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2022 Elections
The 2022 election was held on 8 October 2022.
Local elections are held every three years by postal vote.
2019 residents and other ratepayers in Otago had the chance to vote for 12 councillors elected from four constituencies based on area using the First Past the Post (FPP) system.
These constituencies are Dunedin (six councillors), Dunstan (three councillors), Molyneux (two councillors) and Moeraki (one councillor).
This result includes all ordinary and special ballots cast through the close of voting at noon, 8 October 2022.
The 2022-2025 Councillors for the Otago Regional Council are:
Dunedin Constituency:Â Gretchen Robertson, Bryan Scott, Andrew Noone, Elliot Weir, Alan Somerville, and Tim Mepham
Dunstan Constituency:Â Â Gary Kelliher, Alexa Forbes, and Michael Laws
Moeraki Constituency:Â Kevin Malcolm
Molyneux Constituency:Â Lloyd McCall and Kate Wilson
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Dunstan Regional Constituency (3 vacancies) |
Votes Received |
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KELLIHER, Gary |
9,885 |
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FORBES, Alexa |
9,874 |
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LAWS, Michael |
9,517 |
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LEPPER, Tony |
9,496 |
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BARKER, Mike |
6,283 |
|
INFORMAL |
102 |
|
BLANK VOTING PAPERS |
1,439 |
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Alexa FORBES, Gary KELLIHER and Michael LAWS are declared elected. |
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Molyneux Regional Constituency (2 vacancies) |
Votes Received |
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MCCALL, Lloyd |
8,487 |
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WILSON, Kate |
6,763 |
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HOPE (NEE KNOWLER), Carmen Felicity |
6,460 |
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INFORMAL |
123 |
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BLANK VOTING PAPERS |
2,025 |
|
Lloyd MCCALL and Kate WILSON are declared elected. |
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Dunedin Regional Constituency (6 vacancies) |
Votes Received |
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ROBERTSON, Gretchen |
17,401 |
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SCOTT, Bryan Independent |
15,172 |
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NOONE, Andrew |
15,106 |
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WEIR, Elliot |
12,517 |
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SOMERVILLE, Alan Green Ötepoti |
11,235 |
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MEPHAM, Tim |
11,114 |
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ANDERSON, Richard |
9,559 |
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BUDD, Malcolm |
8,917 |
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SOUTHWORTH, Bill Labour |
8,722 |
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DAVIES, Ross Climate - Buses - Water - Air |
8,654 |
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LYELL, Geoff Independent |
7,455 |
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COCKLE, James Independent |
6,401 |
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KIORE, Mathew |
6,175 |
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PITA, Watson |
5,115 |
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SHULZITSKI, Jenn (Slime) Slime the Nitrate Monster |
3,367 |
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INFORMAL |
354 |
|
BLANK VOTING PAPERS |
4,085 |
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Tim MEPHAM, Andrew NOONE, Gretchen ROBERTSON, Bryan SCOTT, Alan SOMERVILLE and Elliot WEIR are declared elected.
An election was not required for the following position. Moeraki Constituency (1 vacancy)
As the number of nominations received did not exceed the number of vacancies, Kevin MALCOLM is declared elected.
Anthony Morton Electoral Officer
Otago Regional Council 14 October 2022
- All candidates in elections held under the provisions of the Local Electoral Act 2001 must file a return of all electoral donations and expenses. If no donations were received or expenses incurred, a Nil return must be made.
- All candidates are required to keep proper records of donations received and expenses paid for election work. These do not have to be filed with this return but must be available to support enquiries about the return if required.
- Donations can be monetary or physical goods or services supplied or a combination thereof.
- Donations to a candidate of labour only or donations of goods and services that have a fair market value of $300 or less do not have to be declared - see S103A of the LEA 2001.
- Candidates must declare donations from each contributor that exceed $1500 in value. Where a contributor has made donations in instalments that sum to more than $1500 in value, each contributing donation needs to be listed in Section A2 and the aggregated sum shown.
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October 2022
Anthony Morton - Electoral Officer
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The final result for the Otago Regional Council elections held on Saturday 8th October 2022.
July 2022
Dr Pim Borren - Interim Chief Executive
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Our pre-election report is an overview of the Council’s work, finances and some of the challenges we face, to help inform your decision.
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