VOTING has closed for the 2024 Mornington Peninsula Shire Council election, and the 36 remaining candidates now face a nervous wait for the results.The Victorian Electoral Commission will continue to receive postal votes until Friday 1 November, but will begin counting the first group of votes (received by 6pm Friday 25 October) between Tuesday and Thursday this week. Scrutineer observations during this counting may shed light on some of the eventual winners, especially in wards with only two candidates where preferences will not play a role.Only one candidate was withdrawn by the VEC during the election period, Bill Daish from…
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THE nomination period for candidates in the 2024 Mornington Peninsula Shire Council elections has closed, with 37 candidates nominating to contest the shire’s eleven wards.Of the candidates, six current councillors (Crs Bissinger, Celi, Gill, Marsh, O’Connor and Roper) have thrown their hats in the ring to serve another four-year term. Five current councillors (Crs Brooks, Dixon, Holland, Mar and Race) have decided not to stand again.This election will see the move away from a six-ward system (three with multiple councillors) to an 11-ward system, with only one councillor to be elected from each ward.In Beek Beek ward, which covers the…