March 2, 2020
South Burnett Deputy Mayor Kathy Duff won’t be having it all her own way this time at the upcoming Council election.
Murgon resident Colleen Bird announced on Monday she will be standing for Division 5.
Colleen, who was born in Cherbourg, is the first Indigenous candidate to put up her hand for the South Burnett Regional Council.
Cr Duff secured 54.47 per cent of the vote against three challengers at the 2008 council poll – the first after amalgamation – but then was elected unopposed at the 2012 and 2016 elections.
Candidates for the Local Government elections have until noon on Tuesday (March 3) to nominate for the March 28 poll.
Lists of candidates who have nominated so far are available on the Electoral Commission of Queensland website.
As at 8:25am, Monday, a number of people who have publicly stated they are contesting the election were not yet appearing on the official lists.
In the South Burnett, this included two mayoral candidates – Brett Otto and Toni Ralph – Division 3 hopeful Rhonda Trivett and Division 6 candidate Colleen Bird.
There are also some familiar names missing so far on the list of candidates for Cherbourg Council, including sitting mayor Arnold Murray.
UPDATE: There is actually a second Indigenous candidate running for the SBRC in the 2020 poll. Division 3 candidate Rhonda Trivett identifies as Barkindji.
Footnote: southburnett.com.au will be running brief profiles of all SBRC, Cherbourg and Division 6 GRC councillors ahead of the election.
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South Burnett
Mayor
Abigail Eleanor Andersson
Keith Malcolm Campbell
Division 1
Roslyn Jeanette Frohloff
Division 2
Gavin Anthony Jones
Division 3
Danita Alison Potter
Division 4
Kirstie Michelle Schumacher
Terry William Fleischfresser
Division 5
Kathryn Anne Duff
Division 6
Rosamund Lesley Heit
Scott William Henschen
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Cherbourg
Mayor
Elvie Jean Jnr Sandow
Katrina Beryl Watson
Council
Eric Law
Frederick Daniel Cobbo
James Dodd Saltner
Thomas Patrick Langton
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Toowoomba
Mayor
Richard Paul Antonio
Douglas James Doelle
Council
Alyce Johanna Nelligan
Carol Lorraine McCabe
Eakraj Adhikari
Garry George Humphries
Geoffrey Charles McDonald
James Joseph O’Shea
Joyce Mingay
Kevin John Flanagan
Melissa Margaret Taylor
Nancy Margaret Sommerfield
Onorita Clarke
Petria Grabham
Rebecca Louise Vonhoff
Robert Relvas
Timothy Entwistle
Timothy Peter McMahon
Warren John Midgley
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Gympie
Mayor
Glen Charles Hartwig
Michael William Curran
Timothy Edward Jerome
Division 1
Ashley Conrad Little
Jessica Milne
Philip Barry Feldman
Division 2
Nadine Gaye Jensen
Division 3
Colleen Margaret Miller
Shane Andrew Waldock
Division 4
Bruce Malcolm Devereaux
Rae Allison Gate
Wayne William Sachs
Division 5
Daniel Hughes Stewart
Michelle Anne Dobson
Robert William Burns
Division 6
Hilary Thomas Smerdon
Mikki Reid Lawson
Thomas William Brian Thomas
Division 7
Donna Michelle Reardon
Warren Arthur Leslie Polley
William Robert Leitch
Division 8
Robert Alexander Fredman
Returning officers in each Council region will conduct a random draw on Wednesday to determine the order in which candidates appear on ballot papers.
