2016 Tweed Shire Council election

The 2016 Tweed Shire Council election was held on 29 October 2016 to elect seven councillors to the Tweed Shire, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia.^[1][2]

2016 Tweed Shire Council election

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First party Second party Third party   IND Leader N/A Katie Milne James Owen Party Independents Greens Liberal Seats won 3 1 1 Popular vote 24,802 7,279 5,525 Percentage 52.22% 15.30% 11.63%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   NHR DHG Leader Reece Byrnes Ron Cooper Dot Holdom Party Country Labor No High-Rise Dot Holdom Group Seats won 1 1 0 Popular vote 4,970 2,028 1,524 Percentage 10.46% 4.27% 3.21%

The election was scheduled to be held a month earlier on 10 September 2016 as part of the statewide local elections, however it was postponed following the death of No High-Rise candidate Ken "Stents" Nicholson, aged 88. Nicholson died on 19 August 2016, after suffering a heart attack and fall.^[3]

76 candidates in 15 groups (as well as four ungrouped candidates) contested the election.^[4]

Timeline

• 19 August: Ken Nicholson dies in hospital
• 20 August: Election scheduled for 10 September postponed
• 31 August: New election date of 29 October announced
• 19 September: Candidate nominations open
• 28 September: Candidate nominations close
• 29 October: Election held

Results

Elected councillor		Party
	Katie Milne	Greens
	Warren Polglase	Independent (Group A)
	Pryce Allsop	Independent (Group H)
	James Owen	Liberal
	Reece Byrnes	Country Labor
	Chris Cherry	Independent (Group B)
	Ron Cooper	No High-Rise

2016 Tweed Shire Council election^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (Group A)		7,336	15.45
	Greens		7,279	15.33
	Liberal		5,525	11.63
	Independent (Group H)		5,053	10.64
	Country Labor		4,970	10.46
	Independent (Group B)		2,821	5.94
	No High-Rise		2,028	4.27
	Independent (Group I)		1,956	4.21
	Independent (Group K)		1,690	3.56
	Independent (Group C)		1,551	3.27
	Dot Holdom Group		1,524	3.21
	Carolyn Byrne Group		1,369	2.88
	Independent (Group E)		1,364	2.87
	Independent (Group O)		1,159	2.44
	Independent (Group J)		1,158	2.44
	Independent	Dion Andrews	466	0.98
	Independent	Suzy Hudson	106	0.22
	Independent	Mathuranath Das	73	0.15
	Independent	James McKenzie	69	0.15
Total formal votes			47,497	93.17
Informal votes			3,482	6.83
Turnout			50,979