2017 Port Macquarie-Hastings mayoral by-election

The 2017 Port Macquarie-Hastings mayoral by-election was held on 29 July 2017 to elect a new mayor of Port Macquarie-Hastings, a local government area in New South Wales, Australia.

2017 Port Macquarie-Hastings mayoral by-election

29 July 2017

First party Second party Third party   IND IND IND Candidate Peta Pinson Robert Turner Lisa Intemann Party Independent Independent Independent Popular vote 17,590 14,313 10,491 Percentage 36.07% 29.35% 21.51% 2CP 51.07% 48.93%

Mayor before election Peter Besseling Independent Subsequent Mayor Peta Pinson Independent

The by-election was held following the resignation of mayor Peter Besseling, who resigned on 8 May 2017 just months after being re-elected at the 2016 election.

Peta Pinson was elected mayor with 51.07% of the vote after preferences.

Results

2017 Port Macquarie-Hastings mayoral by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peta Pinson	17,590	36.07
	Independent	Robert Turner	14,313	29.35
	Independent	Lisa Intemann	10,491	21.51
	Independent	Sharon Griffiths	3,463	7.10
	Greens	Lauren Edwards	2,914	5.97
Total formal votes			48,771	95.83
Informal votes			2,124	4.17
Turnout			50,895
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Peta Pinson	20,823	51.07
	Independent	Robert Turner	19,950	48.93
	Independent hold		Swing