2016 Tweed Shire Council election

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2016 Tweed Shire Council election
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  2012 29 October 2016 2021  
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
IND
KatieMilne.png Liberal Placeholder.png
LeaderN/AKatie MilneJames Owen
Party Independents Greens Liberal
Seats won311
Popular vote24,8027,2795,525
Percentage52.22%15.30%11.63%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Labor Placeholder.png
NHR
DHG
LeaderReece ByrnesRon CooperDot Holdom
Party Country Labor No High-RiseDot Holdom Group
Seats won110
Popular vote4,9702,0281,524
Percentage10.46%4.27%3.21%

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]

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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

Results

Elected councillorParty
 Katie MilneGreens
 Warren PolglaseIndependent
(Group A)
 Pryce AllsopIndependent
(Group H)
 James OwenLiberal
 Reece ByrnesCountry Labor
 Chris CherryIndependent
(Group B)
 Ron CooperNo High-Rise
2016 Tweed Shire Council election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent (Group A) 7,33615.45
Greens 7,27915.33
Liberal 5,52511.63
Independent (Group H) 5,05310.64
Country Labor 4,97010.46
Independent (Group B) 2,8215.94
No High-Rise2,0284.27
Independent (Group I) 1,9564.21
Independent (Group K) 1,6903.56
Independent (Group C) 1,5513.27
Dot Holdom Group1,5243.21
Carolyn Byrne Group1,3692.88
Independent (Group E) 1,3642.87
Independent (Group O) 1,1592.44
Independent (Group J) 1,1582.44
Independent Dion Andrews4660.98
Independent Suzy Hudson1060.22
Independent Mathuranath Das730.15
Independent James McKenzie690.15
Total formal votes47,49793.17
Informal votes3,4826.83
Turnout 50,979

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