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Wudinna District Council - Area Councillor - 6 May 2021

Area Councillor (1 vacancy)
Due to the resignation of a member of the Council, a supplementary election was held to fill the vacancy of Area Councillor for Wudinna District Council.
Timetable
The key dates for this supplementary election were:
Roll close 5pm, Wednesday 31 March 2021
Opening of nominations Thursday 22 April 2021 
Nominations close 12 noon, Thursday 6 May 2021
Close of roll
The voters roll for this supplementary election closed at 5pm, Wednesday 31 March 2021.
Nominations received

At the close of nominations at 12 noon on Thursday 6 May 2021, a total of one nomination was received and accepted for the supplementary election:

Matthew William COOK 

Elected unopposed
Matthew William COOK was elected unopposed as the only nominated candidate for the position of Area Councillor for Wudinna District Council. No ballot was necessary.

Mimili - 13 November 2019

Mimili

Electorate of Mimili

Executive board member (1 female vacancy)
Following the close of nominations only one eligible nomination was received and an election was not required.

One female candidate stood in the election:

Julieanne Campbell

The following are the results for this election.

Elected unopposed:  Julieanne CampbellJulieanne Photo.jpg

 

District Council of Coober Pedy - Conduct of polls

ECSA conducted polls on behalf of the District Council of Coober Pedy regarding the continuation of the period of administration, the sale of Council's electricity and water assets, and the setting of municipal rate levels. 

Voting closed at 12 noon, Monday 21 October 2019. The following are final declared results for these polls.

Participation Summary
Enrolment: 985
Envelopes returned: 350 (35.53% of the total enrolment)
Envelopes rejected: 7
Envelopes accepted: 343
Results
Question 1: Do you support the Council conducting a poll of electors on every occasion when it proposes to increase municipal rates by more than CPI?
Number in favour: 255 (74.78%)
Number opposed:  86 (25.22%)
Informal:  0 (0%)
Total ballot papers: 341
Ballot paper not returned in envelope: 2 (0.59%)
Question 2: Do you support the Council selling its electricity assets and business to the State Government should it be financially sensible to do so?
Number in favour: 175 (51.17%)
Number opposed:  167 (48.83%)
Informal:  0 (0%)
Total ballot papers: 342
Ballot paper not returned in envelope: 1 (0.29%)
Question 3: Do you support the Council selling its water assets and business to the State Government should it be financially sensible to do so?
Number in favour: 183 (53.35%)
Number opposed: 160 (46.65%)
Informal:  0 (0%)
Total ballot papers: 343
Ballot paper not returned in envelope: 0 (0%)
Question 4: Do you support the term of administration of the Council being continued until the next scheduled general election for the Council in November 2022?
Number in favour: 240 (70.38%)
Number opposed: 100 (29.33%)
Informal: 1 (0.29%)
Total ballot papers: 341
Ballot paper not returned in envelope: 2 (0.59%)

South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Board 2020

Elections for the South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Board (the Board) are held every four years. The Board has one member for each of the following electoral zones - Central Electoral Zone, Northern Electoral Zone and Southern Electoral Zone.

The most recent elections were held in July 2020. The outcome of the elections were:

Central Electoral Zone

  •  Brett McLaren (elected unopposed)

Northern Electoral Zone

  • Miles Weston Hannemann (elected unopposed)

Southern Electoral Zone 

  • John James Mullins (elected through postal ballot)

Timetable

Event Date
Roll close 5pm, Monday 1 June 2020
Opening of nominations Monday 1 June 2020
Nominations close 12 noon, Monday 22 June 2020
Dispatch of ballot material to electors From Monday 29 June 2020
Close of voting  10am, Monday 27 July 2020
Scrutiny and Count Tuesday 28 July 2020 

Candidates

At the close of nominations at 12 noon on Monday 22 June 2020, the following nominations were received and accepted:

Central Electoral Zone

  • Brett Nicholas McLaren

Northern Electoral Zone

  • Miles Weston Hannemann

Southern Electoral Zone 

  • Bruce McLean
  • John James Mullins

With a single nomination accepted for the single vacancy for the Northern Electoral Zone and a single nomination accepted for the single vacancy for the for the Central Electoral Zone, these candidates were elected unopposed (no election required).

With two nominations accepted for the single vacancy for the Southern Electoral Zone, an election was required.

Election results for Southern Electoral Zone

Count Summary
Enrolled voters: 1907
Envelopes returned: 540
Envelopes accepted: 503
Envelopes  rejected: 30
Ballot papers not returned in envelope: 7
Voter participation: 540 (28.32% of the total enrolment)
Formal votes: 502
Informal votes: 1 
Absolute majortiy: 252
First preference votes
Below are the first preference votes received by the candidates in the order they appeared on the ballot paper. Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.
Candidate First pref. votes Percentage 
McLEAN, Bruce 221  44.02%
MULLINS, John James 281  55.98%
Distribution of preferences
As John James Mullins obtained an absolute majority, he has been declared elected.

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