{"id":96601,"date":"2015-02-17T20:03:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T10:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=96601"},"modified":"2020-11-20T13:50:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T03:50:39","slug":"preference-votes-to-determine-new-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/02\/17\/preference-votes-to-determine-new-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Preference Votes To<BR> Determine New Mayor"},"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<br \/>Goomeri Pumpkin Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>February 17, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The result of the Gympie Regional Council mayoral by-election is still too close to call.<\/p>\n<p>The by-election was called after long-serving former Mayor Ron Dyne resigned on December 10 due to ill health.<\/p>\n<p>Current councillors Ian Petersen and Mick Curran still lead the poll but are just 101 votes apart.<\/p>\n<p>As the vote was conducted wholly by post, valid ballots could still arrive for counting up to the close of business today.<\/p>\n<p>The Electoral Commission of Queensland now must count these last ballots and then distribute preferences before a result can be declared &#8211; possibly on Wednesday afternoon or Thursday.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nResults as at 8:00pm:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reg Lawler &#8211; 1806<\/li>\n<li>Doug Anderson &#8211; 771<\/li>\n<li>Gay Lohse &#8211; 2588<\/li>\n<li>Ian Petersen &#8211; 6995<\/li>\n<li>Mick Curran &#8211; 7096<\/li>\n<li>George Groth &#8211; 904<\/li>\n<li>Lindsay Horswood &#8211; 574<\/li>\n<li>Graham Engeman &#8211; 3553<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/02\/mayoral-vote-too-close-to-call\/\">Mayoral Vote Too Close To Call<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\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 result of the Gympie Regional Council by-election for Mayor is still too close to call<\/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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