2017/18 Glenorchy City Council election
An election, conducted by postal ballot, was held to elect 10 Councillors (Aldermen), and a Mayor and Deputy Mayor on the Glenorchy City Council.
A recount is required to fill a vacancy for councillor on the Glamorgan-Spring Bay Council following the resignation of Councillor Greg Luck on Monday 11 September 2023.
The TEC has written to eligible candidates not elected at the 2022 election inviting them to participate. The period of consent closes at 12 noon on Monday 25 September 2023.
As ballot papers for the ordinary election had been data entered, a computer calculated result is expected not long after the close.
Elections, conducted by postal ballot, were held to fill councillor, mayor and deputy mayor positions for all 29 local councils statewide.
Voting is now compulsory in local government elections.
By-elections and recounts held to fill vacancies.
Elections, conducted by postal ballot, were held to fill councillor, mayor and deputy mayor positions for 28 local councils statewide.
An election, conducted by postal ballot, was held to elect 10 Councillors (Aldermen), and a Mayor and Deputy Mayor on the Glenorchy City Council.
Anyone who is enrolled on the State roll for an address in a municipal area, is automatically enrolled for the municipal area as well.
Other people who own or occupy land in the municipal area, or are the nominated representatives of a corporate body which owns or occupies land in the municipal area, are also eligible to enrol, but must lodge an application with the General Manager.
Tasmania is divided into 29 municipal areas, with each area having a governing council consisting of between 7 and 12 councillors. Each council is chaired by a mayor and has a deputy mayor.
Elections for Tasmania's 29 councils will be conducted by full postal ballot every four years. The next Local Government elections will be held during September and October 2022.
A statewide map displaying the boundaries of the 29 Local Government municipal areas.
Results and information about Tasmanian local government elections, dating back to 1994.
Uniquely, Tasmanian Local Government elections are conducted by postal ballot - election material (including the ballot paper) is personally mailed directly to each elector.
A council may hold an elector poll on any issue it determines. It may also be required to hold an elector poll following a process requiring petitions signed by at least 5% or 1,000 of the electors in the municipal area. A council is not bound by the result of an elector poll.
The TEC has conducted three elector polls since the 2018 ordinary elections: