SURF COAST SHIRE COUNCIL


1998 Council Elections

TORQUAY WARD

  Seats: 3
  Candidates: 6
  Suburbs/Towns: Bellbrae, Bells Beach, Jan Juc, Torquay

Enrolment Formal Votes
(% Total Vote)
Informal Votes
(% Total Vote)
Total Votes Voter Turnout
(%)
1998 Election 8,415 5,278
(97.96)
110
(2.04)
5,388 64.03
1995 Election 6,779 3,706
(95.89)
159
(4.11)
3,865 57.01
Change (1995 - 1998) + 1,636
(+ 24.13%)
+ 1,572
(+ 2.07)
- 49
(-2.07)
+ 1,523 + 7.02

  Primary Vote
 
  Candidates Primary Vote % Formal Vote Rank
Michael Francis Barrow 1,360 25.76 1
Noel Lawson Bates * 722 13.68 4
Kenneth Alan McCallum 879 16.65 3
Marea McGuire 522 9.89 6
Raymond Laurence Gully 687 13.01 5
(Clarence) Keith Grossman * 1,108 20.99 2
       
  * Sitting councillor
    Elected candidate

  Preference Distribution
  Candidate Vote % Total Vote
1 Mike Barrow 2,804 53.13
Keith Grossman 2,474 46.87

2 Ken McCallum 2,828 53.58
Keith Grossman 2,450 46.42

3 Marea McGuire 2,848 53.96
Keith Grossman 2,430 46.04
       

  Results
     
Mike Barrow, Ken McCallum and Marea McGuire elected on preference distribution
Election Order (by primary vote): 1, 3, 6

 
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