1938 Dunedin mayoral election

May 2017 May 2017 1938 Dunedin mayoral election New Zealand Presidential no 1935 Dunedin mayoral election 1935 1941 Dunedin mayoral election 1941 11 May 1938 32,032 no 150x150px Andrew Allen Citizens' 6495ED 17,929 55.97 150x150px Edwin Cox Labour 13,891 43.36 Mayor Edwin Cox Andrew Allen The 1938 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1938, 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. Edwin Cox, the incumbent Mayor, sought re-election for a third term, a feat never before achieved in Dunedin. Cox was unsuccessful in this and was beaten by Andrew Allen. Mayoral results 1938 Dunedin mayoral electionhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19380513.2.108.8 Evening Star 10 Election Notices 13 May 1938 29 January 2022 22956 Citizens' #6495ED Andrew Allen 17,929 55.97 New Zealand Labour Party Edwin Cox 13,891 43.36 -0.08 212 0.66 -0.08 4,038 12.60 32,032 Council results 1938 Dunedin local electionhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19380517.2.54 Otago Daily Times 7 Local Elections - The City Council 17 May 1938 30 January 2022 23502 Citizens' #6495ED Donald Cameron 16,997 53.06 +10.15 Citizens' #6495ED William Henry Borrie 16,588 51.78 New Zealand Labour Party Gervan McMillan 16,226 50.65 -4.33 Citizens' #6495ED William Henry Sheppard 16,193 50.55 +6.44 Citizens' #6495ED John Wilson 15,864 49.52 Citizens' #6495ED Matthew Cochrane Henderson 15,608 48.72 New Zealand Labour Party Robert Walls 15,386 48.03 +6.22 New Zealand Labour Party Jim Munro 15,244 47.58 -6.23 Citizens' #6495ED John McRae 15,186 47.40 Citizens' #6495ED Henry Lewis Gibson 15,020 46.89 Citizens' #6495ED William Taverner 14,694 45.87 Citizens' #6495ED Edmund J. Smith 14,626 45.66 Citizens' #6495ED Herbert Alfred Newall 14,258 44.51 New Zealand Labour Party Peter Neilson 14,073 43.93 -1.14 New Zealand Labour Party Ralph Harrison 13,969 43.60 +3.02 New Zealand Labour Party Phil Connolly 13,839 43.20 +4.00 New Zealand Labour Party John McManus 13,734 42.87 New Zealand Labour Party Michael Connelly 13,611 42.49 +2.69 New Zealand Labour Party Edwin Sincock 13,579 42.39 Independent politician William Begg 13,538 42.26 -5.23 Independent politician Walter Alexander Scott 13,359 41.70 -4.96 New Zealand Labour Party Mark Silverstone 13,295 41.50 -10.93 New Zealand Labour Party Bryan O'Donnell 12,152 37.93 -1.87 New Zealand Labour Party Alice Herbert 11,873 37.06 Independent politician James Douglas 6,812 21.26 Independent politician Oprah Jones-Neilson 2,283 7.12 Independent politician Cornelius Machin Moss 1,984 6.19 -2.07 Independent politician Gertrude Brooks 1,829 5.70 References Category:Mayoral elections in Dunedin Category:1938 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of Dunedin Category:1930s in Dunedin Category:May 1938 in Oceania