November 7, 2017
Greens candidate John Harbison has claimed the top spot on the ballot paper for the Electorate of Nanango at the November 25 State Election.
The draw for the ballot paper order of Nanango candidates was conducted on Tuesday afternoon by Returning Officer Graeme Gillanders at the Electoral Commission of Queensland’s temporary office in Drayton Street, Nanango.
LNP candidate and sitting Member Deb Frecklington has the second position; Pauline Hanson’s One Nation candidate Douglas Grant is in third spot; and the ALP’s Ben Rankin rounds out the ballot paper.
Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon on Tuesday.
By this time, only the four candidates previously announced for Nanango had nominated.
Two candidates – Mr Rankin and Mr Grant – were present for the ballot draw, while Mrs Frecklington sent a representative.
NB. Remember that electorate boundaries have changed. Check the new boundaries for Nanango here (2.5Mb PDF)
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Information For Voters
Applications for postal votes opened on October 29 and close on November 22.
Postal voting and Electoral Visitor voting began at 4:00pm on Tuesday. The cut-off for the return of postal ballot papers is 5:00pm on Tuesday, December 5.
Pre-poll voting in person will begin at 9:00am on Monday, November 13, and will close at 6:00pm on Friday, November 24.
Pre-poll voting in the South Burnett will be available at:
- Blackbutt (QGAP Office) Council Building
69 Hart Street, Blackbutt
Office hours
- Kilkivan (QGAP Office) Council Building
26 Bligh Street, Kilkivan
Office hours
- Kingaroy – SBcare
90 Kingaroy Street, Kingaroy
Office hours
- Nanango – Returning Officer
61-65 Drayton Street, Nanango
November 13-23, weekdays 9:00am-5:00pm
November 24, 9:00am-6:00pm
Polling Booths in the Nanango Electorate will be open from 8:00am to 6:00pm on Saturday, November 25:
- Blackbutt State School
- Booie Hall
- Brooklands Rural Fire Brigade
- Cherbourg Council Chambers
- Cloyna State School
- Coolabunia State School
- Coominya State School
- Cooyar State School
- Crows Nest State School
- Durong Community Hall
- Esk State School
- Fernvale State School
- Goomeri State School
- Inverlaw Farmers Hall
- Kilkivan State School
- Kilcoy Memorial Hall
- Kingaroy State High School
- Kingaroy – St John’s Lutheran School
- Kingaroy – Taabinga State School
- Kumbia State School
- Maidenwell Hall
- Mondure Community Hall
- Moore Soldiers Memorial Hall
- Mount Kilcoy State School
- Mount Tarampa State School
- Murgon – South Burnett PCYC
- Nanango State School
- Proston State School
- Quinalow State School
- Tansey Hall
- Tingoora State School
- Toogoolawah State School
- Wheatlands State School
- Wondai Memorial Town Hal
- Wooroolin State School
- Yarraman State School
Wheelchair access at these polling booths can be checked online
