{"id":95755,"date":"2015-02-10T13:22:59","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T03:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=95755"},"modified":"2020-11-20T14:23:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T04:23:16","slug":"mayoral-vote-too-close-to-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/02\/10\/mayoral-vote-too-close-to-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayoral Vote Too Close To Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34527\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130526pumpkin15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-34527\" title=\"20130526 Goomeri Pumpkin Festival\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130526pumpkin15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130526pumpkin15.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130526pumpkin15-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cr Mick Curran, former Mayor Ron Dyne and former Deputy Mayor Tony Perrett at the 2013 Goomeri Pumpkin Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>February 10, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The by-election for a new Mayor for the Gympie Regional Council is turning into a cliff-hanger with current Gympie councillors Ian Petersen and Mick Curran battling for the top spot.<\/p>\n<p>The official &#8220;election day&#8221; was Saturday but as the vote was carried out by mail, postal votes can still be counted up until the close of business on February 17.<\/p>\n<p>Cr Petersen represents Division 3 and Cr Curran Division 7.<\/p>\n<p>A decision is not expected until next week, after preferences have been distributed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At 1:00pm on Tuesday, with 22,011 votes counted the count stood at (in ballot order):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reg Lawler 1618<\/li>\n<li>Doug Anderson 671<\/li>\n<li>Gay Lohse 2261<\/li>\n<li>Ian Petersen 6246<\/li>\n<li>Mick Curran 6321<\/li>\n<li>George Groth 810<\/li>\n<li>Lindsay Horswood 521<\/li>\n<li>Graham Engeman 3212<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gympie Regional Council also has to appoint a replacement for Cr Tony Perrett who was elected as the LNP MP for Gympie at the recent State election.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>External link: <a href=\"http:\/\/results.ecq.qld.gov.au\/elections\/local\/GR2015\/results\/summary.html\">2015 Gympie Mayoral By-Election &#8211; Election Summary (QEC)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/01\/ballots-slips-posted-for-gympie-mayoral-election\/\">Ballot Slips Posted For Gympie Mayoral Election<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/12\/gympie-mayor-resigns\/\">Gympie Mayor Resigns<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The by-election for a new Mayor for the Gympie Regional Council is turning into a cliff-hanger with current Gympie councillors Ian Petersen and Mick Curran battling for the top spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":34527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131,177],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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