The 2022 Dunedin mayoral election between 16 September and 8 October 2022 was part of the

2022 New Zealand local elections The 2022 New Zealand local elections were triennial elections held in New Zealand on Saturday 8 October 2022. Voting began by postal vote on 16 September and ended at noon on 8 October 2022. Election schedule Key dates relating to the general ...

. Voters preferred former city councillor

Jules Radich Jules Vincent Radich (born ) is a New Zealand politician who has served as the 59th mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand since 2022. He has also served as councillor for the Dunedin City Council since 2019. Radich also serves as deputy Chair of Infrast ...

to the incumbent Aaron Hawkins. 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'. Voting was held using

Single Transferable Vote Single transferable vote (STV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which voters cast a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vote may be transferred according to alternate p ...

(STV). Ballots were accepted until midday on 8 October by post or by dropping off completed voting papers. The mayoral election was combined with elections for the

Dunedin City Council The Dunedin City Council ( mi, Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Ōtepoti) is the local government authority for Dunedin in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority elected to represent the people of Dunedin. Since October 2022, the Mayor of Dunedin is Jules ...

, Community Boards, and the

Otago Regional Council Otago Regional Council (ORC) is the regional council for Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. The council's principal office is Regional House on Stafford Street in Dunedin with 250-275 staff, with smaller offices in Queenstown and Alexand ...

Candidates

Declared candidates

Policies are outlined in candidate profiles and policies on major issues. *Bill Acklin, former city councillor *Sophie Barker, city councillor *Jett Groshinski * Aaron Hawkins, incumbent mayor *Carmen Houlahan, city councillor *Mandy Mayhem-Bullock, Waikouaiti Coast Community Board member *David Milne *Jules Radich, city councillor *Rich Seager *

Lee Vandervis Lee Vandervis (born 1955) is a local-body politician who was first elected to the Dunedin City Council in the 2004 local elections. Vandervis has run for mayor in 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2022; finishing second in 2007 and 2019 ...

, city councillor *Pamela Taylor

Declined to be candidates

David Benson-Pope David Henry Benson-Pope (born 1950) is a New Zealand politician. He is a former Member of Parliament for Dunedin South and has been a member of the Dunedin City Council since 2013. Benson-Pope previously served as a Dunedin city councillor from ...

, city councillor (endorsed Hawkins) *

Clare Curran Clare Elizabeth Curran (born 1960) is a New Zealand former politician who served as a member of the New Zealand Parliament for Dunedin South from 2008 to 2020. She was the Minister of Broadcasting, Communications, and Digital Media and Associate ...

, former

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MP *Christine Garey, deputy mayor (endorsed Hawkins) *Jim O'Malley, city councillor * Ian Taylor, businessman *Steve Walker, city councillor (endorsed Hawkins) *Andrew Whiley, city councillor (endorsed Radich) *

Michael Woodhouse Michael Allan Woodhouse (born 1965) is a National member of the New Zealand Parliament. Early years Woodhouse was born and raised in South Dunedin, the fifth of nine children. He attended St Patrick's, St Edmund's and St Pauls High School, now ...

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Results

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 ...

Candidates

Declared candidates

Declined to be candidates

Results

See also

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