2022 Otago Regional Council election

2022 Otago Regional Council election
8 October 2022
Council election
All 12 ward seats on the Otago Regional Council
Affiliation Seats Change
  Independents 11 Steady 0
  Green 1 Increase 1
  Labour 0 Decrease 1

The 2022 Otago Regional Council election was a local election held from 16 September to 8 October in the Otago region of New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected twelve regional councillors for the 2022–2025 term of the Otago Regional Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.

Key dates

Background

Campaign

Results

The first progress results indicated that there would be at least four new councillors but some progress results were close, within 1 vote, however the final count put Michael Laws 21 ahead.[1][2] Notable new councillors were a candidate representing the Greens (Alan Somerville) and a 21 year old non-binary councillor (Elliot Weir) [3]

Results of the 2022 Otago Regional Council triennial election:[4]

Dunedin constituency

No. Name Affiliation Votes Status
1 Gretchen Robertson – 17,401 Re-elected Green tickY
2 Bryan Scott Independent 15,172 Re-elected Green tickY
3 Andrew Noone – 15,106 Re-elected Green tickY
4 Elliot Weir – 12,517 Elected Green tickY
5 Alan Somerville Green Ōtepoti 11,235 Elected Green tickY
6 Tim Mepham – 11,114 Elected Green tickY
Richard Anderson – 9,559
Malcolm Budd – 8,917
Bill Southworth Labour 8,722
Ross Davies Climate - Buses - Water - Air 8,654
Geoff Lyell Independent 7,455
James Cockle Independent 6,401
Mathew Kiore – 6,175
Watson Pita – 5,115
Jenn Shulzitski (Slime) Slime the Nitrate Monster 3,367
Informal 354
Blank 4,085

Dunstan constituency

No. Name Affiliation Votes Status
1 Gary Kelliher – 9,885 Re-elected Green tickY
2 Alexa Forbes – 9,874 Re-elected Green tickY
3 Michael Laws – 9,517 Re-elected Green tickY
Tony Lepper – 9,496
Mike Barker – 6,283
Informal 102
Blank 1,439

Moeraki constituency

No. Name Affiliation Votes Status
1 Kevin Malcolm – Re-elected (Unopposed) Green tickY
Informal N/A
Blank N/A

Molyneux constituency

No. Name Affiliation Votes Status
1 Lloyd McCall – 8,487 Elected Green tickY
2 Kate Wilson – 6,763 Re-elected Green tickY
Carmen Felicity Hope (Nee Knowler) – 6,460 Defeated Red XN
Informal 123
Blank 2,025

Aftermath

The Council elected Gretchen Robertson (the highest polling candidate with 15 years experience) as the chair (7 to 5) and new councillor Lloyd McCall as deputy (7 to 5). The previous chair (Cr Noone) said he was no longer the best person for the role.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ ELT99ORC22_Results. "Otago Regional Council 2022 Triennial Elections PROGRESS RESULT". Electionz.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "ORC preliminary results". 8 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ^ Saunders, Cas (10 October 2022). "Fresh face wins the youth vote". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Declaration of Result - 2022 Triennial Elections - Otago Regional Council" (PDF). Otago Regional Council. 14 October 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Robertson elected the new ORC chair (". Otago Daily Times. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
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