Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley- Local Government Elections 

2022 Extraordinary Elections - Nominated Candidates

The following candidates have been nominated for the 2022 Extraordinary Elections - Local Government Elections (Listed in order of application received) : 

2022 Extraordinary Elections - Call for Nominations

An Extraordinary Postal Election will be held on Saturday 12 March 2022  in the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley to fill the following vacancies: 

 
Nominations Open on Thursday, 27 January 2022 
Nominations Close at 4:00 PM Thursday, 3 February 2022

Nominations must be lodged with the Returning Officer in person:

• during the above period by appointment or
• between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm weekdays before 4:00 pm Thursday, 3 February 2022 (close of nominations) at the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, 20 Coolibah Drive, KUNUNURRA.

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(www.elections.wa.gov.au);

• a single A4 page profile of not more than 800 characters (including spaces) containing information about the candidate;

• a nomination deposit of $80 (cash, bank cheque or postal order);

• (optional) a recent passport-sized photograph of the candidate’s head, or head and shoulders; and
• every candidate must have completed the online course titled Induction for prospective candidates, available at www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au, prior to nominating.
• Candidates are strongly encouraged to use the WAEC Nomination Builder https://lgportal.waec.wa.gov.au/nomination/new

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.     or    https://lgportal.waec.wa.gov.au/nomination/new
 
Where an agent lodges a nomination on a candidate’s behalf, it must be on 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 4:00 PM Thursday, 3 February 2022.
 
Information
Full details about eligibility and nomination procedures for prospective candidates can be obtained by contacting the Returning Officer, Lincoln HEADING on 0458 802 042 or the Western Australian Electoral Commission on 13 63 06.

2021 Election Results 

Ordinary Postal Election Notice

The Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley is holding an election by postal vote on Saturday, 16 October 2021 to fill vacancies in the offices of Councillors as listed below:

District | 5 Councillors

BROOK, Narelle
HEARTY, Dylan
KYNE, Bradley
MENZEL, David Douglas
BAGLEY, Peter
MCNEIL, Chelsea
O'RAFFERTY, Warren
WRIGHT, Keith
CHAFER, Anthony  

Election Packages will be sent to all electors on the local government electoral roll where there is an election in their electorate.

Replacement Packages can be obtained from the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, 20 Coolibah Street Kununurra & Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, Koolama Street, Wyndham during business hours prior to election day and from 8.00am to 6.00pm on election day if the package is not received or should any papers be missing.

Post your vote early. Completed postal voting packages must reach the Returning Officer by 6.00 pm on election day, Saturday, 16 October 2021.

You may hand-deliver your package to an electoral officer at the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, 20 Coolibah Street, Kununurra & Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, Koolama Street, Wyndham during business hours before election day or at any polling place in the district between 8.00 am and 6.00 pm on election day.

Chief Polling Place: Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, 20 Coolibah Drive, KUNUNURRA
Other Polling Place: Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, Koolama Street, WYNDHAM
The count of votes will commence at 6.00 pm at the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley Council Chambers, 20 Coolibah Drive, KUNUNURRA.

ROBERT KENNEDY
ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER
13 63 06

2021 Local Government Election Candidates

On Tuesday 31 August 2021, there was an information session held at the Kununurra Shire Office, to view the slides from the session please click here. 
The following candidates have been nominated for the 2021 Local Government Elections (Listed in order of application received) : 

Call for Nominations Notice

An Ordinary Postal Election will be held on Saturday, 16 October 2021 in the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley to fill the following vacancies: 
 

 
Nominations Open on Thursday, 2 September 2021
Nominations Close at 4:00 PM Thursday, 9 September 2021
Nominations must be lodged with the Returning Officer:

• at any time during the above period by arrangement; or
• between 2:00 pm and 4:00 PM Thursday, 9 September 2021 (close of nominations) at the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, 20 Coolibah Drive, KUNUNURRA.

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(www.elections.wa.gov.au);

• a single A4 page profile of not more than 800 characters (including spaces) containing information about the candidate;

• a nomination deposit of $80 (cash, bank cheque or postal order);

• (optional) a recent passport-sized photograph of the candidate’s head, or head and shoulders; and
• every candidate must have completed the online course titled Induction for prospective candidates, available at www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au, prior to nominating.

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.
 
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.
 
Information
Full details about eligibility and nomination procedures for prospective candidates can be obtained by contacting the Returning Officer, Lincoln HEADING on 0458 867 179 or the Western Australian Electoral Commission on 13 63 06.


ROBERT KENNEDY
ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER
13 62 06

Local Government Ordinary Election Close of Enrolments

Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley
ROLL CLOSE: 5:00 PM Friday, 27 August 2021

You may be eligible to be enrolled to vote in the local government elections on 16 October 2021 if you live in or are an owner or occupier of rateable property in the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley.

Residents
You are automatically enrolled to vote if you are on the State Electoral Roll as of 5:00 PM Friday, 27 August 2021. If you are not already on the State Electoral Roll and meet the eligibility criteria, or if you have changed address recently, you must complete an enrolment form.

Enrolment Forms
Electoral enrolment forms are available from the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, all Australian Electoral Commission offices (www.aec.gov.au) or the Western Australian Electoral Commission (www.elections.wa.gov.au) and must be completed and reach a Divisional Returning Officer in Western Australia by 5:00 PM Friday, 27 August 2021.

Non-Resident Owners and Occupiers
If you are a non-resident owner or occupier of rateable property in the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley and are on the State or Commonwealth Electoral Roll, you are eligible to enrol to vote. If you are not on the State or Commonwealth Electoral Roll and own or occupy rateable property in the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley you may be eligible to enrol to vote. This applies if you were on the last electoral roll for the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley prior to May 1996 and have owned or occupied rateable property in the district continuously since this time. Please contact your local government for details. Owners of land who were on the last Local Government roll continue to retain that status until they cease to own the rateable property to which the enrolment relates. Occupiers do not have continuous enrolment and should contact the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley to confirm their enrolment status. To be eligible to enrol as an occupier, you will need to have a right of continuous occupation under a lease, tenancy agreement or other legal instrument for at least the next three months following the date of the application to enrol.

Joint Owners and Occupiers
If a rateable property is owned or occupied by more than two people, a majority of the owners/occupiers may nominate two persons from amongst themselves who are on either the State or Commonwealth Electoral Roll, to enrol as owner/occupier electors.

Corporations
A body corporate that owns or occupies rateable property may nominate two people who are on either the State or Commonwealth Electoral Roll to enrol as owner/occupier electors.

Enrolment Forms – Non-Resident Owners and Occupiers Only
Enrolment forms can be obtained from local governments and must be lodged with the Chief Executive Officer by 5:00 PM Friday, 27 August 2021. Further information can be obtained from the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley.

ROBERT KENNEDY
ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER
13 63 06

Owner/Occupier RollEligibility for Local Elections 

If you own property but do not live in the Shire or operate a business in the Shire, you may be eligible to enrol on the owner/occupier roll. To be eligible for this roll, a person must be:

• Registered on the state electoral roll where they live, and
• Either own or have a right of continuous occupation under a lease agreement or other legal instrument of a property within the Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley
• The right of continuous occupation must extend for a period of at least three months.

Enrolment on the owner/occupier roll allows a person who is enrolled to vote at one address and owns or occupies the property at a different address, to vote in both areas. Where two or more individuals jointly own or occupy a property, up to two of them may enrol, with the written agreement of a majority of the owners where there are three or more co-owners or occupiers.

Where a company or body corporate owns or occupies rateable land, up to two people can be enrolled to vote on its behalf. If the same company or body corporate owns more than one property in a ward, the body is still only entitled to have two nominated persons on the roll.

Occupiers and occupier nominees remain on the roll for a period of two elections after their enrolment is accepted and then are taken off the roll six months after the second election. They must then re-enrol if they wish to continue as electors. Owners of a rateable property remain on the roll until the property passes ownership.

The Shire encourages all business representatives and property owners to have their say by voting.

To check your enrolment status on the residents roll visit the Western Australian Electoral Commission

Forms 

To register your eligibility please download, complete and return the Enrolment eligibility claim form

2019 LG Election Results  

The 2019 Ordinary Council Elections have officially concluded with the Western Australian Electoral Commission issuing the Shire's Electoral Report. Please find the WAEC report by clicking here