1947 Dunedin mayoral election

November 2018 November 2018 1947 Dunedin mayoral election New Zealand Presidential no 1944 Dunedin mayoral election 1944 1950 Dunedin mayoral election 1950 19 November 1947 32,323 (65.11%) no 150x150px Donald Cameron Citizens' 6495ED 22,151 68.53 120px Ernest Frederick Jones Labour 10,049 31.08 Mayor Donald Cameron Donald Cameron The 1947 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1947, 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 was elected to serve a second term. He defeated his sole opponent Ernest Frederick Jones of the Labour Party who was a returned prisoner of war and the eldest son of Fred Jones, the Minister of Defence. In addition, the Citizens' Association won all twelve seats on the city council.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19471120.2.83 Otago Daily Times 8 Twelve Citizen Members 20 November 1947 26623 Mayoral results 1947 Dunedin mayoral electionhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19471125.2.117.3 Otago Daily Times 9 Election Notices 25 November 1947 26627 Citizens' #6495ED Donald Cameron 22,151 68.53 +17.79 New Zealand Labour Party Ernest Frederick Jones 10,049 31.08 123 0.38 -0.33 12,102 37.44 +35.24 32,323 65.11 -5.05 Council results 1947 Dunedin local election Citizens' #6495ED Eric Anderson 17,412 53.86 Citizens' #6495ED Len Wright 17,404 53.84 +6.19 Citizens' #6495ED Robert Forsyth-Barr 16,974 52.51 +4.35 Citizens' #6495ED Charlie Hayward 16,901 52.28 +5.34 Citizens' #6495ED William Taverner 16,805 51.99 +4.80 Citizens' #6495ED David Charles Jolly 16,785 51.92 +9.91 Citizens' #6495ED Norman Douglas Anderson 16,751 51.82 Citizens' #6495ED Jim Barnes 16,665 51.55 Citizens' #6495ED Leonard James Tobin Ireland 16,503 51.05 +3.17 Citizens' #6495ED Stuart Sidey 16,305 50.44 Citizens' #6495ED William Stewart Armitage 16,159 49.99 +2.75 Citizens' #6495ED Edmund J. Smith 15,680 48.51 +1.64 New Zealand Labour Party Phil Connolly 15,674 48.49 -2.92 New Zealand Labour Party Gervan McMillan 15,361 47.52 -2.31 New Zealand Labour Party Robert Walls 14,719 45.53 -8.60 New Zealand Labour Party Wally Hudson 14,606 45.18 -1.92 New Zealand Labour Party Michael Connelly 14,566 45.06 -2.05 New Zealand Labour Party Meynell Blain 14,227 44.01 -5.19 New Zealand Labour Party Ethel McMillan 13,722 42.45 New Zealand Labour Party David Copland 13,114 40.57 New Zealand Labour Party William Robert Clarke 12,931 40.00 -4.59 New Zealand Labour Party Richard Lindsay Cotton 12,597 38.97 New Zealand Labour Party Edwin Carradine Stanton 12,523 38.74 New Zealand Labour Party William Benedict Richards 11,594 35.86 -7.83 Independent politician Robert Bell Middlemiss 2,499 7.73 -3.91 Communist Party of New Zealand Samuel Ikin 1,743 5.39 References Category:Mayoral elections in Dunedin Category:1947 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of Dunedin Category:1940s in Dunedin Category:November 1947 in Oceania