Waverley Council > Local Government Election – September 2008
Local Government Election – September 2008
Council elections across New South Wales will be held on Saturday 13 September 2008. Voting is compulsory.
In the months leading up to the election we will provide information on this page about the election including information for prospective candidates and for voters. So please either bookmark this page or come back and visit it regularly.
Information on the elections is also available on the NSW Electoral Commission web at www.elections.nsw.gov.au/local_government_elections.
Back Ground Information
Waverley Council is made up of twelve councillors elected by the ratepayers and residents of Waverley for a four-year term. Councillors are elected by Ward (a geographical area). Waverley has four Wards. Three of these wards (Bondi, Waverley and Nelson [now Hunter Ward]) were established in 1860, with Lawson Ward being created in 1867. A map of our wards can be found at Waverley Wards
The positions of Mayor and Deputy Mayor are decided annually by a vote of all councillors. The current Mayor, Councillor Ingrid Strewe, and Deputy Mayor Councillor Dominic Wy Kanak were elected in September 2007. The next Mayoral election is due in September 2008 following the Council election.
Information for voters
- Location of and contact details for Returning Officer
TBA- Location of polling places
TBA- Application for Inclusion non Residential Roll of elections
To be included on the roll of non resident electors you must complete an application form. The non resident roll is made up of non-resident owners of rateable land or occupiers and rate paying lessees.
To qualify for enrolment as a non-resident elector, a person must be an owner or nominated by the owner or owners of rateable land in a ward of the area. Rateable land means land that is rateable to an ordinary rate or a special rate, or both.
A person is an occupier of rateable land if the person has a legally enforceable right to continuous occupation of rateable land (jointly or severally, but not as owner or rate paying lessee) for not less than 3 years following the relevant date.
A person is a rate paying lessee of rateable land if the person is jointly or severally liable, under a lease in writing or other document of title relating to the land, to pay to any person the whole or any part of any rates that may, during the 3 years following the relevant date, be made or levied in respect of the land.
If there is more than one occupier or rate paying lessee of the same parcel of rateable land, only one of them is entitled to be enrolled as an elector for a ward.
Information for Prospective Candidates
Candidate information sessions are being arranged by the NSW Electoral Commission. A list of locations and dates for these sessions is set out below.
LOCATION ADDRESS May 2008 Burwood Council Chambers
2 Conder StWednesday 7 May 6.00 - 7.30 pm Chatswood Council Chambers
Willoughby City Council Admin Bldng
Level 6, 31 Victor StWednesday 14 May 6.00 pm - 7.30 pm Hurstville Council's Civic Theatre
Hurstville Entertainment Centre
MacMahon StTuesday 20 May 6.00 pm - 7.30 pm
LOCATION ADDRESS June 2008 Sydney Marconi Room
Level 4, Town Hall House
456 KentSt (entry via level 1)Wednesday 4 June 6.00 pm - 7.30 pm Liverpool Liverpool City Council
1 Hoxton Park RoadWednesday 11 June 6.00 pm - 7.30 pm Parramatta Council Chamber Bldng
Meeting Room 1&2
Ground Floor, Civic Place
(Behind Parramatta Town Hall)Wednesday 11 June 6.00 pm - 7.30 pm Dee Why Civic Centre
725 Pittwater RdThursday 12 June 6.00 pm - 7.30 pm
Another important source of information is the publication ‘Becoming a Councillor’, which is produced by the Department of Local Government. A copy of ‘Becoming a Councillor’ can be downloaded from this web site.
