The 2022 Dunedin City Council election was held via postal voting between September and October 2022 as part of the wider 2022 New Zealand local elections.
Council The Dunedin City Council used the single transferable voting system to elect the Mayor of Dunedin and city councillors for the 2022-2025 term. Voter turnout was 48.21%. The positions of mayor and fourteen city councillors elected at-large were contested by the following candidates:
Mayor
Jules Radich, a city councillor from 2019 to 2022, and candidate for mayor in the 2019 election, won the mayoral election, defeating incumbent Green candidate Aaron Hawkins.
Incumbent candidate
Councillors 2022 Dunedin City Council – Council at-large electionParty Candidate First count Result Independent Sophie Barker 7,361 1 3,044.13 Elected Independent Lee Vandervis 6,372 1 3,044.13 Elected Team Dunedin Brent Weatherall 3,816 1 3,044.13 Elected Green Ōtepoti Marie Laufiso 3,461 1 3,044.13 Elected Team Dunedin Andrew Whiley 3,082 1 3,044.13 Elected Independent Bill Acklin 1,542 42 2,909.76 Elected Independent Christine Garey 1,866 42 2,909.76 Elected Labour Steve Walker 1,903 51 2,885.64 Elected Independent Jim O'Malley 1,385 52 2,884.62 Elected Independent Carmen Houlahan 1,453 53 2,862.65 Elected Team Dunedin Kevin Gilbert 870 58 2,835.64 Elected Independent Mandy Mayhem-Bullock 1,274 67 2,751.44 Elected Independent David Benson-Pope 1,077 68 2,743.25 Elected Independent Cherry Lucas 940 73 2,721.58 Elected Independent Rachel Elder 820 73 2,721.58 Excluded Independent Robyn McLean 896 64 2,797.13 Excluded Team Dunedin Lynette Scott 470 57 2,851.02 Excluded Independent Chris McBride 693 52 2,884.62 Excluded Labour Joy Davis 699 49 2,895.87 Excluded Team Dunedin Callum Steele 393 47 2,906.51 Excluded Southern Independents Richard Seager 541 41 2,918.83 Excluded Independent Doug Hall Jr 536 37 2,933.22 Excluded Independent Randal Scott 612 34 2,943.70 Excluded Independent Jett Groshinski 537 33 2,948.61 Excluded Independent Richard Knights 510 31 2,953.48 Excluded Team Dunedin Cheryl May Neill 312 29 2,957.98 Excluded Independent Bruce Mitchell 371 27 2,967.02 Excluded Independent Tracey Pita 277 25 2,975.48 Excluded Independent Peter Barron 319 22 2,977.34 Excluded Independent Vick Veera 272 19 2,981.41 Excluded Independent Pamela Taylor 234 17 2,985.35 Excluded Independent Michael Lee 182 15 2,987.67 Excluded Independent Chriss Hamilton 162 14 2,988.71 Excluded Pro-Freedom Jedi Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle 120 13 2,989.52 Excluded Independent Rob Waide 81 12 2,990.57 Excluded Independent Marita Johnson 76 11 2,991.10 Excluded Independent Nathan Gordon 72 9 2,991.89 Excluded Independent Veronica Jackman 64 6 2,992.57 Excluded Independent David Smith 11 5 2,992.71 Excluded Team Dunedin Jules Radich - - 1 3,044.13 Withdrawn Valid votes: ; Spoilt: 961 + 860 blank Withdrawn due to being elected as mayor Incumbent candidate
Other local elections
Depending on where in Dunedin they lived, voters also voted in concurrent local elections for the: Otago Regional Council: Dunedin Constituency, or Molyneux Constituency and Strath Taieri Community Board Waikouaiti Coast Community Board Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board Saddle Hill Community Board West Harbour Community Board, or Otago Peninsula Community Board and/or Oamaru Licensing Trust.
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