1931 Dunedin mayoral election
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The 1931 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1931, 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.
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6 May 1931
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| Turnout | 21,108 | |||||||||||||||
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Mayoral results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Citizens' | Robert Black | 10,824 | 51.27 | +14.79 | |
| Independent | Walter Alexander Scott | 10,181 | 48.23 | ||
| Informal votes | 103 | 0.48 | |||
| Majority | 643 | 3.04 | |||
| Turnout | 21,108 | ||||
Council results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Citizens' | Francis William Mitchell | 10,961 | 51.92 | +12.02 | |
| Citizens' | John Shacklock | 10,688 | 50.63 | +5.05 | |
| Citizens' | James Clark | 10,680 | 50.59 | +2.20 | |
| Citizens' | Charles Henry Hayward | 10,679 | 50.59 | ||
| Citizens' | Harold Tapley | 10,413 | 49.33 | +9.95 | |
| Citizens' | William Begg | 10,284 | 48.72 | +15.32 | |
| Citizens' | Andrew Allen | 10,084 | 47.77 | ||
| Labour | Jim Munro | 9,996 | 47.35 | +2.37 | |
| Citizens' | James Marlow | 9,954 | 47.15 | +11.52 | |
| Citizens' | John McIndoe | 9,899 | 46.89 | ||
| Citizens' | Frank Wilkinson | 9,170 | 43.44 | +9.70 | |
| Citizens' | John Wilson | 8,921 | 42.26 | +4.36 | |
| Citizens' | Edwin Sincock | 8,195 | 38.82 | +14.42 | |
| Labour | Fred Jones | 7,209 | 34.15 | ||
| Labour | Mark Silverstone | 6,686 | 31.67 | +16.94 | |
| Independent | David Larnach | 6,624 | 31.38 | +1.22 | |
| Independent | Henry Alexander Hamer | 6,491 | 30.75 | ||
| Labour | Ralph Harrison | 6,489 | 30.74 | +9.11 | |
| Labour | Arthur Paape | 6,486 | 30.72 | +5.22 | |
| Labour | Alexander John Morison | 6,366 | 30.15 | +16.28 | |
| Labour | John Robinson | 6,355 | 30.10 | +8.29 | |
| Labour | Peter Neilson | 5,974 | 28.30 | +10.81 | |
| Independent | Christopher Henry Wing | 4,962 | 23.50 | ||
| Independent | Cornelius Machin Moss | 4,933 | 23.37 | +8.48 | |
| Independent | Daniel Minnock | 3,819 | 18.09 | +5.79 | |
