Nominations close for city and borough council elections

September 24, 2020 BY James Taylor

Nominations for the City of Greater Geelong council election have now closed.

NOMINATIONS have closed for the City of Greater Geelong and Borough of Queenscliffe council elections, and a large field of candidates have thrown their hat in the ring.
Candidates had until noon on Tuesday this week to formally declare their intentions to run with the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC).
According to the VEC website as of Tuesday afternoon, there are 10 candidates for the three-seat Bellarine Ward covering the Bellarine Peninsula. Nominations close for city and borough council elections. In ballot order, they are:

Tom O’Connor
Elsie Wilkinson
Stephanie Asher
Trent Sullivan
Naomi Adams
Jim Mason
Michael Fairweather
Cory Wolverton
Tom Harrison
Stephen Simmonds.

In Kardinia Ward, covering southern Geelong, the field is even larger, with 12 candidates competing for the three seats. In ballot order, they are:

Jack Williams
Ron Nelson
Andy Richards
Pat Murnane
Atamjit Singh
Belinda Moloney
Anthony Hamilton-Smith
Bruce Harwood
Andrew Alexander
Mark Brunge
Jen Gamble
Michael Stangel.

The Borough of Queenscliffe, which has no wards, has produced a field of 11 candidates competing for five seats. In ballot order, they are:

Susan Salter
Isabelle Tolhurst
Michael Grout
Robert Minty
Jacqui Pierce
Ross Ebbels
Geoffrey Mathews
Donnie Grigau
Fleur Hewitt
Amanda Hoysted
Zelda Walters.

For more information, head to vec.vic.gov.au/voting/2020-local-council-election/elections.