# Mayor of Dunedin

The mayor of Dunedin is the head of the local government, the city council of Dunedin, New Zealand. The mayor's role is "to provide leadership to the other elected members of the territorial authority, be a leader in the community and perform civic duties". The mayor is directly elected, using the single transferable vote (STV) system from 2007. The current mayor is Jules Radich who was elected in 2022.
The mayor has always been elected at large, with the inaugural election in 1865. Up until 1915, the term of mayor was for one year only. From 1915 to 1935, the term was two years. Since the 1935 mayoral election, the term has been three years. The role of deputy mayor was established in 1917. The city council translates the office and title of mayor as Te Koromatua o Ōtepoti.

## List of mayors of Dunedin
### Key

Independent  Citizens' Association  Labour  Green  Greater Dunedin  Team Dunedin
| # | Name | Term of Office | Term of Office |
| 1 | William Mason | 1865 | 1867 |
| 2 | John Hyde Harris | 1867 | 1868 |
| 3 | Thomas Birch | 1868 | 1870 |
| 4 | Henry Fish | 1870 | 1873 |
| 5 | Andrew Mercer | 1873 | 1874 |
| 6 | Keith Ramsay | 1874 | 1875 |
| 7 | Henry John Walter | 1875 | 1876 |
| 8 | Charles Reeves | 1876 | 1877 |
| 9 | Richard Henry Leary | 1877 | 1878 |
| (7) | Henry John Walter | 1878 | 1879 |
| 10 | Archibald Hilson Ross | 1880 | 1881 |
| 11 | James Gore | 1881 | 1882 |
| 12 | John Bryce Thomson | 1882 | 1883 |
| 13 | William Parker Street | 1883 | 1884 |
| 14 | Arthur Scoullar | 1884 | 1885 |
| 15 | John Barnes | 1885 | 1886 |
| (9) | Richard Henry Leary | 1886 | 1887 |
| 16 | William Dawson | 1887 | 1888 |
| 17 | Hugh Gourley | 1888 | 1889 |
| 18 | John Roberts | 1889 | 1890 |
| 19 | John Carroll | 1890 | 1891 |
| 20 | Charles Robert Chapman | 1891 | 1892 |
| 21 | Charles Haynes | 1892 | 1893 |
| (4) | Henry Fish | 1893 | 1895 |
| 22 | Nathaniel Wales | 1895 | 1896 |
| (17) | Hugh Gourley | 1896 | 1897 |
| 23 | Edward Cargill | 1897 | 1898 |
| 24 | William Swan | 1898 | 1899 |
| 25 | Robert Chisholm | 1899 | 1901 |
| 26 | George Lyon Denniston | 1901 | 1902 |
| 27 | James Alexander Park | 1902 | 1903 |
| 28 | Thomas Scott | 1903 | 1904 |
| 29 | Thomas Reid Christie | 1904 | 1905 |
| 30 | Joseph Braithwaite | 1905 | 1906 |
| 31 | George Lawrence | 1906 | 1907 |
| 32 | John Loudon | 1907 | 1908 |
| 33 | John McDonald | 1908 | 1909 |
| 34 | James Hamlin Walker | 1909 | 1910 |
| 35 | Thomas Cole | 1910 | 1911 |
| 36 | William Burnett | 1911 | 1912 |
| 37 | John Wilson | 1912 | 1913 |
| 38 | William Downie Stewart Jr | 1913 | 1914 |
| 39 | John Shacklock | 1914 | 1915 |
| 40 | James Clark | 1915 | 1919 |
| 41 | William Begg | 1919 | 1921 |
| 42 | James Douglas | 1921 | 1923 |
| 43 | Harold Tapley | 1923 | 1927 |
| 44 | William Taverner | 1927 | 1929 |
| 45 | Robert Black | 1929 | 1933 |
| 46 | Edwin Thoms Cox | 1933 | 1938 |
| 47 | Andrew Allen | 1938 | 1944 |
| 48 | Donald Cameron | 1944 | 1950 |
| 49 | Len Wright | 1950 | 1959 |
| 50 | Stuart Sidey | 1959 | 1965 |
| 51 | Russell Calvert | 1965 | 1968 |
| 52 | Jim Barnes | 1968 | 1977 |
| 53 | Cliff Skeggs | 1977 | 1989 |
| 54 | Richard Walls | 1989 | 1995 |
| 55 | Sukhi Turner | 1995 | 2004 |
| 56 | Peter Chin | 2004 | 2010 |
| 57 | Dave Cull | 2010 | 2019 |
| 58 | Aaron Hawkins | 2019 | 2022 |
| 59 | Jules Radich | 2022 | present |