Council Elections

The last Local Government Election was held on Saturday 14 September 2024.

On 18 May 2022 Council resolved to engage the NSW Electoral Commissioner to administer any elections, polls or referenda for Council at the 2024 Local Government Elections. 

More information can be found on the NSW Electoral Commission Website.  The Office of Local Government also has a range of information on the 2024 Local Government Elections. 

Countback Election

Council has notified the NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC) of the 16 October resignation of Councillor Jess Jennings.

The NSWEC has advised Council that the countback election will be held at 10am Tuesday 26 November 2024. More information on the election can be found here

Candidates for the election are (in alphabetical order)

  • BALCOMB Anne
  • CRISP Gordon
  • DRIVER Stuart
  • FAGAN Timothy
  • FRY Geoff
  • PACKHAM Nick
  • PEARSON Ingrid
  • PEARSON Stuart
  • SEWELL Sharon

Nicholas Packham was declared elected by the Returning Officer on Tuesday 26 November 2024.

Declaration of Councillor - Bathurst(PDF, 435KB)
Result Notification - Bathurst(PDF, 152KB)

The result and distribution of preferences are available on the NSW Electoral Commission website.

The countback election will be run using the existing ballot papers from September’s election. The preferences given to vacating councillor Jess Jennings will now be allocated to the candidate with the next highest preference on that ballot paper.

General Manager David Sherley confirmed the vacancy will be filled as swiftly as possible and has no impact on sitting councillors or the recent mayoral election.

A factsheet on countback elections can be downloaded from here or more detailed information can be found here. 
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