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2023 Election Notices

Notice of Results

Results of Election - Shire President

Results of Election - Urban Ward

Election Notice

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINARY POSTAL ELECTION
ELECTION NOTICE
Shire of Manjimup
(Local Government Act 1995, s4.64)

The Shire of Manjimup is holding an election by postal vote on Saturday, 21 October 2023 to fill vacancies in the offices of President and Councillors as listed below:

District

1

President

BUEGGE, Donelle

DE CAMPO, Wade

Urban Ward

2

Councillors

DANIELS, Paul

MIOLIN, Steve

DARIN, Jayde

KARAMFILES, Sam

GUNSON, Ken

MILES, Suzanne

TAYLOR, Robert

DE CAMPO, Wade

Election Packages will be sent to all electors on the local government electoral roll where there is an election in their electorate.

You may hand deliver your postal voting papers, or obtain a replacement package (if the package is not received, or should any papers be missing), during business hours before election day from the following location(s):

Shire of Manjimup, 37/39 Rose Street, MANJIMUP

Post your vote early. Completed postal voting packages must reach the Returning Officer by 6.00pm on election day, Saturday, 21 October 2023.

You may hand deliver your postal voting papers to an electoral officer, or obtain a replacement package (if the package is not received, or should any papers be missing), between 8.00am and 6.00pm on election day at the following location(s):

Chief Polling Place:

Shire of Manjimup Town Hall, 37/39 Rose Street, MANJIMUP

The count of votes will commence after 6.00pm at the Shire of Manjimup Town Hall, 37/39 Rose Street, MANJIMUP.

Electronic Counting Place

30 Beaufort Street, Northbridge may be used as an electronic counting place.

ROBERT KENNEDY
ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER
13 63 06

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Call for Nominations (closed)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINARY ELECTION
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Shire of Manjimup

An Ordinary Postal Election will be held on Saturday, 21 October 2023 in the Shire of Manjimup to fill the following vacancies:

District 1 President 4 year term Urban Ward 2 Councillors 4 year terms

Nominations Open on Thursday, 31 August 2023

Nominations Close at 4:00pm Thursday, 7 September 2023

Nominations must be lodged with the Returning Officer:

at any time during the above period by arrangement; orbetween 2:00pm and 4:00pm Thursday, 7 September 2023 (close of nominations) at the Shire of Manjimup, 37/39 Rose St, MANJIMUP.

Nominations Requirements
Candidates are required to lodge with the Returning Officer:

a completed nomination in the prescribed form, signed and witnessed. This form is available from the Returning Officer or the Western Australian Electoral Commission (www.elections.wa.gov.au);a single A4 page profile of not more than 1,000 characters (including spaces) containing information about the candidate;a nomination deposit of $100 (cash, EFT, bank cheque or postal order); a recent passport-sized photograph (optional);every candidate must have completed the online course titled Local Government Candidate Induction, available at www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au, prior to nominating; and(optional) in addition to your A4 profile, you may provide additional information that you consider to be relevant to your candidature. This written statement must be not more than 2,000 characters (including spaces), must be in the English language and is for publication on the local government’s official website.

The Commission has developed an online system called Nomination Builder to assist candidates to complete their nomination form which includes the candidate profile. This is the preferred method of completing the nomination form and profile for elections conducted by the Commission. Candidates complete their nomination details and profile, print the completed form which has a reference number allocated and lodge it with the Returning Officer. The nomination builder can be accessed via www.elections.wa.gov.au.

You cannot use Nomination Builder to prepare the additional information.

Where an agent lodges a nomination on a candidate’s behalf, it must be in the prescribed form with a written authorisation signed by the candidate.

The documents may be hand delivered or posted to the Returning Officer and must be received by the close of nominations.

Information
Full details about eligibility and nomination procedures for prospective candidates can be obtained by contacting the Returning Officer, Natalie CALLAGHAN on 0475 058 486 or the Western Australian Electoral Commission on 13 63 06.

ROBERT KENNEDY
ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER

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Close of Enrolments (closed)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINARY ELECTION
CLOSE OF ENROLMENTS
Shire of Manjimup
ROLL CLOSE: 5:00 PM Friday, 25 August 2023

You may be eligible to be enrolled to vote in the local government elections on 21 October 2023 if you live in or are an owner or occupier of rateable property in the Shire of Manjimup.

Residents
You are automatically enrolled to vote if you are on the State Electoral Roll as at 5:00 PM Friday, 25 August 2023. If you are not already on the State Electoral Roll and meet the eligibility criteria, or if you have changed address recently, you must complete an enrolment form.

Enrolment Forms
You can enrol or update your details online, or download an enrolment form, via the Western Australian Electoral Commission website (www.elections.wa.gov.au/enrol). Forms are also available from the Australian Electoral Commission (www.aec.gov.au). Enrolments and updates must be completed and received by 5:00 PM Friday, 25 August 2023.

Non-Resident Owners and Occupiers
If you are a non-resident owner or occupier of rateable property in the Shire of Manjimup and are on the State or Commonwealth Electoral Roll, you are eligible to enrol to vote. If you are not on the State or Commonwealth Electoral Roll and own or occupy rateable property in the Shire of Manjimup you may be eligible to enrol to vote. This applies if you were on the last electoral roll for the Shire of Manjimup prior to May 1996 and have owned or occupied rateable property in the district continuously since this time. Please contact your local government for details. Owners of land who were on the last Local Government roll continue to retain that status until they cease to own the rateable property to which the enrolment relates. Occupiers do not have continuous enrolment and should contact the Shire of Manjimup to confirm their enrolment status. To be eligible to enrol as an occupier, you will need to have a right of continuous occupation under a lease, tenancy agreement or other legal instrument for at least the next three months following the date of the application to enrol.

Joint Owners and Occupiers
If a rateable property is owned or occupied by more than two people, a majority of the owners/occupiers may nominate two persons from amongst themselves who are on either the State or Commonwealth Electoral Roll, to enrol as owner/occupier electors.

Corporations
A body corporate that owns or occupies rateable property may nominate two people who are on either the State or Commonwealth Electoral Roll to enrol as owner/occupier electors.

Enrolment Forms – Non-Resident Owners and Occupiers Only
Enrolment forms can be obtained from local governments and must be lodged with the Chief Executive Officer by 5:00 PM Friday, 25 August 2023. Further information can be obtained from the Shire of Manjimup.

ROBERT KENNEDY
ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER
13 63 06

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