Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Gippsland

Main article: Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections

2024 Victorian local elections
(Gippsland)

October 2024

This is a list of results for the 2024 Victorian local elections in the Gippsland region.

Gippsland has a population of around 310,000 and covers six local government areas (LGAs), including the City of Latrobe.[1]

Bass Coast

2024 Bass Coast Shire Council election

26 October 2024
All 9 seats on Bass Coast Shire Council 5 seats needed for a majority
Largest party before election Independents Subsequent largest party Independents

Bass Coast Shire Council is composed of three multi-member wards with three members each.[2]

Although the party did not explicitly endorse candidates in Bass Coast, the local Labor Party branch published a letter encouraging people to support Labor member Leticia Laing in Bunurong Ward.[3][4] Labor branch secretary Tully Fletcher also encouraged support for "Labor-aligned" independent candidate Caitlyn Robertson and Greens candidate Mat Morgan in Bunurong, as well as independent John Temby in Westernport Ward.[5][6]

Bass Coast results

2024 Victorian local elections: Bass Coast[7]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		21,070	74.92	+27.24	6
	Independent National		2,428	8.63	−10.23	1
	Greens		1,784	6.34	+1.48	1	1
	Independent Labor		1,532	5.45	−7.25	0	1
	Independent Liberal		1,310	4.66	−9.11	1
Formal votes			28,124	96.02	−0.89
Informal votes			1,165	3.98	+0.89
Total			29,289	100.00		9
Registered voters / turnout			35,398	82.74	+1.09

Bunurong

2024 Victorian local elections: Bunurong Ward[8][9][10][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent National	Brett Tessari (elected 1)	2,428	25.45	−24.46
	Greens	Mat Morgan (elected 3)	1,784	18.70	+5.86
	Independent Labor	Leticia Laing	1,532	16.06	−1.27
	Independent	Meg Edwards (elected 2)	1,216	12.75
	Independent	Brian Robinson	726	7.61
	Independent	Caitlyn Robertson	614	6.44
	Independent	Les Larke	512	5.37	−5.02
	Independent	Prudence Scholtes	422	4.42
	Independent	Eddie Halaijian	306	3.21
Total formal votes			9,540	95.72	−1.63
Informal votes			427	4.28	+1.63
Turnout			9,967	84.26	+0.78

Island

2024 Victorian local elections: Island Ward[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ron Bauer (elected 1)	3,220	33.78	+11.62
	Independent	Tim O'Brien (elected 3)	1,290	13.53
	Independent	Marnie Chadwick	1,193	12.52
	Independent	Tracey Bell (elected 2)	1,129	11.85
	Independent	David Rooks	1,096	11.50	−9.63
	Independent	John Trigt[a]	915	9.60
	Independent	Darrell Silva	688	7.22	+4.08
Total formal votes			9,531	96.49	+0.59
Informal votes			347	3.51	−0.59
Turnout			9,878	81.72	+1.07

Western Port

2024 Victorian local elections: Western Port Ward[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rochelle Halstead (elected 1)	2,877	31.78	+5.33
	Independent	Jon Temby (elected 2)	1,560	17.23
	Independent Liberal	Jan Thompson (elected 3)	1,310	14.47
	Independent	Nikole Schellekens	1,176	12.90
	Independent	Brian O'Farrell	1,094	12.08
	Independent	Glenda Minty	1,036	11.44
Total formal votes			9,053	95.86	−1.48
Informal votes			391	4.14	+1.48
Turnout			9,444	82.25	+1.72

Baw Baw

2024 Baw Baw Shire Council election

October 2024
All 9 seats on Baw Baw Shire Council 5 seats needed for a majority
Largest party before election Independents Subsequent largest party Independents

Baw Baw Shire Council is composed of three multi-member wards with three members each.[17]

Baw Baw results

2024 Victorian local elections: Baw Baw[18]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		36,299	100.00		9
Formal votes			36,299	96.17
Informal votes			1,445	3.83
Total			37,744	100.00		9
Registered voters / turnout			45,084	83.72

Central

2024 Victorian local elections: Central Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Danny Goss (elected 1)	4,696	38.04	+8.41
	Independent	Paul Pratt (elected 2)	2,679	21.70
	Independent	Jackie Shearer	1,216	9.85
	Independent	Suzanne Allen (elected 3)	1,211	9.81
	Independent	Farhat Firdous	779	6.31	−7.39
	Independent	Jules Cole	767	6.21
	Independent	Denise Azar	535	4.33
	Independent	Rochelle Hine	463	3.75
Total formal votes			12,346	96.06	−1.53
Informal votes			506	3.94	+1.53
Turnout			12,852	83.37	−1.22

East

2024 Victorian local elections: East Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Adam Sheehan (elected 2)	2,359	19.05
	Independent	Brendan Kingwill (elected 1)	2,223	17.95
	Independent	Kate Wilson (elected 3)	1,999	16.15
	Independent	Michael Leaney	1,918	15.49	−19.21
	Independent	Darren Wallace	1,728	13.96	−1.41
	Independent	Roy Lindsay	884	7.14
	Independent	Leni Teng	1,027	8.29
	Independent	Jannette Langley	243	1.96
Total formal votes			12,381	96.08	−0.15
Informal votes			505	3.92	+0.15
Turnout			12,886	85.50	+0.12

West

2024 Victorian local elections: West Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ben Lucas (elected 1)	5,265	45.50	−0.07
	Independent	Jess Hamilton (elected 2)	2,424	20.95
	Independent	Annemarie McCabe	1,213	10.48	−5.75
	Independent	Tricia Jones (elected 3)	946	8.17	−11.66
	Independent	Michael Fozard	673	5.82
	Independent	Brenda McDermott	539	4.66
	Independent	Maz Byrne	512	4.42
Total formal votes			11,572	96.39	−0.94
Informal votes			434	3.61	+0.94
Turnout			12,006	82.25	+0.40

East Gippsland

2024 East Gippsland Shire Council election

October 2024
All 9 seats on East Gippsland Shire Council 5 seats needed for a majority
Largest party before election Independents Subsequent largest party Independents

East Gippsland Shire Council is composed of a single multi-member ward electing nine councillors.[19]

East Gippsland results

2024 Victorian local elections: East Gippsland[20][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sonia Buckley (elected 1)	3,684	12.94	+4.50
	Independent	John White (elected 2)	3,141	11.03	+4.63
	Independent	Bernie Farquhar (elected 3)	2,506	8.80
	Independent	Arthur Allen (elected 4)	2,220	7.80	−0.50
	Independent	Ian Trevaskis (elected 5)	1,759	6.18
	Independent	Tom Crook (elected 6)	1,599	5.62	+0.99
	Independent	Barry Davis (elected 8)	1,447	5.08
	Independent Labor	Mark Reeves	1,427	5.01	+0.02
	Independent	Joanne Eastman (elected 9)	1,406	4.94
	Independent	James Nicholas	1,289	4.53
	Independent	Jodie Ashworth (elected 7)	1,255	4.41
	Independent	Valerie Curtis	1,058	3.72
	Independent	Jes John	827	2.91
	Independent	Judy Ireland	782	2.75
	Independent	Clive Bury	741	2.60
	Independent	Sasha Kruse	689	2.42
	Independent	Susie Bady	574	2.02
	Independent	Janice Coates	506	1.78
	Independent	Steven Columbus	500	1.76
	Independent	Cheryl Jakobi	474	1.67
	Independent	Suzanne Davies	291	1.02
	Independent	Aly Nichol	290	1.02
	Independent	Matt Stephenson (ineligible)[b]	N/A	N/A
Total formal votes			28,465	87.72	−2.32
Informal votes			3,984	12.28	+2.32
Turnout			32,449	82.31	−0.40

Latrobe

2024 Latrobe City Council election

October 2024
All 9 seats on Latrobe City Council 5 seats needed for a majority
Largest party before election Independents Subsequent largest party Independents

Latrobe City Council is composed of nine single-member wards. Prior to the 2024 election, it was composed of four multi-member wards (one single-member, two two-member and one four-member), but the electoral structure has changed as a result of the Local Government Act 2020.[25]

Latrobe results

2024 Victorian local elections: Latrobe[26]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independents		31,397	81.28		7	1
	Independent National		2,747	7.11		1
	Independent Liberal		2,463	6.36		1
	Independent Labor		2,023	5.24		0	1
Formal votes			38,630	95.43
Informal votes			1,851	4.57
Total			40,481	100.00		9
Registered voters / turnout			58,168

Boola Boola

2024 Victorian local elections: Boola Boola Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Barnes	2,709	58.21
	Independent	Kellie O'Callaghan	1,945	41.79
Total formal votes			4,654	96.42
Informal votes			173	3.58
Turnout			4,827	82.30
	Independent win		(new ward)

Budgeree

2024 Victorian local elections: Budgeree Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leanne Potter	3,406	66.29
	Independent	Melissa Ferguson	1,732	33.71
Total formal votes			5,138	95.24
Informal votes			257	4.76
Turnout			5,395	79.47
	Independent win		(new ward)

Jeeralang

2024 Victorian local elections: Jeeralang Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joanne Mary Campbell	2,459	44.69
	Independent	Peter Duncan	2,246	40.82
	Independent	Alex Maidana	797	14.49
Total formal votes			5,502	96.42
Informal votes			204	3.58
Turnout			5,706	81.85
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Joanne Mary Campbell	2,862	52.02
	Independent	Peter Duncan	2,640	47.98
	Independent win		(new ward)

Loy Yang

2024 Victorian local elections: Loy Yang Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	Dale Harriman	2,463	50.84
	Independent	Jimmy Ware	1,463	30.20
	Independent	Paul Howden	919	18.97
Total formal votes			4,845	96.26
Informal votes			188	3.74
Turnout			5,033	78.51
After distribution of preferences
	Independent Liberal win		(new ward)

Moe

2024 Victorian local elections: Moe Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Adele Pugsley	2,876	61.77
	Independent	Guss Lambden	1,780	38.23
Total formal votes			4,656	93.51
Informal votes			323	6.49
Turnout			4,979	74.60
	Independent win		(new ward)

Morwell River

2024 Victorian local elections: Morwell River Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tracie Lund	2,352	50.99
	Independent	John Ellingham	1,731	37.52
	Independent	Dorothy L. Long	530	11.49
Total formal votes			4,613	96.43
Informal votes			171	3.57
Turnout			4,784	73.85
After distribution of preferences
	Independent win		(new ward)

Newborough

2024 Victorian local elections: Newborough Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sharon Gibson	unopposed
Registered electors			6,541
	Independent win		(new ward)

Tyers

2024 Victorian local elections: Tyers Ward[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent National	Darren Howe	2,747	53.11
	Independent	David Little	2,425	46.89
Total formal votes			5,172	95.28
Informal votes			256	4.72
Turnout			5,428	82.47
	Independent National win		(new ward)

Yallourn

2024 Victorian local elections: Yallourn Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steph Morgan	2,027	50.05
	Independent Labor	Graeme Laurence Middlemiss	2,023	49.95
Total formal votes			4,050	93.56
Informal votes			279	6.44
Turnout			4,329	73.91
	Independent win		(new ward)

South Gippsland

2024 South Gippsland Shire Council election

October 2024
All 9 seats on South Gippsland Shire Council 5 seats needed for a majority
Largest party before election Independents Subsequent largest party Independents

South Gippsland Shire Council is composed of three multi-member wards with three members each.[28]

South Gippsland results

2024 Victorian local elections: South Gippsland[29]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		18,180	87.51	+0.49	8
	Independent Liberal		1,978	9.52	+3.59	1
	Greens		617	2.97	−4.08	0
Formal votes			20,775	97.37	+0.90
Informal votes			561	2.63	−0.90
Total			21,336	100.00		9
Registered voters / turnout			24,875	85.77	+4.26

Coastal-Promontory

2024 Victorian local elections: Coastal-Promontory Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Scott Rae (elected 1)	1,928	28.22	+8.51
	Independent	Sarah Gilligan (elected 2)	1,831	26.80
	Independent	Steve Finlay (elected 3)	1,575	23.06
	Independent	Emma McKay	1,084	15.87
	Independent	Michael R. Poore	413	6.05
Total formal votes			6,831	97.57	+0.17
Informal votes			170	2.43	−0.17
Turnout			7,001	85.10	+7.25

Strzelecki

2024 Victorian local elections: Strzelecki Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	Nathan Hersey (elected 1)	1,978	27.34	+11.00
	Independent	John Kennedy (elected 3)	1,747	24.14
	Independent	Bron Beach (elected 2)	1,679	23.20
	Independent	Jim Forbes	993	13.72	−2.90
	Independent	Jenni Keerie	839	11.59	−11.65
Total formal votes			7,236	97.45	+1.38
Informal votes			189	2.55	−1.38
Turnout			7,425	86.71	+4.20

Tarwin Valley

2024 Victorian local elections: Tarwin Valley Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Schelling (elected 1)	2,405	35.85	+5.44
	Independent	Clare Williams (elected 2)	1,805	26.91	+5.15
	Independent	Don Hill	857	12.78	+4.44
	Greens	Rosemary Anne Cousin	617	9.20	−0.17
	Independent	Brad Snell (elected 3)	524	7.81
	Independent	Kathleen Murray	263	3.92
	Independent	Aaron Taylor	237	3.53
Total formal votes			6,708	97.08	+0.92
Informal votes			202	2.92	−0.92
Turnout			6,910	85.47	+1.94

Wellington

2024 Wellington Shire Council election

October 2024
All 9 seats on Wellington Shire Council 5 seats needed for a majority
Largest party before election Independents Subsequent largest party Independents

Wellington Shire Council is composed of three multi-member wards with three members each.[30]

Wellington results

2024 Victorian local elections: Wellington[31]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		22,554	82.29		8
	Independent Liberal		3,789	13.82		1
	Libertarian		1,066	3.89		0
Formal votes			27,409	96.90
Informal votes			876	3.10
Total			28,285	100.00		9
Registered voters / turnout			34,651	81.63

Central

2024 Victorian local elections: Central Ward[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	Scott Rossetti (elected 1)	3,789	39.11	+18.79
	Independent	Liz Foat (elected 2)	3,173	32.76
	Independent	Geoff Wells (elected 3)	1,659	17.13
	Libertarian	Jacob Veldhuizen	1,066	11.00
Total formal votes			9,687	97.82	+1.16
Informal votes			216	2.18	−1.16
Turnout			9,903	79.86	−0.60

Coastal

2024 Victorian local elections: Coastal Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Garry Stephens (elected 1)	2,341	27.07	−14.97
	Independent	Cindy Madeley (elected 2)	1,928	22.30
	Independent	Catherine Bannerman (elected 3)	1,370	15.84
	Independent	Paul Mayer	1,203	13.91
	Independent	Marcus McKenzie	1,174	13.58	−8.64
	Independent	Robin Albert Sidebotham	631	7.30
Total formal votes			8,647	96.16	−1.05
Informal votes			345	3.84	+1.05
Turnout			8,992	83.29	+12.52

Northern

2024 Victorian local elections: Northern Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edward Lowe (elected 1)	3,004	33.10
	Independent	Carmel Ripper (elected 2)	1,574	17.34	+4.77
	Independent	John Tatterson (elected 3)	1,424	15.69	−12.62
	Independent	Kevin Christensen	1,363	15.02
	Independent	Cameron Jamie Hogan	1,108	12.21
	Independent	Christos Iliopoulos	602	6.63	−4.12
Total formal votes			9,075	96.65	−0.83
Informal votes			315	3.35	+0.83
Turnout			9,390	81.98	−0.89

Notes

1. Also a member of an undisclosed political party, although it is not the Greens and it does not appear to be the Labor Party.[5][14]
2. Candidate was ineligible to contest the election after not completing mandatory candidate training.[22] They still appeared on the ballot as they were only "retired" by the Victorian Electoral Commission after ballot papers had been printed, however they could not serve as a councillor and their votes were distributed to other candidates according to voters' preferences.[23][24]

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