1950 Dunedin mayoral election

November 2018 November 2018 1950 Dunedin mayoral election New Zealand Presidential no 1947 Dunedin mayoral election 1947 1953 Dunedin mayoral election 1953 18 November 1950 23,240 (46.82%) no 150x150px Len Wright Citizens' 6495ED 12,000 51.63 150x150px Hubert Brown Labour 11,119 47.85 Mayor Donald Cameron 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.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19501120.2.47 Otago Daily Times 4 Labour Secures Six Seats 20 November 1950 27551 Mayoral results 1950 Dunedin mayoral electionhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19501120.2.48 Otago Daily Times 4 The City Mayoralty: Details of the Polling 20 November 1950 27551 Citizens' #6495ED Len Wright 12,000 51.63 New Zealand Labour Party Hubert Brown 11,119 47.85 121 0.52 +0.14 881 3.79 23,240 46.82 -18.15 Council results 1950 Dunedin local electionhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19501124.2.145.8 Otago Daily Times 10 Election Notices 24 November 1950 27555 New Zealand Labour Party Gervan McMillan 12,776 54.97 +7.45 New Zealand Labour Party Michael Connelly 12,673 54.53 +9.47 New Zealand Labour Party Fred Jones 12,496 53.76 New Zealand Labour Party Hubert Brown 12,361 53.18 Citizens' #6495ED Jim Barnes 12,207 52.52 +0.97 Citizens' #6495ED Charlie Hayward 12,129 52.19 -0.09 Citizens' #6495ED Robert Forsyth-Barr 11,990 51.59 -0.92 New Zealand Labour Party Ethel McMillan 11,928 51.32 +8.87 New Zealand Labour Party Alister Abernethy 11,619 49.99 Citizens' #6495ED William Taverner 11,598 49.90 -2.09 Citizens' #6495ED Norman Douglas Anderson 11,467 49.34 -2.48 Citizens' #6495ED Eric Anderson 11,463 49.32 -4.54 Citizens' #6495ED Stuart Sidey 11,443 49.23 -1.21 Citizens' #6495ED Milton Rowley Aldridge 11,398 49.04 Citizens' #6495ED William Stewart Armitage 11,285 48.55 -1.44 New Zealand Labour Party Bill Fraser 10,943 47.08 Citizens' #6495ED Robert Abraham Wilkie 10,826 46.58 New Zealand Labour Party James Harrison 10,817 46.54 Citizens' #6495ED Frederick Allan Keane 10,808 46.50 New Zealand Labour Party Jack Stead 10,749 46.25 Citizens' #6495ED Norman Duncan McKinlay 10,651 45.83 New Zealand Labour Party Henry McManus 10,548 45.38 New Zealand Labour Party John Harold Patrick Belfield 10,111 43.50 New Zealand Labour Party Alphonso Daniel Hennessey 9,451 40.66 Communist Party of New Zealand Edgar Wilson Hunter 1,474 6.34 Communist Party of New Zealand Samuel Ikin 913 3.92 -1.47 References Category:Mayoral elections in Dunedin Category:1950 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of Dunedin Category:1950s in Dunedin Category:November 1950 in Oceania