Voting instructions and candidate statements for Clarence City Council.
Voting is compulsory. Your vote must be received by 2pm on Tuesday 27 October 2026
Don’t delay – late votes won’t be counted!
There are 3 elections being held for Clarence City Council:
As well as this booklet, your postal ballot pack contains:
Your ballot paper envelope is designed to keep your identity separate from your vote.
Successful candidates for mayor and deputy mayor must also be elected as councillors to be able to accept these offices. The elected councillors, mayor and deputy mayor will serve until October 2030.
Questions? Call 1800 801 701.
Postal services take a number of days, so it is important to complete and return your vote now.
Your vote must be received by 2pm on Tuesday 27 October 2026.
Don’t delay, late votes can’t be counted. Failure to vote may incur a fine.
Follow these five easy steps:
Candidates were invited to provide a statement and photo for your consideration. Statements are reproduced here as provided by the candidate.
Statements appear in alphabetical order but the order of names on ballot papers is rotated.
Number the boxes on each ballot paper from 1 onwards in the order of your choice.
For the election of 9 councillors, number the boxes from 1 to 23 in order of your choice. Number at least 5 boxes to make your vote count.
For the election of mayor, number the boxes from 1 to 8 in order of your choice. Number at least one box to make your vote count.
For the election of deputy mayor, number the boxes from 1 to 5 in the order of your choice. Number at least one box to make your vote count.
Put your completed ballot papers in the ballot paper envelope, which is the smaller envelope with the wider flap, and seal it securely.
Sign your ballot paper envelope in the box on the flap to declare that you are the voter named on this envelope and you have voted on the ballot papers in this envelope. You must sign the envelope and leave the flap attached — or your vote won’t be counted. The returning officer will remove the flap with your details on it before opening the envelope.
Then put your ballot paper envelope in the reply-paid envelope — the larger envelope — and seal it.
Post your reply paid envelope straight away (no stamp needed), or take your vote to the Clarence City Council office.
What kind of Clarence do we want to leave for future generations? I’m a long-time Eastern Shore resident, small business owner, musician and mum. I want to create a future where our environment is protected, communities are connected and local voices are heard. Standing as your Greens candidate, I’ll bring kindness and fresh ideas, ask the hard questions and speak up when things aren’t right. Let’s protect what we love, strengthen our communities, make it easier for local businesses to thrive and make Council work better — together.
I love our city and over this term I am proud of what we have achieved working together. However, the job is not yet done. We are a fast-growing city, and we need to invest wisely in our future. With your mandate, I will work with national sporting codes and local clubs to upgrade and expand our sporting infrastructure, as well as leverage opportunities with the private and government sectors to build multi-storey carparks in Bellerive and Rosny Park, that will turbocharge our hospitality sector and underpin a vibrant night-time economy. With your support, Clarence's future will be bright.
As a teacher and experienced councillor I believe Clarence deserves a Council that listens, respects different views and gets things done. Clarence is a wonderful place to live, and I will work to protect our beautiful environment while making sure infrastructure keeps pace with growth. My focus is on responsible finances, keeping rates as low as practical, better roads, drainage, recreation and community facilities, and sensible planning. I bring integrity, common sense and leadership to Council and will work constructively and with respect to deliver for every community across Clarence.
A positive and passionate local, I am committed to serving the Clarence community with integrity and purpose. With strong local knowledge, and an understanding of the issues that matter to residents, I will advocate for community-led decision making in Council and responsible planning that delivers the infrastructure our growing community needs, while protecting and enhancing our business centres, suburbs and recreational areas. I will bring a clear, respectful and constructive voice to Council, focused on practical outcomes for our community. For the Clarence we all deserve, Vote 1 Jo Brodie.
Experience, community, doing what’s right. Being a Councillor is a many and varied role and one in which you must focus on the whole community. As an experienced Councillor who works with and for the community, I offer a balanced, respectful viewpoint, knowing you can't always please everyone, but always striving to do my best for the residents and businesses of Clarence. Having run my own business, along with working with government and community organisations, including Rotary at a local and national level, I have the experience required to continue to be an effective leader for Clarence.
I grew up and was educated on the Eastern Shore. I own a civil engineering and project management consultancy in the area. My career has provided me with local government in Tasmania, Western Australia and Queensland. I am standing as a Councillor with the focus to ensure Council core services are at the forefront for ratepayers and residents.
As a geoscientist my concern is Global Warming. It will cause: drought, massive bush-fires, and for the growing Hobart housing sprawl, sea-level rise. it is a risk to power supply.Therefore my primary interest as Councillor will be Building Resilience to Global Heating. This will involve ensuring careful planning on behalf of our children and their heirs. Effective fulfillment of this objective requires collaboration, NOT antagonistic politics; it requires community input; it includes respectful listening to people; it requires education for in planning for our future.
Hello, I’m Owen Fitzgerald, a 21-year-old ecology student, community advocate, activist, lifelong Clarence local and Greens-endorsed candidate for Clarence City Council. I’m running to put community voice and evidence at the heart of Council. I’ll fight for more social and public housing, better public transport and roads, greener public spaces, stronger environmental practices, support for local business, safer, inclusive communities, early intervention programs and better opportunities for young people. I’ll be a hardworking, committed, open and approachable voice for Clarence.
Honesty, Accountability, Transparency, Hard working. Council works best when it can impartially advocate for the community to government. That is why candidates MUST be independent and unendorsed. A vote for me is a vote for an independent, collaborative council working with and for the community. I believe Council has lost sight of its employer: YOU, the community. It's time to refocus. 0418 396 040 Vote 1 Emma GOYNE for Mayor & Councillor Your Voice for Clarence
I grew up in sunny Howrah and, as a Registered Nurse, I am passionate about building a healthier, more active Clarence. I will advocate for accessible exercise for all ages, abilities and budgets including outdoor gyms, free exercise programs and well-maintained tracks. With years of experience managing parks and reserves for Local Government, I will support Bushcare, improve park facilities, provide native plants for wildlife habitat, work with the TFS on Bushfire Risk, support local business, improve energy efficiency and advocate for sustainability and food and organic waste collection.
I love Hobart’s eastern shore which is why I chose to live and raise a family in Howrah. If re-elected, I will continue working for a prosperous, liveable and well-planned City of Clarence for future generations. This means driving local jobs and businesses, improving transport connections, addressing housing choice and affordability, supporting our sports clubs and community groups, and making sure Clarence has the best roads, streetscapes, play parks, walking tracks and sporting facilities. I aim to be accessible and approachable, to get things done but not promise more than I can deliver.
I believed in accountability and transparency with a strong belief that the Council and Councillors are there to serve you the residents they work for you not the other way round. My experience and knowledge of state and local politics could be put to good use in Clarence. Member of Parliament. 12 year's experience in local government as the Mayor of the RBWM A magistrate for over 25 years in the UK Lived in Clarence since 2015. My children were born here in the 80s. Worked at the SBT bank taught Judo at the Rokeby Police Academy. Contact details FB vote 1 Andrew Jenner Clarence city council
I am 100 percent independent. I've 25 years at the Weather Bureau. Prior to that, I was a Registered Nurse. I head Seven Mile Coastcare and volunteer at Warrane Neighbourhood House. Rubbish Roads and Rates, I have studies in Environmental and Traffic Engineering, Financial Management and Leadership. I stand for a liveable city with connected parks, tracks and trails, NO AI data centres in Clarence, for health through accessible community sporting and arts facilities for all ages, and for better planning of new estates and housing. For specifics go to drewjenner.com.au New councillor new ideas.
Clarence is my home and I've served two terms on Council learning how Council decisions affect everyday lives. Good local government is about listening, making sensible decisions, and speaking up when it matters. I'm asking for your vote to continue to work as your independent representative. I bring experience, common sense, and a genuine commitment to our community. Clarence must remain a place where people are proud to live, where views are heard, and where our future is planned together. I'm promising to listen, represent you, and stand up for Clarence.
Rates are too high. 10% rise in 2 years. They also strangle the economy by unfairly burdening complicated buildings like shops and apartments forcing landlords to charge higher rents. Therefore there are no cheap rental homes and retail centres like Lindisfarne are dying. MACKAY RATE REFORM will lower rents and revive our town centres with new shops, restaurants and entertainment; creating jobs and relieving households of the rate burden. New apartments will reduce urban sprawl to protect our farmland & forests, slow climate change, save council money on infrastructure and end homelessness.
I’m Zac Morrisby, 23, born and raised in Clarence, and I’ve been working in this community since I was 14. As a local electrician, I spend every day solving real problems, working with residents and seeing firsthand where our community needs better services and infrastructure. I’m running for Council to bring a younger, practical voice to the table one that values hard work, accountability, responsible spending and common sense. Clarence is my home. I want to help build its future, not just talk about it.
A Clarence local with proven strategic and leadership skills in Council, the Parliament and Tasmania Police. I boringly promise a return to budget responsibility and to go 'back to basics'. Clarence has built cash reserves that fund major infrastructure renewal programs without borrowing money, but this Council has embarked on an 'aspirational' capital works program that will deplete these reserves and lead to debt, deficits and higher rates. Clarence needs to get ‘back to basics’ and deliver the first-class paths, parks and roads the villages of Clarence deserve. Vote Mulder and Willink
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If elected I will be your Full Time Representative yes full time. I strongly support containment of rates by ensuring effective and accountable financial management of council funds; Essential Council Services need to be the priority. Roads and road repairs (Pass Road a good example) Better roads and Infrastructure, safe, connected and ready for the future; Footpath repairs and lack of. Footpaths where people with disabilities struggle every day because any repairs take so long; Parking and Time Limits need to be reviewed especially around doctor’s surgeries; and Review of Clarence Maj
Allison has a proven record of hard work and delivering positive outcomes. Her experience as a Labor Minister for Planning and Workplace Relations, in business and the community sector has provided strong representation for Clarence. As Deputy Mayor, she led action to buy back Kangaroo Bay, protect Charles Hand Park and to restore hard waste services. Other priorities include keeping Bellerive Oval in Council ownership; better sporting facilities; parks, roads and parking; Buy Local policies supporting local business and affordable rates. Vote 1 Allison Ritchie for Councillor and Deputy Mayor.
A.K.A Brad or Suzuki Guy. Our community needs strong, new, true independent leadership. 23yrs as a tradie & business owner. Family man. I have a real drive to bring the community back to the core of Council decision making. I'm dedicated to reducing social isolation & ensuring everyone in our community has a voice. My background brings proven real world experience. A focus on Rokeby, Clarendon Vale, Oakdowns & Howrah. I'll be holding regular community feedback sessions in all suburbs. Lifetime local volunteer of Clarence. Head|Rokeby Hills Landcare Group. vote1bjwalker.com 0437097475
Local podiatrist, dad and councillor who calls it straight. A workhorse, not a show pony. You deserve value for your rates and basic services done well. This term my efforts delivered the Cambridge dog park and Tasmania’s first seniors exercise park. I have a plan and the industry know-how to restore a hard waste service. When Council gets it wrong, as a leader I’d front up and fess up so we can fix it. For a mayor who cares, listens and brings people together. Vote 1 James Walker for Councillor and Mayor. T: 0421 320 669 www.jwalker.com.au
While Kingborough has thrived, Clarence has dived! Our council is pretty good at providing basic services like fixing potholes, rubbish and rates but very poor at getting the “big stuff” done. How many major projects have they approved and completed in the last 20 years? None! Clarence Council has been mired in infighting that has paralysed every major project proposal from Rosny Point to the AFL High Performance Centre. To get “big stuff” done and approve sensible projects that will provide young people with jobs and houses, vote 1 Willink and Mulder. Experienced, moderate and co-operative.
Dean Young – A Strong Voice for Clarence Families & Ratepayers. Good leadership starts with listening. As an accountant, former MP, newsagent, and Chair of the Hobart Chargers, I know that local clubs keep our community strong, but responsible financial management keeps it affordable. Raising three sons here, I understand household budget pressures. I’ll ensure your rates are spent prudently, upgrading community grounds, roads, and footpaths while delivering accountability. Vote 1 Dean Young for Mayor & Councillor, a practical voice that puts your family first!
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