title: 1947 Dunedin mayoral election
text: # 1947 Dunedin mayoral election
  
  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.
  
  ## Mayoral results
  
  1947 Dunedin mayoral election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Citizens' | Donald Cameron | 22,151 | 68.53 | +17.79 |
  | | Labour | Ernest Frederick Jones | 10,049 | 31.08 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 123 | 0.38 | -0.33 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,102 | 37.44 | +35.24 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,323 | 65.11 | -5.05 |
  
  ## Council results
  
  1947 Dunedin local election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Citizens' | Eric Anderson | 17,412 | 53.86 | |
  | Citizens' | Len Wright | 17,404 | 53.84 | +6.19 |
  | Citizens' | Robert Forsyth-Barr | 16,974 | 52.51 | +4.35 |
  | Citizens' | Charlie Hayward | 16,901 | 52.28 | +5.34 |
  | Citizens' | William Taverner | 16,805 | 51.99 | +4.80 |
  | Citizens' | David Charles Jolly | 16,785 | 51.92 | +9.91 |
  | Citizens' | Norman Douglas Anderson | 16,751 | 51.82 | |
  | Citizens' | Jim Barnes | 16,665 | 51.55 | |
  | Citizens' | Leonard James Tobin Ireland | 16,503 | 51.05 | +3.17 |
  | Citizens' | Stuart Sidey | 16,305 | 50.44 | |
  | Citizens' | William Stewart Armitage | 16,159 | 49.99 | +2.75 |
  | Citizens' | Edmund J. Smith | 15,680 | 48.51 | +1.64 |
  | Labour | Phil Connolly | 15,674 | 48.49 | -2.92 |
  | Labour | Gervan McMillan | 15,361 | 47.52 | -2.31 |
  | Labour | Robert Walls | 14,719 | 45.53 | -8.60 |
  | Labour | Wally Hudson | 14,606 | 45.18 | -1.92 |
  | Labour | Michael Connelly | 14,566 | 45.06 | -2.05 |
  | Labour | Meynell Blain | 14,227 | 44.01 | -5.19 |
  | Labour | Ethel McMillan | 13,722 | 42.45 | |
  | Labour | David Copland | 13,114 | 40.57 | |
  | Labour | William Robert Clarke | 12,931 | 40.00 | -4.59 |
  | Labour | Richard Lindsay Cotton | 12,597 | 38.97 | |
  | Labour | Edwin Carradine Stanton | 12,523 | 38.74 | |
  | Labour | William Benedict Richards | 11,594 | 35.86 | -7.83 |
  | Independent | Robert Bell Middlemiss | 2,499 | 7.73 | -3.91 |
  | Communist | Samuel Ikin | 1,743 | 5.39 | |
  