Gold Coast Council election ballot draw: Results for every division
Mayor Tom Tate was among a number of big winners when the ballot draw for the council election was held this morning. SEE THE RESULTS OF EVERY DIVISION
Council Election 2020
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MAYOR Tom Tate has had an unexpected boost in his mayoral campaign – a winning position on the ballot paper.
At the ballot draw this morning, Councillor Tate in the Melbourne Cup field of eight candidates for the March 28 poll, was positioned last.
Robina dry cleaner and businesswoman Virgina Freebody had the top spot.
Poll analysts say candidates can gain some benefit by being placed either first or last on the ballot paper, with voters quick to cast their vote ticking either the top or bottom of the card.
The position of all 57 candidates on the ballot papers began being determined after 10am at the Electoral Commission of Queensland offices in Township Drive at West Burleigh.
Planning committee chair Cameron Caldwell has gained an advantage in his contest with colleague Kristyn Boulton in the new Division Four, gaining first on the ballot.
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Other councillors who have the number one spot include Donna Gates in Division 3, William Owen-Jones in Division 2, Hermann Vorster in Division 11 and Gail O’Neill in Division 14. At least four new councillors will be elected to council due to boundary changes and retirements.
Southport is one of the most keenly fought divisions, and council worker Shaelee Welchman will be pleased after gaining the number one position in the ballot draw.
In the new super division 10, which takes in Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach, radio personality Adrian (AJ) Johnston got the first spot.
In Division Seven, Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden has staged a massive campaign which was boosted today by being number one on the ballot paper.
BALLOT DRAWS - FULL LIST
MAYOR
FREEBODY
HECKE
BOURBON
PEAD
LAMBERT
ROSBOROUGH
SUPHARAKAN (SP?)
TATE
DIVISION ONE
POKARIER
CLARKE
HAMMEL
STIMSON
REYNOLDS
DIVISION TWO
OWEN-JONES
WAYNE
DIVISION THREE
GATES
PURCELL
DIVISION FOUR
CALDWELL
BOULTON
DIVISION FIVE
PETER YOUNG
DIVISION SIX
WELCHMAN
PULFORD
PATTERSON
TOBIAS
GALLAGHER
DIVISION SEVEN
BAYLDON-LUMSDEN
SAINT-FLOUR
MELIA
COE
JAVANMAR
DIVISION EIGHT
SMITH
ARMSTRONG
LA CASTRA
DIVISION NINE
GUIMARAES
HOSSACK
TOZER
DOUGLAS
DIVISION TEN
JOHNSTON
WINLAW
TAYLOR
PANOZZO
CHAUHAN
SARROFF
CORNELIUS
DIVISION ELEVEN
VORSTER
CLARK
DIVISION TWELVE
YOUNG
OSBORNE
REVERE
TURNER
DIVISION THIRTEEN
WALLACE
MCDONALD
YOUNG
BEIKOFF
DIVISION FOURTEEN
O’NEILL
BAKER
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