GREATER GEELONG CITY COUNCIL

1998 Council Elections

GEELONG CENTRAL WARD

  Seats: 1
  Candidates: 6
  Former Wards: Austin, Brownbill, Kildare
  Suburbs/Towns: Breakwater, Fyansford, Geelong, Geelong East, Geelong South, Geelong West, Hamlyn Heights, Herne Hill, Manifold Heights, Newtown, Stonehaven, Thomson, Whittington

Enrolment Formal Votes
(% Total Vote)
Informal Votes
(% Total Vote)
Total Votes Voter Turnout
(%)
1998 Election 32,922 22,668
(97.25)
641
(2.75)
23,309 70.80
1995 Election* 34,473 23,014
(94.18)
1,423
(5.82)
24,437 70.89
Change (1995 - 1998) - 1,551
(- 4.50%)
- 346
(+ 3.07)
- 782
(- 3.07)
- 1,128 - 0.09
    *  New Ward (Constituted 11 December 1997).  Sums of constituent former Wards
    1998 figures preliminary

  Primary Vote
  Candidate Primary Vote % Formal Vote Rank
Damian Robert Gorman 2,100 9.26 5
Stephen Michael Siketa 2,290 10.10 4
Timothy Lee Santalucia 6,109 26.95 2
Hayden Kevin Shell * 6,139 27.08 1
Carmel Mary Eyre 4,065 17.93 3
Trevor George Forfar 1,965 8.67 6
       
  * Sitting councillor
    Elected candidate

  Preference Distribution
  Candidate Vote % Total Vote
Tim Santalucia 15,174 66.94
Hayden Shell 7,494 33.06
     

  Results
     
Tim Santalucia elected on preference distribution
Election Order (by primary vote): 1

 
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