MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE COUNCIL

1998 Council By-Election

TARRENGOWER WARD

Election Date: 9 May 1998
Conducted by: Victorian Electoral Commission
Method: Postal
Returning Officer: Leon Warren

  Seats: 1 (vice Cr. Roy Palmer, resigned)
  Candidates: 3
  Suburbs / Towns: Baringhup, Baringhup West, Maldon, Nuggetty, Perkins Reef, Porcupine Flat, Ravenswood South, Walmer

Enrolment Formal Votes
(% Total Vote)
Informal Votes
(% Total Vote)
Total Votes Voter Turnout
(%)
1998 Election 2,012 1,432
(98.55)
21
(1.45)
1,453 72.22
1997 Election 2,064 1,509
(96.92)
48
(3.08)
1,557 75.44
Change (1997 - 1998) - 52
(- 2.52%)
- 77
(+ 1.63)
- 27
(- 1.63)
- 104 - 3.22

  Primary Vote
  Candidate Primary Vote % Formal Vote Rank
Brian Thomas Rhule 552 38.55 2
Stephen Marsden 243 16.97 3
Ralph Terrance Fuller 637 44.48 1
       
    Elected candidate

  Preference Distribution
  Candidate Vote % Total Vote
Ralph Fuller 747 52.16
Brian Rhule 685 47.84
     

  Results
     
Ralph Fuller elected after preference distribution
Election Order (by primary vote): 1

 
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