The 2016 Tweed Shire Council election was held on 29 October 2016 to elect seven councillors to the Tweed Shire, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia.[1][2]
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The election was scheduled to be held a month earlier on 10 September 2016 as part of the statewide local elections, however it was postponed following the death of No High-Rise candidate Ken "Stents" Nicholson, aged 88. Nicholson died on 19 August 2016, after suffering a heart attack and fall.[3]
76 candidates in 15 groups (as well as four ungrouped candidates) contested the election.[4]
Timeline
edit- 19 August: Ken Nicholson dies in hospital
- 20 August: Election scheduled for 10 September postponed
- 31 August: New election date of 29 October announced
- 19 September: Candidate nominations open
- 28 September: Candidate nominations close
- 29 October: Election held
Results
edit| Elected councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Katie Milne | Greens | |
| Warren Polglase | Independent (Group A) | |
| Pryce Allsop | Independent (Group H) | |
| James Owen | Liberal | |
| Reece Byrnes | Country Labor | |
| Chris Cherry | Independent (Group B) | |
| Ron Cooper | No High-Rise | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent (Group A) | 7,336 | 15.45 | |||
| Greens | 7,279 | 15.33 | |||
| Liberal | 5,525 | 11.63 | |||
| Independent (Group H) | 5,053 | 10.64 | |||
| Country Labor | 4,970 | 10.46 | |||
| Independent (Group B) | 2,821 | 5.94 | |||
| No High-Rise | 2,028 | 4.27 | |||
| Independent (Group I) | 1,956 | 4.21 | |||
| Independent (Group K) | 1,690 | 3.56 | |||
| Independent (Group C) | 1,551 | 3.27 | |||
| Dot Holdom Group | 1,524 | 3.21 | |||
| Carolyn Byrne Group | 1,369 | 2.88 | |||
| Independent (Group E) | 1,364 | 2.87 | |||
| Independent (Group O) | 1,159 | 2.44 | |||
| Independent (Group J) | 1,158 | 2.44 | |||
| Independent | Dion Andrews | 466 | 0.98 | ||
| Independent | Suzy Hudson | 106 | 0.22 | ||
| Independent | Mathuranath Das | 73 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | James McKenzie | 69 | 0.15 | ||
| Total formal votes | 47,497 | 93.17 | |||
| Informal votes | 3,482 | 6.83 | |||
| Turnout | 50,979 | ||||
References
edit- ^ Anthony, Bob. "New Tweed election date opens door for more potential candidates". Gold Coast Bulletin.
- ^ "Millions vote in New South Wales local government elections but merged councils wait". ABC News.
- ^ "Tweed council poll in limbo after death of candidate". The Echo.
- ^ "76 candidates to contest Tweed Shire Election on 29 October". Tweed Shire Council.
- ^ "Tweed Shire Council - First Preferences Group and Candidate by Aggregated Vote Type Report". New South Wales Electoral Commission.