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%