council results

1941 Dunedin local election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phil Connolly 15,364 57.51 +5.65
Citizens' Donald Cameron 15,288 57.22 +4.16
Labour Robert Walls 14,419 53.97 +5.94
Citizens' John McRae 13,836 51.79 +4.39
Citizens' William Taverner 13,480 50.45 +4.58
Citizens' John Wilson 13,473 50.43 +0.91
Labour Jim Munro 13,316 49.84 +2.26
Citizens' Matthew Cochrane Henderson 13,115 49.09 +0.37
Citizens' Len Wright 13,073 48.93
Citizens' Edmund J. Smith 12,878 48.20 +2.54
Citizens' David Charles Jolly 12,839 48.05
Citizens' Leonard James Tobin Ireland 12,695 47.52
Citizens' Thomas Cassels Ross 12,426 46.51
Labour Peter Neilson 12,395 46.39 +2.46
Labour Michael Connelly 12,353 46.23 +3.74
Labour Wally Hudson 12,255 45.87
Labour Ethel McMillan 11,814 44.22
Labour Warrington McCarter Taylor 11,755 44.00
Labour George Hunter Boyes 11,704 43.81
Labour Edwin Cox 11,474 42.94
Labour John McManus 11,008 41.20 −1.67
Labour Mark Silverstone 10,155 38.01 −3.49
Independent Gertrude Brooks 2,820 10.55 +4.85
Independent Cornelius Machin Moss 1,913 7.16 +0.97
Communist Samuel Ikin 1,250 4.67

References

  1. "The City Mayoralty". Otago Daily Times. No. 24610. 19 May 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. "Election Notices". Otago Daily Times. No. 24613. 22 May 1941. p. 14. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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