Mayor of Dunedin

Te Koromatua o Ōtepoti

Coat of arms of the City of Dunedin

Incumbent
Jules Radich

since 2022

Style| His/Her Worship
Appointer| Elected
Term length| Three years, renewable
Inaugural holder| William Mason
Formation| 1865
Deputy| Cherry Lucas[1]
Salary| $172,378[2]
Website| Official website

The mayor of Dunedin is the head of the local government, the city council of Dunedin, New Zealand. The mayor's role is "to provide leadership to the other elected members of the territorial authority, be a leader in the community and perform civic duties".[3] The mayor is directly elected, using the single transferable vote (STV) system from 2007.[4] The current mayor is Jules Radich who was elected in 2022.[5]

The mayor has always been elected at large,[6] with the inaugural election in 1865.[7] Up until 1915, the term of mayor was for one year only.[8][9] From 1915 to 1935, the term was two years.[10] Since the 1935 mayoral election, the term has been three years.[10] The role of deputy mayor was established in 1917.[11] The city council translates the office and title of mayor as Te Koromatua o Ōtepoti.[12]

## List of mayors of Dunedin

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Key

Independent Citizens' Association Labour Green Greater Dunedin Team Dunedin

#  | Name  | Portrait  | Term of Office

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| 1  | William Mason |  | 1865 | 1867
| 2  | John Hyde Harris |  | 1867  | 1868
| 3  | Thomas Birch |  | 1868  | 1870
| 4  | Henry Fish |  | 1870  | 1873
| 5  | Andrew Mercer |  | 1873  | 1874
| 6  | Keith Ramsay |  | 1874  | 1875
| 7  | Henry John Walter |  | 1875  | 1876
| 8  | Charles Reeves |  | 1876  | 1877
| 9  | Richard Henry Leary |  | 1877  | 1878
| (7) | Henry John Walter |  | 1878  | 1879
| 10  | Archibald Hilson Ross |  | 1880  | 1881
| 11  | James Gore |  | 1881  | 1882
| 12  | John Bryce Thomson |  | 1882  | 1883
| 13  | William Parker Street |  | 1883  | 1884
| 14  | Arthur Scoullar |  | 1884  | 1885
| 15  | John Barnes |  | 1885  | 1886
| (9) | Richard Henry Leary |  | 1886  | 1887
| 16  | William Dawson |  | 1887  | 1888
| 17  | Hugh Gourley |  | 1888  | 1889
| 18  | John Roberts |  | 1889  | 1890
| 19  | John Carroll |  | 1890  | 1891
| 20  | Charles Robert Chapman |  | 1891  | 1892
| 21  | Charles Haynes |  | 1892  | 1893
| (4) | Henry Fish |  | 1893  | 1895
| 22  | Nathaniel Wales |  | 1895  | 1896
| (17) | Hugh Gourley |  | 1896  | 1897
| 23  | Edward Cargill |  | 1897  | 1898
| 24  | William Swan |  | 1898  | 1899
| 25  | Robert Chisholm |  | 1899  | 1901
| 26  | George Lyon Denniston |  | 1901  | 1902
| 27  | James Alexander Park |  | 1902  | 1903
| 28  | Thomas Scott |  | 1903  | 1904
| 29  | Thomas Reid Christie |  | 1904  | 1905
| 30  | Joseph Braithwaite |  | 1905  | 1906
| 31  | George Lawrence |  | 1906  | 1907
| 32  | John Loudon |  | 1907  | 1908
| 33  | John McDonald |  | 1908  | 1909
| 34  | James Hamlin Walker |  | 1909  | 1910
| 35  | Thomas Cole |  | 1910  | 1911
| 36  | William Burnett |  | 1911  | 1912
| 37  | John Wilson |  | 1912  | 1913
| 38  | William Downie Stewart Jr |  | 1913  | 1914
| 39  | John Shacklock |  | 1914  | 1915
| 40  | James Clark |  | 1915  | 1919
| 41  | William Begg |  | 1919  | 1921
| 42  | James Douglas |  | 1921  | 1923
| 43  | Harold Tapley |  | 1923  | 1927
| 44  | William Taverner |  | 1927  | 1929
| 45  | Robert Black |  | 1929  | 1933
| 46  | Edwin Thoms Cox |  | 1933  | 1938
| 47  | Andrew Allen |  | 1938  | 1944
| 48  | Donald Cameron |  | 1944  | 1950
| 49  | Len Wright |  | 1950  | 1959
| 50  | Stuart Sidey |  | 1959  | 1965
| 51  | Russell Calvert |  | 1965  | 1968
| 52  | Jim Barnes |  | 1968  | 1977
| 53  | Cliff Skeggs |  | 1977  | 1989
| 54  | Richard Walls |  | 1989  | 1995
| 55  | Sukhi Turner |  | 1995  | 2004
| 56  | Peter Chin |  | 2004  | 2010
| 57  | Dave Cull |  | 2010  | 2019
| 58  | Aaron Hawkins |  | 2019  | 2022
| 59  | Jules Radich |  | 2022  | present

## Notes

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1. ^ "Cr Cherry Lucas". www.dunedin.govt.nz. Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
2. ^ Edmunds, Susan (13 June 2024). "How much your local council gets paid". RNZ. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
3. ^ Department of Internal Affairs. "Councillors and Mayors". Local Councils. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
4. ^ "2007 Local Elections". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
5. ^ "DCC and Community board preliminary results". No. 8 October 2022. Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
6. ^ McDonald 1965, p. 415.
7. ^ "The Election of Mayor". Otago Daily Times. No. 1119\. 22 July 1865. p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
8. ^ Griffiths, George (September 2005). "Dunedin's 19th Century Mayors" (PDF). Friends of the Hocken Collections. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
9. ^ McDonald 1965, pp. 415f.
10. ^ a b McDonald 1965, p. 416.
11. ^ McDonald 1965, p. 417.
12. ^ for example on this plan consultation page on their website: Introduction | He kupu whakataki on DCC website, viewed 2022-11-03

## References

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* McDonald, Kenneth Cornwell (1965). City Of Dunedin : A Century of Civic Enterprise. Dunedin: Dunedin City Corporation.

## External links

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