Local Government Election Postponed to 2021
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The 2020 Local Government election has been postponed to 2021 by the NSW Government.
Information about the postponement can be found on the NSW Office of Local Government website.
Shellharbour City will be divided into wards with 8 Councillors and a popularly elected Mayor from the 2021 Local Government Election, based on the results of the Referendum held in 2017.
About your Council 2021
Council adopted a four-ward boundary at the Council Meeting on 23 July 2019.
About the Councillors
About the Wards
The new ward boundary structure will be made up of four areas representing approximately equal numbers of electors. This ward system will come into effect at the September 2021 local government election.
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About the 2021 Election
2021 NSW Local Government elections will be held on Saturday, 4 September 2021.
NSW Council elections have been postponed from 2020 to 2021.
Visit NSW Electoral Commission for more information.
Public Exhibition 2019
At the Ordinary Council meeting held on Tuesday 11 December 2018, Council endorsed that:
- Six (6) proposed ward boundary options for the 2021 Local Government Election be placed on public exhibition inviting public submissions. The 6 proposed ward boundary options are shown in the plans marked ‘Options 1 to 6’.
- The community be requested to suggest names for its preferred ward boundary option for the consideration of Council.
These options were on public exhibition and submissions closed on 1 March 2019.
Saturday, 4 September 2021
NSW Council elections have been postponed from 2020 to 2021.
Visit NSW Electoral Commission for more details.
If you are passionate about what happens in Shellharbour City and are thinking about becoming a Councillor you should visit NSW Office of Local Government. Here you will find information about registration, nomination, election campaign finances, voting and other election processes as well as important dates.
Option 1
4 wards represented by 2 councillors in each ward
West ward 13187 electors North ward 13468 electors East ward 12765 electors South ward 12544 electors
Option 2
4 wards represented by 2 councillors in each ward
West ward 12911 electors North ward 13208 electors East ward 12765 electors South ward 13080 electors
Option 3
4 wards represented by 2 councillors in each ward
West ward 13439 electors North ward 12906 electors East ward 12831 electors Central ward 12788 electors
Option 4
2 wards represented by 4 councillors in each ward
West ward 26003 electors East ward 25961 electors
Option 5
2 wards represented by 4 councillors in each ward
North ward 25955 electors South ward 26009 electors
Option 6
2 wards represented by 4 councillors in each ward
West ward 25895 electors East ward 26069 electors
Following the September 2021 Local Government election, Shellharbour City will be divided into 4 wards.
Each ward will be represented by the Mayor and 2 Councillors.
Following the 2021 Local Government election, the Mayor will be popularly elected. This means that Shellharbour City electors will vote for their own Mayor.
When elected the Mayor will remain in that position for the duration of the Council term.
