2008 will see local government elections on both sides of the NSW-Victoria border. Albury voters will have to choose nine new councillors by postal vote in September, and Wodonga voters will elect seven individuals in November.
A listing of the key election dates can be found here.
ALBURY – Candidates by Last Name
All the candidates I know about.
ANGUS, Robert
BETTERIDGE, Daryl
BRIERS, Louise
BRYAN, Kerry
CAMERON, Ewen
CAMERON, Sharonlee
CLUNE, Tim
COWIE, Mark
DAVIDOVIC, Michael
DONDERS, Gabrielle
DUNCAN-STRELEC, Amanda
EMMERY, John
FARRAH, Wayne
FIELDER, Alisha
FRAUENFELDER, Arthur – no longer running
GLACHAN, Alice
GOLDSWORTHY, Sue
GOULD, Patricia
GRANT, Gavin
GRENFELL, Brian
HARGREAVE, Hugh
HOGAN, Jeff
HOWELL, Richard
HULL, Neville
PORTER, Kevan
MITCHELL, Anne
MANNERING, Ordette
MARTIN, Chris
MATTHEWS, Michael
MATTHEWS, Nico
MILES, Darren
RYAN, Chris
SHANAHAN, Phil
SHEAHAN, Mary
SUMMERS, Lynda
TAYLOR, Craig
THIEL, David
VAN DE VEN, Henk
WAREHAM, Paul
ZAMIARA, Bernard
ALBURY – Candidates by Grouping
Candidates by grouping, either official or unofficial. Where that group is an official ticket, candidates are listed by order on the ticket.
Sitting Members
BAKER, Stuart (is not standing for re-election)
DUNCAN-STRELEC, Amanda
FRAUENFELDER, Arthur – no longer running
GLACHAN, Alice
GOULD, Patricia
PORTER, Kevan
MATTHEWS, Nico
VAN DE VEN, Henk
WAREHAM, Paul
ACRM
EMMERY, John (lead)
Glachan’s Ticket
GLACHAN, Alice
DONDERS, Gabrielle
FARRAH, Wayne
MITCHELL, Anne
MILES, Darren
DAVIDOVIC, Michael
Gould’s Ticket
GOULD, Patricia
ANGUS, Robert
GOLDSWORTHY, Sue
SHANAHAN, Phil
FIELDER, Alisha
Henk’s Ticket
VAN DE VEN, Henk
TAYLOR, Craig
HOGAN, Jeff
BRIERS, Louise
MARTIN, Chris
Hull – Summers Ticket
HULL, Neville
SUMMERS, Lynda
CAMERON, Ewen
HOWELL, Richard
MATTHEWS, Michael
LABOR – Official Ticket
RYAN, Chris (lead)
CLUNE, Tim
BRYAN, Kerry
SHEAHAN, Mary
THIEL, David
LABOR – Past or Present affiliation with
BRYAN, Kerry
CLUNE, Tim
RYAN, Chris (lead)
SHEAHAN, Mary
THIEL, David
MATTHEWS, Nico
Liberals – Past or Present affiliation with
FRAUENFELDER, Arthur (former lead) – no longer running
GLACHAN, Alice
WAREHAM, Paul
Late Night Traders Ticket
BETTERIDGE, Daryl (lead)
MATTHEWS, Nico
GRENFELL, Brian
GRANT, Gavin
ZAMIARA, Bernard
Wareham’s Ticket
WAREHAM, Paul
MANNERING, Ordette
HARGREAVE, Hugh
CAMERON, Sharonlee
COWIE, Mark
WODONGA – Candidates by last name
Do you know of someone planning to run for Wodonga Council in November? Drop us a tip in the comments.
WODONGA – Candidates by grouping
Do you know of anyone planning a ticket? You know the drill!
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Good God!! it’s not much of a horse race is it?
We have to pick NINE of these turkeys?
Lets see who else come out of the woodwork.
Kieren I think it’s spelled “Glachan”, also I did hear a whisper that Arthur Fraunfelder would be running on an independant ticket (I think he failed to secure the Liberal party endorsement).
Jack, there is no Liberal ticket, they decided that it was shooting themselves in the foot.
By running a candidate they lose credibility you mean? that’s never stopped them in the past.
here’s a hot tip Kieren, straight off the pages of today’s BM.
The ALP will be fielding five candidates, under the theme “working families, stronger communities”.
Thwe ticket will comprise Chris Ryan, Tim Clune, Kerry Bryan, Marie Sheahan and David Thiel.
So now we all know.
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Kieran, your guide is looking fantastic!!
I’d say you are shaping up to be the Anthony Green of Albury Wodonga.
Really a definitive guide, great content, well researched, can’t fault it.
I’m glad you like it. Now I need to dig more info on a couple of those Labor candidates, and work out who else might be running!
Daryl Bettridge, he runs a well known Dean Street Pizzaria, hopefully I’ll be able to get him to write a post about his proposed candidacy, his daughter Ashlee is a reader of AWOL.
You know, in this day & age I think it should be almost compulsory for council candidates to be part of a dedicated & interactive website where they can explain their views on issues and where voters can ask questions.
They could also debate the issues with other candidates. How else can voters decide?
Let’s face it, there are just no other real forums or media outlets that cater sufficiently for local govt elections.
Result’s and Analysis now available at Kieran’s Review.
Now that it’s all over (bar the shouting) you can find the NSW Electoral Commission’s official count here
Just like to mention I myself is running for the Wodonga Elections
I have joined the throng in standing for council so not sure if any “political” blogs are allowed by you guys, if they are you should get plenty as awol is a good forum. Pleased to see Kieran is a regular contributor. Smart young man that one. Here is a letter I submitted to the Border under the heading “Council In Training For Olympics”
It would appear that many of the current Wodonga Councilors are in training for the 2012 London Olympics, their preferred event? Gymnastics. They are doing so many backflips that we may find that not one of our council actually voted for the closure of the Stanley St pool, or the move to willow Park and then to Whitebox rise. No one will have voted to close the sale yards and move that to Nth Barnawartha and no one voted for the High St redevelopment. One of our councilors is currently visiting all of the shopkeepers on High St to assure them she never agreed with the redevelopment and that she will do all that she can to change the decision, another is assuring everyone he never did like the idea of employing a placemaker. What is next from our councilors? They will be assuring us that they are the only ones with the experience to lead our city forward through the current global crises and that we need to vote for experience and not take the risk of putting in a new, inexperienced council. I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that this experienced council has taken us to a 33 million dollar debt with commitments to several unaffordable, unsustainable projects with an approximate worth (read debt) of at least 60 million dollars. We can not afford to put this level of experience in control of our city for the next four years.
I am one of those inexperienced people standing for council but if elected I intend to draw upon the experience and knowledge of our new CEO and council officers. I will also listen to and draw on the knowledge and vision of the cities hard working user and community groups from whom I have already learnt so much in the last week alone.
Noticed Julie Emmins has started blogging as well. Julie joins kieran Bennett (i will forgive him for being “green”) on my list of young people to watch for the future. Julie also looks to have her head screwed on and as people get to know her she will earn their respect.
What a great idea, a disscussion board where people can listen too, and be listened too. I am also running for Wodonga Council in the up comming council election. I believe it’s fantastic that there are 20 candidates standing for the 7 positions. I encourage voters to find out about the 20 candidates to ensure we have the best possible blend of 7 to lead our community for the next few years.
What a comparison – Albury election looks like it was run in style of “cloak and dagger” where factions and political cliques try to outsmart each other – while the Wodonga election goes in typical small town fashion, largely unnoticed as yet another event the locals “have to” participate in, and take time from enjoying a cold can in front of the telly on hot summer day… Few candidates speak to each other, so apart from a little bit of plotting behind the scenes (well there are candidates who are political party members) to the public it seems like they all fend for themselves, and nobody is really organised. Still, new candidates bag the old council, often justifiably, but then put them all into one box, and blame them for any problem caused by the last 4 or 5 councils… Well, maybe just some candidates were on that many previous councils…
and disregards any opportunity to actually phone or meet the candidate in person (well, everyone is busy). Few candidates actually campaign on the street – with marginal effect, as there is only so many people you can talk to, and they might not even vote for you, as your campaigning might have turned them off…
In Wodonga any election related effort would be to no avail anyway, as the average voter still just votes for the one they seem to have seen most often in the local paper (notice – this is not a comment on their reporting
Nevertheless, the result will be eagerly anticipated by many, although not as eagerly as the recent presidential race in the USA…
More on me if your interested.
My last words were not quite that clear – why do I think locals would not await the results as eagerly as US citizens? Well, not that local election is less important – that is not what I meant…! what I tried to point out without making it a bit clearer is that the latest US presidential poll showed a marked increase in citizen engagement. While voting is not compulsory thousands of people voted for the first time!
So here is a piece of interesting opinion on “poll tax”:
So you might find this interesting – it adds to my last comment about “election engagement”. Maybe Australians often feel “too relaxed” about everything – after all in the lucky country we are always well looked after
“–Better universal gun ownership than universal suffrage, we say. Giving everybody the vote is more dangerous than giving everybody a gun (and teaching them how to use it). A vote allows you to directly and indirectly exercise power over other people’s lives without their consent and with the full protection of the law. And you can do it without making any sacrifice of your own on behalf of the society of which you’re a member. Voting is a real weapon of mob destruction.
–Bring back the poll tax! Or making voting a privilege, not a right. To earn the right to vote, you should have to serve the public in some form for two years, either in the armed services, or in the public service, or in some other capacity. Not that we’re a fan of compulsory anything.
–But if you grant “rights” to people who have no sense of civic responsibility, you get the mess we currently have. If you’re going to have a government with elected officials, they should be elected by people who know have demonstrated a willingness to put the nation’s needs ahead of their own. This was Robert Heinlein’s idea in Starship Troopers. If you didn’t want to serve, that was fine. You just didn’t get to vote. Seems fair. You might even get better government. ”
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