2023 Local Government Elections
4 Vacancies, 4 year term
Councillors with expired terms eligible for re-election: Councillors Haywood, Butt, Van Gelderen and Wilkes
| Public Notices |
Published to website |
| Notice of Results - Electoral Commission |
28/09/2023 |
| Result of the Elections [view] |
07/09/2023 |
| Call for Nominations [view] |
22/08/2023 |
| Council Elections & Candidate Information Session [view] |
21/08/2023 |
| Close of Enrolments - Notice Board [view] |
08/08/2023 |
| Enrol to Vote [view] |
04/07/2023 |
Nominations
| Candidate Nomination |
Nomination received |
Nomination Form & Profile |
| BUTT, Casey |
7 September 2023 |
See here |
| HAYWOOD, Barry |
7 September 2023 |
See here |
| VAN GELDEREN, Roland |
7 September 2023 |
See here |
| WILKES, Brendon |
7 September 2023 |
See here |
2021 Local Government Elections
3 Vacancies, 4 year term
Councillors with expired terms eligible for re-election: Councillors Barratt, Chester and Sheen.
Nominations
| Candidate Nomination |
Nomination received |
Nomination Form & Profile |
| BARRATT, Christine |
7 September 2021 |
See here |
| CHESTER, Julie |
7 September 2021 |
See here |
| CHESTER, Graham |
9 September 2021 |
See here |
| ASHTON, Mark |
9 September 2021 |
See here |
Election results
The 2021 Local Government Election for the Shire of Goomalling was held on the 16th October 2021 as a voting in person election. Early voting was in place for about a month prior to the date and electors could also place their votes on the day.
65 people took the opportunity to vote early with a further 68 cast on the day and one absent vote was received. There was a total of 681 voters who were eligible to vote with only 134 actually taking the opportunity to do so, which is only 19.67% of the electorate. This is an extremely low turnout as at the previous election 30.6% of electors voted which was considered low at the time.
The result of the election was as follows;
|
Candidate
|
Total Votes
|
Result
|
|
CHESTER, Julie
|
121
|
Elected term expires 18 October 2025 |
|
ASHTON, Mark
|
111
|
Elected term expires 18 October 2025 |
|
BARRATT, Christine
|
93
|
Elected term expires 18 October 2025
|
|
CHESTER, Graham
|
71
|
|
Congratulations to our three new councillors and commiserations to Graham, it was a very close result with a worthy field of candidates.
Councillors will be sworn in at the October Council meeting and the election of a President and Deputy President will also take place. Our thanks to Rod Sheen for his many years of service to the Shire and we wish him well in his semi-retirement from Council duties.
PETER BENTLEY
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER