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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]
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]
Elected councillor | Party | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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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]
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]
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 |