Mayor of Dunedin

The mayor of Dunedin is the head of the local government, the city council of Dunedin, New Zealand. The mayor's role is "to provide leadership to the other elected members of the territorial authority, be a leader in the community and perform civic duties".^[3] The mayor is directly elected, using the single transferable vote (STV) system from 2007.^[4] The current mayor is Jules Radich who was elected in 2022.^[5]

Mayor of Dunedin
Te Koromatua o Ōtepoti
Coat of arms of the City of Dunedin
Incumbent Jules Radich since 2022
Dunedin City Council
Style	His/Her Worship
Member of	Dunedin City Council
Seat	Dunedin Town Hall
Appointer	Electorate of Dunedin
Term length	Three years, renewable
Inaugural holder	William Mason
Formation	1865
Deputy	Cherry Lucas[1]
Salary	$172,378[2]
Website	Official website

The mayor has always been elected at large,^[6] with the inaugural election in 1865.^[7] Up until 1915, the term of mayor was for one year only.^[8][9] From 1915 to 1935, the term was two years.^[10] Since the 1935 mayoral election, the term has been three years.^[10] The role of deputy mayor was established in 1917.^[11] The city council translates the office and title of mayor as Te Koromatua o Ōtepoti.^[12]

The mayoralty is subject to election every three years, the next vote being the 2025 Dunedin mayoral election.

List of mayors of Dunedin

Key

  Independent   Citizens' Association   Labour   Green   Greater Dunedin   Team Dunedin

#		Name	Portrait	Term of Office
	1	William Mason		1865	1867
	2	John Hyde Harris		1867	1868
	3	Thomas Birch		1868	1870
	4	Henry Fish		1870	1873
	5	Andrew Mercer		1873	1874
	6	Keith Ramsay		1874	1875
	7	Henry John Walter		1875	1876
	8	Charles Reeves		1876	1877
	9	Richard Henry Leary		1877	1878
	(7)	Henry John Walter		1878	1879
	10	Archibald Hilson Ross		1880	1881
	11	James Gore		1881	1882
	12	John Bryce Thomson		1882	1883
	13	William Parker Street		1883	1884
	14	Arthur Scoullar		1884	1885
	15	John Barnes		1885	1886
	(9)	Richard Henry Leary		1886	1887
	16	William Dawson		1887	1888
	17	Hugh Gourley		1888	1889
	18	John Roberts		1889	1890
	19	John Carroll		1890	1891
	20	Charles Robert Chapman		1891	1892
	21	Charles Haynes		1892	1893
	(4)	Henry Fish		1893	1895
	22	Nathaniel Wales		1895	1896
	(17)	Hugh Gourley		1896	1897
	23	Edward Cargill		1897	1898
	24	William Swan		1898	1899
	25	Robert Chisholm		1899	1901
	26	George Lyon Denniston		1901	1902
	27	James Alexander Park		1902	1903
	28	Thomas Scott		1903	1904
	29	Thomas Reid Christie		1904	1905
	30	Joseph Braithwaite		1905	1906
	31	George Lawrence		1906	1907
	32	John Loudon		1907	1908
	33	John McDonald		1908	1909
	34	James Hamlin Walker		1909	1910
	35	Thomas Cole		1910	1911
	36	William Burnett		1911	1912
	37	John Wilson		1912	1913
	38	William Downie Stewart Jr		1913	1914
	39	John Shacklock		1914	1915
	40	James Clark		1915	1919
	41	William Begg		1919	1921
	42	James Douglas		1921	1923
	43	Harold Tapley		1923	1927
	44	William Taverner		1927	1929
	45	Robert Black		1929	1933
	46	Edwin Thoms Cox		1933	1938
	47	Andrew Allen		1938	1944
	48	Donald Cameron		1944	1950
	49	Len Wright		1950	1959
	50	Stuart Sidey		1959	1965
	51	Russell Calvert		1965	1968
	52	Jim Barnes		1968	1977
	53	Cliff Skeggs		1977	1989
	54	Richard Walls		1989	1995
	55	Sukhi Turner		1995	2004
	56	Peter Chin		2004	2010
	57	Dave Cull		2010	2019
	58	Aaron Hawkins		2019	2022
	59	Jules Radich		2022	present