Hobart City Council
elections 2022


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Made up of 12 councillors, including 1 lord mayor and 1 deputy lord mayor.

Enrolment 38,546


Candidates

Candidate names are listed below in alphabetical order, but they will be rotated on ballot papers.

12 Councillors – 44 candidates

BAI, Marcus (Xuesong)Tolmans Hill
BEHRAKIS, SimonTolmans Hill
BLOOMFIELD, LouiseHobart
BRISCOE, JeffHobart
BURNET, HelenNorth Hobart
CAMPBELL, SamHobart
CHOPRA, RajHobart
CHRISTIE, LiliBattery Point
CHRISTIE, RonBattery Point
COATS, WillDynnyrne
CORR, BrianNew Town
DAVIES, Owen GSouth Hobart
DUTTA, MikeSandy Bay
ELLIOT, LouiseWest Hobart
ETHERINGTON, MattBattery Point
FOX, JaxSandy Bay
GAO, Ling LingTolmans Hill
GENG, DanielNew Town
GRECH, JoeWest Hobart
HARVEY, BillHobart
JACKSON, MichaelSandy Bay
JOHNSTONE, EdwinBattery Point
KELLY, JohnWest Hobart
KELLY, KateSouth Hobart
KITSOS, GemmaSouth Hobart
LIU, YangMount Nelson
LOHBERGER, BenNew Town
McKEE, JamesSandy Bay
MITCHELL, CadenceSandy Bay
PHIPPS, StevenSandy Bay
POSSELT, RyanWest Hobart
REYNOLDS, AnnaSouth Hobart
ROTHERY, KarenHobart
SEXTON, TiinaBattery Point
SHAW, JuniperSandy Bay
SHERLOCK, ZelindaWest Hobart
SPENDER, DuncanLenah Valley
STAGG, JonoHobart
TAYLOR, BecHobart
THOMAS, DamonSandy Bay
THURLEY, DebraWest Hobart
VOGEL, StefanWest Hobart
VOLF, NathanSandy Bay
ZUCCO, MartiNorth Hobart

Lord Mayor – 8 candidates

BAI, Marcus (Xuesong)Tolmans Hill
BLOOMFIELD, LouiseHobart
COATS, WillDynnyrne
ELLIOT, LouiseWest Hobart
HARVEY, BillHobart
KELLY, JohnWest Hobart
REYNOLDS, AnnaSouth Hobart
ZUCCO, MartiNorth Hobart

Deputy Lord Mayor – 10 candidates

BEHRAKIS, SimonTolmans Hill
BRISCOE, JeffHobart
BURNET, HelenNorth Hobart
CHRISTIE, RonBattery Point
DAVIES, Owen GSouth Hobart
DUTTA, MikeSandy Bay
JACKSON, MichaelSandy Bay
POSSELT, RyanWest Hobart
SPENDER, DuncanLenah Valley
THOMAS, DamonSandy Bay

Candidate statements

Each elector receives a ballot pack containing ballot papers and a booklet which has voting instructions and statements from the candidates. The online version of the booklet below contains web links (where provided by candidates).

Candidate statement booklet preview
 Candidate statements booklet [PDF, 5.5MB]


As part of the TEC's impartial assisted voting service, statements are also available in a text only, accessible HTML format.

Elector poll

Hobart City Council electors will also receive an elector poll ballot in their postal voting pack regarding the relocation of the University of Tasmania's Sandy Bay campus to the CBD.

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 The candidates [PDF, 196KB] Complete list of candidates for all councils.

  Candidates for other councils


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