Mount Barker District Council South Ward Recount - 25 November 2025
The resignation of a Councillor for South Ward resulted in a casual vacancy for this position.
Section 6A of the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999 was applied to fill this vacancy. This section describes how casual vacancies must be filled in certain circumstances, including where the vacancy occurs within 12 months after the conclusion of a supplementary election. Unsuccessful candidates from a previous supplementary election are contacted, and a recount of the votes is conducted including those candidates who have confirmed that they are still willing and have been found to still be eligible to nominate for the position.
Two unsuccessful candidates in the supplementary election for Councillor for South Ward for the Mount Barker District Council that concluded 26 September 2025 were still willing and eligible. A recount of the votes was conducted with the following results:
First preference votes
First preference votes were distributed to the 2 eligible candidates, and ballot papers with no preference expressed for an eligible candidate were recorded as exhausted. Below are the first preference votes received by the candidates in the order they appeared on the ballot paper.
| Candidate | First preference votes |
|---|---|
| ATKINSON | 793 |
| KELLY | 1,061 |
| Newly Exhausted | 287 |
| TOTAL | 1,854 |
Results declaration
After the distribution of preferences, Darren KELLY obtained 1061 votes and was provisionally declared elected over quota at 2:40pm on Tuesday 25 November 2025.
To view the distribution of votes refer to the scrutiny sheet.
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| Registered parties standing candidates, historical both houses | (CSV, 2KB) – (PDF, 60KB) |
| Number of candidates by affiliation, both houses | (CSV, 2KB) – (PDF, 83KB) |
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Names of candidates by affiliation and gender, both houses |
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Elected members by gender, each house |
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| How-to-vote card breakdown by district, House of Assembly Historical how-to-vote card breakdown by type, House of Assembly Historical how-to-vote card breakdown by type, Legislative Council |
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Early votes issued by centre |
(CSV, 2KB) – (PDF, 7 KB) |
| House of Assembly results and statistics | |
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| House of Assembly ordinary, declaration and total ballot papers – formal and informal by district | (CSV, 5KB) – (PDF, 29KB) |
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House of Assembly first preference votes for each affiliation by district |
(CSV, 5KB) – (PDF, 132KB) (ZIP, 8MB) |
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House of Assembly two candidate preferred results by district |
(CSV, 1KB) – (PDF, 100KB) (ZIP, 6MB) |
| House of Assembly two party preferred results by district Historical House of Assembly two party preferred statewide |
(CSV, 4KB) – (PDF, 122KB) (CSV, 1KB) – (PDF, 100KB) |
| House of Assembly distribution of preferences by district | (ZIP, 6MB) |
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House of Assembly voting tickets lodged by candidates and district |
(CSV, 11KB) – (PDF, 160KB) (CSV, 1KB) – (PDF, 100KB) |
| House of Assembly informal ballot papers data Historical breakdown of House of Assembly informal ballot papers, 2014–2022 |
| Legislative Council results and statistics | |
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| Legislative Council grouped candidates, ballot paper order
Legislative Council ungrouped candidates, ballot paper order |
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Legislative Council order of election of members |
(CSV, 1KB) – (PDF, 106KB) (CSV, 3KB) – (PDF, 110KB) |
| Legislative Council first preference votes statewide by groups and candidates | (CSV, 4KB) – (XLS, 55KB) – (PDF, 205KB) |
| Legislative Council ballot paper summary by division | (CSV, 2KB) – (PDF, 115KB) |
| Legislative Council summary of first preference votes for each group/ungrouped candidate by division | (CSV, 46KB) – (PDF, 287KB) |
| Legislative Council first preference votes by division Legislative Council first preferences by polling place by division |
(ZIP, 9MB) (ZIP, 14MB) |
| Legislative Council distribution of preferences | (ZIP, 1.8MB) |
| Legislative Council informal ballot paper data | (CSV, 3KB) – (PDF,123KB) |
Mount Barker District Council - South Ward Councillor - 2 May 2023
The resignation of a serving councillor resulted in a South Ward councillor position being vacated.
Section 6A of the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999 was applied to fill this vacancy.
The candidates who were not elected in the November 2022 periodic elections were asked to confirm their willingness and eligibility to be elected to this vacancy. As 2 candidates were determined willing and eligible to be elected to the vacancy, a recount of the votes cast at the periodic elections was conducted.
First preference votes
First preference votes were distributed to the 2 eligible candidates, and ballot papers with no preference expressed for an eligible candidate were recorded as exhausted. Below are the first preference votes received by the candidates in the order they appeared on the ballot paper.
| Candidate | First preference votes |
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| VOOGT, Rowan Roy | 1,555 |
| HANKIN, Bill | 1,090 |
| Exhausted | 516 |
| TOTAL | 3,161 |
Distribution of preferences
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After the distribution of preferences, Rowan Roy VOOGT obtained 1,555 votes and was declared elected to the vacancy on 5 May 2023. |
Clare & Gilbert Valleys Council - Area Councillor - 12 April 2023
The resignation of a serving area councillor resulted in an area councillor position being vacated.
Section 6A of the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999 was applied to fill this vacancy.
The candidate who was not elected in the November 2022 periodic elections was asked to confirm their willingness and eligibility to be elected to this vacancy. It was determined the candidate was willing and eligible.
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Therefore, Owen PERRY was declared elected to the vacancy on 12 April 2023. |