Four candidates are in the race for Northern Territory Police Association president

Meet the people vying to replace the president of the Northern Territory Police Association, and see what’s next in the race for the union’s top job.

The Australian Electoral Commission has confirmed that four people had submitted applications to become the next president of the Northern Territory Police Association, replacing Paul McCue.

The shortlist of people hoping to be the next leader of the Territory’s police union has been confirmed.

Four people have nominated to be NT Police Association president, after Paul McCue last month announced he would step down in May after eight years in the top job.

Lisa Michelle Bayliss, Ben James Coleman, Joshua Cunningham and Nathan Leigh Finn are the candidates hoping to replace him.

Ms Bayliss is currently second in command at the NTPA as senior vice president.

Mr Finn is the only other candidate already in the union executive management as an executive member.

All candidates are currently serving police officers – a requirement for union executives.

Joshua Cunningham, Lisa Bayliss and Nathan Finn are three of the four people in the running to be next president of the Northern Territory Police Association.

Also on the ballot will be contestants for Vice President, Patrick Phillip Carson and Adam Swift.

Five positions are open for branch executive members, with nine people in the running: Brodie Anderson, Aaron Lyle Evans, Evan Kelly, Todd Lymbery, Benjamin Ross Paterson, Colin Quedley, Amelia Jane Scott, Joel Smith and Michael Valladares.

Postal votes will be sent to all financial members of the NTPA on April 24, and will remain open until 10am May 24.

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The Australian Electoral Commission has confirmed four people had submitted applications to become the next president of the Northern Territory Police Association.

Nominations closed March 31, but the names of the candidates remained a secret until their eligibility could be confirmed.

An AEC spokeswoman said the independent body would liaise with the union, and the nominees before announcing the final candidates.

“This is generally a quick process and they AEC will consider the advice provided and make a determination on whether the nomination is accepted,” she said.

“(But) the process can be delayed by seven days if any of the nominations are deemed defective.”

It comes a month after the current president, Paul McCue, made his shock resignation announcement after eight years in the top union job.

The spokeswoman said if two or more candidates accepted the nominations, the election would go ahead.

“If only one nomination is accepted, that candidate will be declared elected,” she said.

Mr McCue has described his time as president as the “the most rewarding job” he had ever held, but acknowledged the role had come at a deep personal cost.

“Life is too short and there comes a time where family must come first,” he said in March.

“You know when the time is right, and for me, that time is now.”

The union boss has described the past three years as the “turbulent and challenging” period in the Territory police force’s 152-year history.