Results of the 2024 New South Wales local elections in Murray and Far West
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This is a list of results for the 2024 New South Wales local elections in the Murray region, including the Far West.[1][2]
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14 September 2024
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Murray covers nine local government areas (LGAs), including the City of Albury.[3] The Far West only has two LGAs − Broken Hill and Central Darling − as well as the Unincorporated Far West Region.[4][5]
Albury
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| Registered | 40,701[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 79.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Albury City Council is composed of a single ward.[7]
Councillor Jessica Kellahan, who was elected in 2021 as part of the "Stuart Baker Team", announced in July 2024 that she had left Baker's group to run with the "Jessica Kellahan Team".[8] Greens councillor Ashley Edwards ran in second position on her party's ticket, behind new candidate Geoff Hudson.[9][10]
Albury results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Team Mack | 1. Kevin Mack (elected 1) 2. Raissa Butkowski (elected 5) 3. Phillip Bullivant (elected 6) 4. Leigh McGlynn 5. Dianne Thomas |
9,415 | 31.1 | ||
| Team Kylie | 1. Kylie King (elected 3) 2. Beth Docksey 3. Steve Bowen 4. Rhiannon Veness 5. Taneesha Smith |
4,769 | 15.7 | −6.9 | |
| Jessica Kellahan Team | 1. Jessica Kellahan (elected 4) 2. Michael Alexander 3. Jodie Tiernan 4. Jack Stean 5. Amanda Giblin |
4,011 | 13.2 | ||
| Stuart Baker Team | 1. Stuart Baker (elected 2) 2. Stephen Mamouney 3. Danielle Cale 4. Lay Phommachanh 5. Louise Pemberton |
3,584 | 11.8 | −5.3 | |
| Greens | 1. Geoff Hudson (elected 8) 2. Ashley Edwards 3. Dawn Dawson 4. Joseph Lumanog 5. Kofi Isaacs |
2,898 | 9.6 | −1.2 | |
| Alice Glachan's Team | 1. Alice Glachan (elected 9) 2. Jane Gould 3. Belinda Mead 4. Naziya Singh 5. Jackie Dunn |
2,476 | 8.2 | −5.8 | |
| Labor | 1. Darren Cameron (elected 7) 2. Carolyn Hassarati 3. David Baird 4. Geoffrey Allen 5. Christopher Ryan |
2,160 | 7.1 | −2.4 | |
| Independent Liberal | Isaac Eyalama | 997 | 3.3 | ||
| Total formal votes | 30,310 | 93.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 2,084 | 6.4 | |||
| Turnout | 32,394 | 79.6 | |||
Albury summary
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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| Team Mack | 9,415 | 31.1 | 3 | ||||
| Team Kylie | 4,769 | 15.7 | −6.9 | 1 | |||
| Jessica Kellahan Team | 4,011 | 13.2 | 1 | ||||
| Stuart Baker Team | 3,584 | 11.8 | −5.3 | 1 | |||
| Greens | 2,898 | 9.6 | −1.2 | 1 | |||
| Alice Glachan's Team | 2,476 | 8.2 | −5.8 | 1 | |||
| Labor | 2,160 | 7.1 | −2.4 | 1 | |||
| Independent Liberal | 997 | 3.3 | 0 | ||||
| Formal votes | 30,310 | 93.6 | |||||
| Informal votes | 2,084 | 6.4 | |||||
| Total | 32,394 | 100.0 | 9 | ||||
| Registered voters / turnout | 40,701 | 79.6 | |||||
Broken Hill
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| Registered | 13,055[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 83.2% ( 0.2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Broken Hill City Council is composed of a directly-elected mayor and a single ward.
All three groups/parties from 2021 recontested in 2024.[14][15] Branco Licul, a former Labor councillor who unsuccessfully ran for re-election on the Labor ticket in 2021, contested as an ungrouped independent candidate.[16]
Broken Hill mayor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| For A Better Broken Hill | Tom Kennedy | 7,419 | 70.4 | ||
| Labor | Darriea Turley | 1,707 | 16.2 | ||
| Team Broken Hill | Dave Gallagher | 1,410 | 13.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 10,536 | 96.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 344 | 3.2 | |||
| Turnout | 10,880 | ||||
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| For A Better Broken Hill | Tom Kennedy | 7,841 | 80.3 | ||
| Labor | Darriea Turley | 1,925 | 19.7 | ||
| For A Better Broken Hill hold | Swing | ||||
Broken Hill results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| For A Better Broken Hill | 1. Tom Kennedy 2. Michael Boland (elected 3) 3. Jim Hickey (elected 4) 4. Bob Algate (elected 6) 5. Hayley Jewitt (elected 7) 6. Alan Chandler (elected 8) 7. Elaine Gillett (elected 9) 8. Thomas Kennedy 9. James Elston |
6,338 | 63.0 | +12.6 | |
| Labor | 1. Darriea Turley (elected 1) 2. Ashley Byrne (elected 5) 3. Blake Edgecombe 4. Nathan Fell 5. Richard Shoebridge |
2,292 | 22.8 | +1.0 | |
| Team Broken Hill | 1. Dave Gallagher (elected 2) 2. Ron Page 3. Dean Grose 4. Matthew McCarthy 5. Anita Hoysted |
1,263 | 12.6 | −12.0 | |
| Independent | Branko Licul | 168 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 10,061 | 92.6 | −0.8 | ||
| Informal votes | 801 | 7.4 | +0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 10,862 | 83.2 | −0.2 | ||
Broken Hill summary
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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| For A Better Broken Hill | 6,338 | 63.0 | +12.6 | 6 |  1 | ||
| Labor | 2,292 | 22.8 | +1.0 | 2 |  | ||
| Team Broken Hill | 1,263 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independents | 168 | 1.7 | 0 | | |||
| Formal votes | 10,061 | 10,061 | −0.8 | ||||
| Informal votes | 801 | 7.4 | +0.8 | ||||
| Total | 10,862 | 100.0 | 9 | ||||
| Registered voters / turnout | 13,055 | 83.2 | -0.2 | ||||
Balranald
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| Registered | 1,377[6] | ||||||||||
| Turnout | 76.7% | ||||||||||
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Balranald Shire Council is composed of a single ward. No election was held in 2021 as the council was under administration.[19]
Balranald results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Dwaine Scott (elected 1) | 243 | 23.5 | ||
| Independent | Luigi (Louie) Zaffina (elected 2) | 241 | 23.3 | ||
| Independent | Tracy O'Halloran (elected 3) | 88 | 8.5 | ||
| Independent | Philip Pippin (elected 4) | 80 | 7.7 | ||
| Independent | Alison Linnett (elected 5) | 78 | 7.5 | ||
| Independent | German Ugarte (elected 6) | 73 | 7.1 | ||
| Independent | Iain Lindsay Field (elected 8) | 72 | 7.0 | ||
| Independent | Patricia Winch | 38 | 3.7 | ||
| Independent | Morgan Rasmus | 36 | 3.5 | ||
| Independent | Leigh Byron (elected 7) | 32 | 3.1 | ||
| Independent | Lynda Moss | 24 | 2.3 | ||
| Independent | Ronald Mengler | 22 | 2.1 | ||
| Independent | Brodie Rayner | 7 | 0.7 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,034 | 97.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 22 | 2.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,056 | 76.7 | |||
Balranald summary
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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| Independents | 1,034 | 100.0 | 8 | ||||
| Formal votes | 1,034 | 97.9 | |||||
| Informal votes | 22 | 2.1 | |||||
| Total | 1,056 | 100.0 | 8 | ||||
| Registered voters / turnout | 1,377 | 76.7 | |||||
Berrigan
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| Turnout | 0.00% ( 80.5%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Berrigan Shire Council is composed of eight councillors elected proportionally to a single ward. 13 candidates contested the 2021 election, with Matthew Hannan receiving the highest individual first preference vote (17.6%).[20]
The 2024 election was uncontested.[21][22] A by-election will be held to fill the remaining eighth seat, with only several candidates nominating for the election.[23][24]
Berrigan results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Matthew Hannan (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Catherine Healy (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Julia Cornwell McKean (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Renee Brooker (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Renee Paine (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | John Stringer (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Katie Ngatokoa (elected) | unopposed | |||
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Edward River
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Edward River Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally to a single ward.
Edward River results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Kellie Crossley (elected) | 1,002 | 20.2 | ||
| Independent | Ashley Hall (elected) | 750 | 15.1 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Craig Druitt (elected) | 745 | 15.0 | ||
| Independent | Frank Schofield (elected) | 626 | 12.6 | ||
| Independent | Leanne Mulham (elected) | 465 | 9.4 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Shirlee Burge (elected) | 389 | 7.8 | −2.4 | |
| Independent | Ken Bates (elected) | 243 | 4.9 | ||
| Independent | Linda Fawns (elected) | 156 | 3.1 | −5.6 | |
| Independent | David Schoeffel | 123 | 2.5 | ||
| Independent | Shannon Sampson (elected) | 121 | 2.4 | −0.6 | |
| Independent | Richard McDaid | 111 | 2.2 | ||
| Independent | Airlie Circuitt | 80 | 1.6 | ||
| Independent | Donna McFeeters | 56 | 1.1 | ||
| Independent | Collin Sander | 55 | 1.1 | ||
| Independent | Jeff Shand | 33 | 0.7 | ||
| Independent | Greg Briscoe-Hough | 15 | 0.3 | ||
| Total formal votes | 4,970 | 95.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 250 | 4.8 | |||
| Turnout | 5,220 | 81.2 | |||
Federation
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Federation Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally to a single ward. At the 2021 election, independents won eight seats, while Sally Hughes led the "For Future Federation" ticket and was elected.
Hughes is running in the 2024 election as an ungrouped independent.[28] One group, "Howlong First", is composed entirely of residents of the town of Howlong.[29]
Federation results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Howlong First | 1. Cheryl Cook (elected 1) 2. Susan Wearne (elected 8) 3. Michael Gardiner 4. Damien Glass 5. David Longley |
1,419 | 19.0 | ||
| Independent | 1. Andrew Kennedy (elected 2) 2. Chanade Seiler 3. Nathan Parker 4. Robert Purtle 5. Nicole Urquhart |
1,009 | 13.5 | −1.6 | |
| Independent | 1. Derek Schoen (elected 3) 2. Michael Robson 3. Melanie Trevethan 4. Matthew Mahon 5. Theresea Hughes |
924 | 12.3 | ||
| Independent | David Bott (elected 4) | 762 | 10.2 | ||
| Independent | 1. Richard Nixon (elected 6) 2. Robert Pearce 3. Rowley Bennett 4. Rosie Dye 5. Susan Curran |
649 | 8.7 | ||
| Independent | 1. David Harrison (elected 7) 2. Ray McLarty 3. Julianne Whyte 4. Dean Druce 5. John Crothers |
613 | 8.2 | +4.8 | |
| Independent | Rowena Black (elected 5) | 604 | 8.1 | +1.4 | |
| Independent | 1. Patrick Bourke (elected 9) 2. David Fahey 3. Leeanne Dalitz 4. John Doyle 5. Mareeta Corcoran |
579 | 7.7 | −14.1 | |
| Independent | 1. Shaun Whitechurch 2. Norman Wales 3. Daniel Webb 4. Brooke Ollington 5. Katrina Whitechurch |
455 | 6.1 | −4.5 | |
| Independent | Sally Hughes | 303 | 4.1 | −5.3 | |
| Independent | Frederick Longmire | 168 | 2.2 | ||
| Ind. Socialist Alliance | Todd Beaton | 4 | 0.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 7,489 | 93.5 | −0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 522 | 6.5 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 8,011 | 80.4 | +0.8 | ||
Greater Hume
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Greater Hume Shire Council is composed of three wards electing three councillors each, totalling nine councillors.
Greater Hume results
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| Total | 9 | ||||||
East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Lea Parker (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Tony Quinn (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Kerry Morton (elected) | unopposed | |||
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North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Brian Liston (elected) | 754 | 34.0 | ||
| Independent | Annette Schilg (elected) | 521 | 23.5 | −5.9 | |
| Independent | Benjamin Hooper (elected) | 397 | 17.9 | ||
| Independent | Ian Forrest | 330 | 14.9 | −4.1 | |
| Independent | Rodney Knight | 218 | 9.8 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,220 | 93.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 152 | 6.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,372 | 84.9 | |||
West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Ashley Lindner (elected) | 711 | 32.0 | +4.7 | |
| Independent | Jenny O'Neill (elected) | 660 | 29.7 | −2.1 | |
| Independent | Matt Hicks (elected) | 370 | 16.6 | −2.2 | |
| Independent Liberal | Andrew Garratt | 337 | 15.2 | ||
| Independent | Talia Mitchell | 145 | 6.5 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,223 | 93.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 163 | 6.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,386 | 83.6 | |||
Murray River
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| Turnout | 0.00% ( 85.0%) | |||||||||||||||
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Murray River Council is composed of three wards electing three councillors each, totalling nine councillors.
Murray River results
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Greater Murray
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Kylie Berryman (elected) | 656 | 29.9 | ||
| Independent | Geoffrey Wise (elected) | 560 | 25.6 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Lorraine Allan (elected) | 305 | 13.9 | ||
| Independent | Norman Berger | 305 | 13.9 | ||
| Independent | Tom Weyrich | 257 | 11.7 | ||
| Independent | Kronrod Nicholas | 108 | 4.9 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,191 | 94.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 117 | 5.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,308 | 73.6 | |||
Greater Wakool
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Gary Pappin (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Neil Gorey (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Dennis Gleeson (elected) | unopposed | |||
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Moama
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent Liberal | John Harvie | 446 | 20.3 | ||
| Independent | Graeme Blow | 254 | 11.5 | ||
| Independent | Christopher Bilkey | 313 | 14.2 | ||
| Independent | Francis Crawley | 154 | 7.0 | ||
| Independent | Gen Campbell | 460 | 20.9 | ||
| Independent | Michael John Ludeman | 145 | 6.6 | ||
| Independent | Bianca Hurn | 431 | 19.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,202 | 94.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 139 | 5.9 | |||
| Turnout | 2,341 | 74.8 | |||
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Wentworth results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent National | Daniel Linklater (elected) | 1,496 | 44.9 | +19.8 | |
| Independent National | Peter Crisp (elected) | 416 | 12.5 | −2.4 | |
| Independent | Tim Elstone (elected) | 384 | 11.5 | −0.3 | |
| Independent | Jo Rodda (elected) | 170 | 5.1 | +1.0 | |
| Independent | Susan Nichols (elected) | 151 | 4.5 | −1.4 | |
| Independent | Michael Weeding (elected) | 130 | 3.9 | ||
| Independent | Brian Beaumont | 114 | 3.4 | −1.9 | |
| Independent National | Bill Wheeldon | 111 | 3.3 | −1.0 | |
| Independent National | Jon Armstrong (elected) | 105 | 3.2 | ||
| Independent | Greg Evans (elected) | 103 | 3.1 | −0.7 | |
| Independent | Jody Starick (elected) | 78 | 2.3 | ||
| Independent | Ivan Behsmann | 76 | 2.3 | ||
| Total formal votes | 3,334 | 96.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 127 | 3.7 | |||
| Turnout | 3,461 | 73.7 | |||