FOUR more candidates have nominated as King Island Council candidates. A new nomination period was opened for the one unfilled position, which closed at midday on Monday and four candidates nominated for the one unfilled position.
As only eight candidates had nominated for nine positions on the council by noon on September 19, those candidates were declared elected. The four new candidates are Anna Hely, Stefan Hollander, Stefan Philip Noble, and Caelan Pretorius.
The incoming council are experienced councillors and one new face – Marcus Blackie. Vernon Philbey, Duncan McFie, Ian Allan, Sarina Laidler, Gina Green, Ira Cooke and David Bowden were automatically re-elected.
The position of Mayor will be contested by Ian Allan and Marcus Blackie and the Deputy Mayor position by Vernon Philbey, Duncan McFie and Sarina Laidler.
Deputy Electoral Commissioner Ngaire Edwards and TEC website issued the early nominations announcement due to insufficient candidate nominations. If there had been only one nomination for the one seat, then that candidate would have been automatically elected. As more than one nomination was received for the vacant seat by the end of the extension period, this triggered the by-election for that seat.
For the first time in Tasmanian history voting in next month’s postal poll will be compulsory.
All 29 Tasmanian councils are facing election with more than 500 individual candidates nominated for the 263 councillor positions available. When mayoral and deputy mayoral positions are included, the Tasmanian Electoral Commission has received about 740 nominations.
Ballot material will be delivered to voters by post commencing Monday, October 3, 2022 and the polls will close at 2 pm on Tuesday October 25. Postal ballot packs will be delivered to electors in the week commencing October 3