Councillor (1 vacancy)
Due to the passing of a member of the Council, a supplementary election was held to fill the vacancy for Councillor for Gum Flat Ward.
Timetable
The key dates for this supplementary election were:
Roll close 5pm, Tuesday 30 June 2020
Opening of nominations Thursday 23 July 2020
Nominations close 12 noon, Thursday 6 August 2020
Dispatch of ballot material to electors Tuesday 18 August 2020 to Monday 24 August 2020
Close of voting (Polling Day) 12 noon, Monday 7 September 2020
Scrutiny and count From 1.30pm, Wednesday 9 September 2020
Map
Click to view a map of Yorke Peninsula Council Gum Flat Ward
Ballot Paper Draw

The draw for ballot paper order for the City of Onkaparinga Mid Coast Ward was live streamed at 4pm on Thursday Thursday 6 August 2020.

A recording of the ballot paper draw is available on ECSA’s YouTube channel.

Candidates

At the close of nominations at 12 noon on Thursday 6 August 2020, a total of seven nominations were received and accepted for the supplementary election. In accordance with the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999, a draw was held after the close of nominations to determine the order in which names of candidates would appear on the ballot paper and the result of the draw was as follows:

GUNNING, Richard
CLERKE, Trevor Noel
BROWN, Stephen Keith
HIGGINS, Brian
LAMBERT, Vivienne
HEADON, Alan John
MURDOCK, Michael John

Profiles of each of these candidates are available by clicking their names above.

Daily returns

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Count Summary
Enrolled voters: 2522
Envelopes returned: 1204
Envelopes accepted: 1186
Envelopes rejected: 18
Ballot papers not returned in envelope: 0
Voter participation: 1204 (47.74% of the total enrolment)
Formal votes: 1184
Informal votes: 2
Quota: 593
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.

CandidateFirst preference votesPercentage
GUNNING, Richard 96  8.11%
CLERKE, Trevor Noel 179  15.12%
BROWN, Stephen Keith 63  5.32%
HIGGINS, Brian 156  13.18%
LAMBERT, Vivienne 174  14.70%
HEADON, Alan John 34  2.87%
MURDOCK, Michael John 482  40.17%
Distribution of preferences

After the distribution of preferences Michael John MURDOCK obtained quota and was elected.

To view the distribution of votes refer to the Yorke Peninsula - Gum Flat Ward (FINAL) - 9 Sept 2020 (XLS 88 KB)

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