1947 Dunedin mayoral election

The 1947 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1947, 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.

1947 Dunedin mayoral election

← 1944 19 November 1947 1950 →
Turnout32,323 (65.11%)
 
Candidate Donald Cameron Ernest Frederick Jones
Party Citizens' Labour
Popular vote 22,151 10,049
Percentage 68.53 31.08

Mayor before election

Donald Cameron

Elected mayor

Donald Cameron

Donald Cameron, the incumbent Mayor was elected to serve a second term. He defeated his sole opponent Ernest Frederick Jones of the Labour Party who was a returned prisoner of war and the eldest son of Fred Jones, the Minister of Defence. In addition, the Citizens' Association won all twelve seats on the city council.[1]

Mayoral results

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1947 Dunedin mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' Donald Cameron 22,151 68.53 +17.79
Labour Ernest Frederick Jones 10,049 31.08
Informal votes 123 0.38 −0.33
Majority 12,102 37.44 +35.24
Turnout 32,323 65.11 −5.05

Council results

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1947 Dunedin local election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' Eric Anderson 17,412 53.86
Citizens' Len Wright 17,404 53.84 +6.19
Citizens' Robert Forsyth-Barr 16,974 52.51 +4.35
Citizens' Charlie Hayward 16,901 52.28 +5.34
Citizens' William Taverner 16,805 51.99 +4.80
Citizens' David Charles Jolly 16,785 51.92 +9.91
Citizens' Norman Douglas Anderson 16,751 51.82
Citizens' Jim Barnes 16,665 51.55
Citizens' Leonard James Tobin Ireland 16,503 51.05 +3.17
Citizens' Stuart Sidey 16,305 50.44
Citizens' William Stewart Armitage 16,159 49.99 +2.75
Citizens' Edmund J. Smith 15,680 48.51 +1.64
Labour Phil Connolly 15,674 48.49 −2.92
Labour Gervan McMillan 15,361 47.52 −2.31
Labour Robert Walls 14,719 45.53 −8.60
Labour Wally Hudson 14,606 45.18 −1.92
Labour Michael Connelly 14,566 45.06 −2.05
Labour Meynell Blain 14,227 44.01 −5.19
Labour Ethel McMillan 13,722 42.45
Labour David Copland 13,114 40.57
Labour William Robert Clarke 12,931 40.00 −4.59
Labour Richard Lindsay Cotton 12,597 38.97
Labour Edwin Carradine Stanton 12,523 38.74
Labour William Benedict Richards 11,594 35.86 −7.83
Independent Robert Bell Middlemiss 2,499 7.73 −3.91
Communist Samuel Ikin 1,743 5.39

References

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  1. ^ "Twelve Citizen Members". Otago Daily Times. No. 26623. 20 November 1947. p. 8.
  2. ^ a b "Election Notices". Otago Daily Times. No. 26627. 25 November 1947. p. 9.