Dunedin City Council
The Dunedin City Council is the local government authority for Dunedin in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority elected to represent the 127,000 people of Dunedin.[1] Since October 2010, the Mayor of Dunedin is Dave Cull, who succeeded Peter Chin. The council consists of a mayor who is elected at large, and 14 councillors elected across three wards, one of whom gets chosen as deputy-mayor. The councillors are elected under the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system in triennial elections, with the most recent election held on 12 October 2013.
2013–2016
During the 2013–2016 term, the composition of the Council is as follows:[2]
Mayor | Dave Cull |
Councillors – Central Ward | Hilary Calvert Richard Thompson Lee Vandervis Jinty MacTavish David Benson-Pope Aaron Hawkins Chris Staynes Neville Peat Doug Hall John Bezett Andrew Whiley |
Councillors – Mosgiel-Taieri ward | Kate Wilson Mike Lord |
Councillor – Waikouaiti Coast-Chalmers ward | Andrew Noone |
2010–2013
During the 2010–2013 term, the composition of the Council was as follows:
Mayor | Dave Cull |
Councillors – Central Ward | Bill Acklin John Bezett Fliss Butcher Neil Collins Paul Hudson Jinty MacTavish Chris Staynes Teresa Stevenson Richard Thompson Lee Vandervis Colin Weatherall |
Councillors – Mosgiel-Taieri ward | Syd Brown Kate Wilson |
Councillor – Waikouaiti Coast-Chalmers ward | Andrew Noone |
References
- ↑ "Subnational Population Estimates: At 30 June 2016 (provisional)". Statistics New Zealand. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016. For urban areas, "Subnational population estimates (UA, AU), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996, 2001, 2006-16 (2017 boundary)". Statistics New Zealand. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ↑ "Dunedin City Council Final Results". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
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