The Dunedin local elections, 2010 were part of the New Zealand local elections, 2010

New Zealand local elections, 2010

The 2010 New Zealand local elections were triennial elections to select local government officials and district health board members. All elections are conducted by postal ballot, with election day being Saturday 9 October 2010.Elected were:...

, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Dunedin

Dunedin

Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 elections are used to elect the Mayor of Dunedin

Mayor of Dunedin

The Mayor of Dunedin is the head of the municipal government of Dunedin, New Zealand, and presides over the Dunedin City Council. The Mayor is directly elected, using the Single Transferable Vote system in 2007....

 and to elect councilors to the Dunedin City Council

As per the Local Electoral Act 2001, all the elections occurred on Saturday 9 October 2010. Voting was carried out by postal ballot, using the Single Transferrable Vote system.

Mayor

The candidates for mayor included Peter Chin

Peter Chin

Peter Chin may refer to:* Peter Chin , mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand*Peter Chin Fah Kui, Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water, Malaysia; also the Member of Parliament for Miri, Sarawak...

, the incumbent who is running for a third consecutive term. His contenders included Dave Cull

Dave Cull

David Charles "Dave" Cull, QSO JP is the mayor of the city of Dunedin in New Zealand. He became the 57th Mayor of Dunedin in October 2010.-Early life and career before politics:...

 and Lee Vandervis

Lee Vandervis

Lee Vandervis is a local-body politician who was elected to the Dunedin City Council in the 2010 local elections. Vandervis also ran for mayor coming in third place.-References:***...

.

Councillors

In 2010 the ward system was changed with there now being just three wards in Dunedin. The Central Ward which would elect eleven councilors, Mosgiel Taieri Ward which would elect two and the Waikouaiti Coast-Chalmers Ward which would elect one.

Central ward

All eleven incumbent councillors sought re-election, while 28 other people sought election to the council.

Eight of the eleven councillors returned to the council as councillors, while councillor Dave Cull returned as mayor. Three new councillors were elected: Richard Thomson, Lee Vandervis, and Jinty MacTavish.

Candidate	Affiliation	First preference		Last Iteration
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Richard Thomson	Greater Dunedin	3741	11.28	3741.00
Lee Vandervis Lee Vandervis Lee Vandervis is a local-body politician who was elected to the Dunedin City Council in the 2010 local elections. Vandervis also ran for mayor coming in third place.-References:***...		3483	10.50	3483.00
Bill Acklin	Independent	2298	6.93	2722.61
Jinty MacTavish	Greater Dunedin	1117	3.37	2672.69
John Bezett	Independent	1893	5.71	2618.00
Chris Staynes	Greater Dunedin	1359	4.10	2721.21
Neil Collins		1911	5.76	2709.14
Teresa Stevenson	Independent	893	2.69	2575.58
Fliss Butcher	Independent	1269	3.83	2543.54
Paul Hudson	Independent	1261	3.80	2517.99
Colin Weatherall	Independent	1231	3.71	2514.92
Bev Butler	Independent	1221	3.68	2457.44
Aaron Hawkins	Independent	1067	3.22	2032.22
Chris Marlow	Independent	975	2.94	1779.70
Malcolm Dixon	Independent	1132	3.41	1548.74
Olivier Lequeux		746	2.25	1218.65
Lynn Tozer	Greater Dunedin	729	2.20	1155.94
Richard Walls Richard Walls Richard Francis Walls, QSO, JP was a New Zealand politician and businessman.-Member of Parliament :Walls was a Member of Parliament for Dunedin North from 1975 to 1978...		752	2.27	990.20
Shane Gallaghar	Greater Dunedin	670	2.02	970.98
Jono Clark	Community VISION	562	1.69	762.10
Jonathan Usher		530	1.60	704.07
Hendrik Koch	Community VISION	438	1.32	581.18
Samuel Mann	Greater Dunedin	363	1.09	480.77
Andrew Whiley	Independent	353	1.06	442.05
Michael Guest	Independent	370	1.12	430.75
Tracey Crampton Smith	Independent	337	1.02	382.74
Olive McRae	Independent	278	0.84	345.37
Lindsay Smith	Greater Dunedin	246	0.74	307.47
Steve O'Conner	Independent	230	0.69	259.41
Lloyd Wilson	Independent	184	0.55	211.64
Bob Gillanders		153	0.46	182.78
George Morrison	Independent	133	0.40	147.46
Andrew Eames	Community VISION	127	0.38	138.97
Randall Ratana	Independent	112	0.34	129.91
Martini Samson	Independent	112	0.34	120.17
Trevor Turner	Independent	82	0.25	97.41
Barry Simpson	Independent	73	0.22	(82.18)
Paul Douglas	Independent	78	0.24	(80.62)
Dave Cull Dave Cull David Charles "Dave" Cull, QSO JP is the mayor of the city of Dunedin in New Zealand. He became the 57th Mayor of Dunedin in October 2010.-Early life and career before politics:...	Greater Dunedin	0a	0.00	(0.00)
Informal votes		660	1.99	660.00

^a Dave Cull was already elected mayor, so his votes were immediately transferred to the elector's next preference.
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Mosgiel Taieri Ward

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Kate Wilson	Greater Dunedin	Incumbent
	Craig Watson
	Malcom Agnow
	Syd Brown		Deputy mayor
	Biran Miller
	Maurice Prendergast

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Waikouaiti Coast-Chalmers Ward

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Andrew Noone
	Geraldine Tait	Community Vision

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