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1933 Dunedin mayoral election
← 1931 4 May 1933 1935 →
Turnout26,295
 
Candidate Edwin Cox Robert Black
Party Independent Citizens'
Popular vote 10,751 8,805
Percentage 40.88 33.48
Mayor before election

Robert Black

 Elected mayor

Edwin Cox

The 1933 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1933, 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.

Robert Black, the incumbent Mayor, sought re-election but was defeated by Edwin Cox, a clergyman who had the backing of the Labour movement.

Mayoralty results

1933 Dunedin mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Edwin Cox 10,751 40.88
Citizens' Robert Black 8,805 33.48 −17.79
Independent Francis William Mitchell 6,225 23.67
Communist Michael O'Rorke 217 0.82
Independent Cornelius Machin Moss 103 0.39
Informal votes 194 0.73 +0.25
Majority 1,946 7.40
Turnout 26,295

Council results

1933 Dunedin local election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Munro 14,171 53.89 +6.54
Labour Fred Jones 13,750 52.29 +18.14
Citizens' William Henry Borrie 11,505 43.75
Citizens' John McIndoe 11,461 43.58 −3.31
Citizens' Walter Alexander Scott 11,175 42.49
Citizens' James Marlow 10,859 41.29 −5.86
Citizens' John Shacklock 10,718 40.76 −9.87
Citizens' Andrew Allen 10,597 40.30 −7.47
Labour Mark Silverstone 10,563 40.17 +8.50
Citizens' William Henry Sheppard 10,386 39.49
Citizens' William Begg 10,248 38.97 −9.30
Citizens' Herbert Cecil Campbell 9,969 37.91
Labour Ralph Harrison 9,838 37.41 +6.67
Labour Peter Neilson 9,795 37.25 +8.95
Labour John Gilchrist 9,787 37.22
Citizens' John Wilson 9,618 36.57 −5.69
Citizens' William Hector Carson 9,356 35.58
Labour William Batchelor 9,328 35.47
Citizens' Robert Walls 9,135 34.74
Labour Phil Connolly 8,990 34.18
Labour Bryan O'Donnell 8,267 31.43
Citizens' William Taverner 8,194 31.16
Labour May Don 8,169 31.06
Labour Albert Payton 7,843 29.82
Labour Evelyne Bennet 7,239 27.52
Independent Henry Alexander Hamer 7,174 27.28 −3.47

References

  1. "Election Notices". Evening Star. No. 21404. 6 May 1933. p. 14. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  2. "Election Notices". Evening Star. No. 21405. 8 May 1933. p. 10. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
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