2023 Elections – Candidate Profiles
The nomination period to be a candidate in the 2023 October local government elections was between Thursday 31 August 2023 – Thursday 7 September 2023, 4.00pm.
All candidates below have made a successful nomination with the City’s Returning Officer. The listing of candidate profiles below is how the candidates will appear on the ballot paper for the election.
North Ward
O’BYRNE, Mary – Character Statement
HUTTON, Lewis – Character Statement
North-Central Ward
JONES, Nige – Character Statement
GOULD, Bettina – Character Statement
Central Ward
PIZZEY, Rebecca – Character Statement
ASTONE, Narciso – Character Statement
RITCHIE, Teresa – Character Statement
South-East Ward
JENKINS, Michelle – Character Statement
South Ward
TOWNSAGER, Kirsty – Character Statement
South-West Ward
VINCIULLO, Phillip – Character Statement
EDWARDES, Colin – Character Statement
Changes to the current wards
In accordance with the Local Government Act 1995, Council was required to undertake a review of its ward names, boundaries and councillor representation levels by 10 December 2021. The review considered current ward boundaries, the number of wards, current names of wards, and the number of Councillors to represent each ward.
As part of the community consultation, the City received 72 submissions that, in the main, supported the retention of the current six-ward structure, the retention of current Councillor representation levels per ward, and the retention of the current ward names. The new ward structure will, however, result in some suburbs moving to a different ward. View the New Ward Structure map.
The suburbs affected by the ward structure review are as follows:
- Iluka moves to North-Central Ward
- Mullaloo moves to Central Ward
- Kallaroo moves to South-West Ward
- Padbury moves to South Ward
- Warwick moves to South-East Ward