Lyons council voters head for the polls again next month

DARWIN council voters will head to the polls again in February to elect a replacement for resigned alderman Sherry Cullen

Voters will head to the polls in February to elect a replacement for resigned alderman Sherry Cullen. Picture: Supplied

DARWIN voters will head to the polls in February to elect a replacement for resigned alderman Sherry Cullen.

In October, Ms Cullen announced her immediate resignation from the council, due to a job offer in Queensland.

Given the next election is in 2021, a by-election will be held for Lyons Ward in February.

Many of the candidates could be unknown quantities and the change could see some teething problems for the council as it gets used to its newest member ahead of the election proper in 2021.

At the time of her resignation, Ms Cullen said her new position would make her part of a project team building a council administration building and local disaster centre in Queensland.

“New opportunities in my life, somewhat further away from this city than I had hoped, have presented themselves,” Ms Cullen said.

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“(It’s) an employment opportunity within my company, which requires me to permanently move interstate ... therefore no longer allowing me to fulfil my duties as an alderman.

“After weeks of agonising over the path my future would take, the time has arrived after a number of years of service to the community to take on this new challenge.”