1950 Dunedin mayoral election

1950 Dunedin mayoral election

← 1947 18 November 1950 1953 →
Turnout23,240 (46.82%)
 
Candidate Len Wright Hubert Brown
Party Citizens' Labour
Popular vote 12,000 11,119
Percentage 51.63 47.85

Mayor before election

Donald Cameron

Elected mayor

Len Wright

The 1950 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1950, 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.

Donald Cameron, the incumbent Mayor, declined to run for a third term. He was succeeded by councillor Len Wright who narrowly defeated the Labour Party candidate Hubert Brown. There was also a swing against the Citizens' association on the city council with both the Labour Party and Citizens' tickets winning six seats each.[1]

Mayoral results

1950 Dunedin mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens' Len Wright 12,000 51.63
Labour Hubert Brown 11,119 47.85
Informal votes 121 0.52 +0.14
Majority 881 3.79
Turnout 23,240 46.82 −18.15

Council results

1950 Dunedin local election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gervan McMillan 12,776 54.97 +7.45
Labour Michael Connelly 12,673 54.53 +9.47
Labour Fred Jones 12,496 53.76
Labour Hubert Brown 12,361 53.18
Citizens' Jim Barnes 12,207 52.52 +0.97
Citizens' Charlie Hayward 12,129 52.19 −0.09
Citizens' Robert Forsyth-Barr 11,990 51.59 −0.92
Labour Ethel McMillan 11,928 51.32 +8.87
Labour Alister Abernethy 11,619 49.99
Citizens' William Taverner 11,598 49.90 −2.09
Citizens' Norman Douglas Anderson 11,467 49.34 −2.48
Citizens' Eric Anderson 11,463 49.32 −4.54
Citizens' Stuart Sidey 11,443 49.23 −1.21
Citizens' Milton Rowley Aldridge 11,398 49.04
Citizens' William Stewart Armitage 11,285 48.55 −1.44
Labour Bill Fraser 10,943 47.08
Citizens' Robert Abraham Wilkie 10,826 46.58
Labour James Harrison 10,817 46.54
Citizens' Frederick Allan Keane 10,808 46.50
Labour Jack Stead 10,749 46.25
Citizens' Norman Duncan McKinlay 10,651 45.83
Labour Henry McManus 10,548 45.38
Labour John Harold Patrick Belfield 10,111 43.50
Labour Alphonso Daniel Hennessey 9,451 40.66
Communist Edgar Wilson Hunter 1,474 6.34
Communist Samuel Ikin 913 3.92 −1.47

References

  1. ^ "Labour Secures Six Seats". Otago Daily Times. No. 27551. 20 November 1950. p. 4.
  2. ^ "The City Mayoralty: Details of the Polling". Otago Daily Times. No. 27551. 20 November 1950. p. 4.
  3. ^ "Election Notices". Otago Daily Times. No. 27555. 24 November 1950. p. 10.