The 1992 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1992, elections were held for the

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 c ...

plus other local government positions including twelve city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard

first-past-the-post In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...

electoral method.

Background

Mayor Richard Walls was re-elected, seeing off a high-profile challenge from former cricketer

Stephen Boock Stephen Lewis Boock (born 20 September 1951) is a former New Zealand national cricket team, New Zealand cricketer who played 30 Test cricket, Tests and 14 One Day Internationals. He is the brother of sports journalist Richard Boock (biographer ...

, who was elected to the council for the Southern ward.

Results

The following table shows the results for the election:

References

{{Reflist Mayoral elections in Dunedin

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...

Politics of Dunedin 1990s in Dunedin October 1992 events in New Zealand