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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

MORTIMER, Richard

O’BYRNE, Mary – Character Statement

AMORIN-WOODS, Deisy

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

APPS, Suzanne

CROCKETT, Stuart

RITCHIE, Teresa – Character Statement

STICKLAND, Graeme

South-East Ward

WHITBY, Blake

JENKINS, Michelle – Character Statement

O’NEILL, Rohan

South Ward

TOWNSAGER, Kirsty – Character Statement

D’ALONZO, Nicholas

RAFTIS, John

O’CONNOR, Liam

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

Call for Nominations – Local Government Ordinary Election 2023

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

Central Ward 1 Councillor 4 year term
North Ward 1 Councillor 4 year term
North-Central Ward 1 Councillor 4 year term
South Ward 1 Councillor 4 year term
South-East Ward 1 Councillor 4 year term
South-West Ward 1 Councillor 4 year term

Nominations open on Thursday 31 August 2023
Nominations close on Thursday 7 September 2023, 4.00pm
Nominations must be lodged with the Returning Officer:

  • at any time during the above period by arrangement; or
  • between 2.00pm and 4.00pm Thursday 7 September 2023 (close of nominations) at the City of Joondalup, 90 Boas Avenue, Joondalup.

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;
  • 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, 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.

Further information

Full details about eligibility and nomination procedures for prospective candidates can be obtained by contacting the Returning Officer, Michaela Miller or the Western Australian Electoral Commission on 13 63 06. Ms. Miller can be contacted on lgro_joondalup@elections.wa.gov.au or 0477 138 691.

Visit Step Up for Joondalup for more resources.