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LIVE BLOG: Mayor Peter Carter

Sam Jones and Danielle RaffaeleNorth West Telegraph

Election night is here and we’re at the vote count to bring you all the action as it happens.

Ten candidates are vying for the single Mayoral position, while 25 candidates will battle it out to see who will fill 8 council seats.

If you haven’t yet submitted your vote, you can do so by dropping into the Port Hedland Civic Centre before 6pm.

Pick up your copy of the North West Telegraph on Wednesday for the full report.

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LIVE BLOG:

11.59pm: The Town of Port Hedland officially have a new mayor and council.

Local businessman Peter Carter won the Mayoral election with 570 votes, 22.98 per cent of the 2489 votes.

Speaking to the North West Telegraph Mr Carter congratulated his opponents and said he was looking forward to serving the town.

“I’m really happy with the result tonight. Four of the eight council candidates who were on my ticket have also been elected,” he said.

“It’s important for the town to have a united council and we’re on our way to doing that.

“We’ve broken free from the shackles of bickering and infighting and we can now focus on giving Hedland the leadership it deserves.”

The four councillors who have been elected for a three-year term are by Jan Gillingham (902 votes), Renae Coles (888 votes), Elmar Zielke (884 votes) and Warren McDonogh (857 votes).

The four councillors elected for a one-year term are Kylie Unkovich (839 votes), Eva Bartho (794 votes), Lewis Kew Ming (778 votes) and Tim Turner (777 votes).

FINAL MAYOR VOTE TALLY:

PETER CARTER: 570

LORAINE BUTSON: 171

TELONA PITT: 166

GEORGE DECCACHE: 98

LOUISE NEWBERRY: 248

GLORIA JACOB: 310

BARRY TAYLOR: 379

GARY SILCOCK: 248

MICK ANICH: 13

JANET GILLINGHAM: 284

FINAL COUNCIL VOTE TALLY:

TK RIVERA: 697

RIAAN SWART: 374

DAVID CLUNE: 526

ANDY BARROW: 721

ELMAR ZIELKE: 884

EVA BARTHO: 794

GEORGE DECCACHE: 471

RON ATTWOOD: 652

RENAE COLES: 888

PETER WILDEN: 475

JAN GILLINGHAM: 902

LORRAINE BUTSON: 742

CAIDEN GRAY: 756

MARIE-ANNE WILKINSON: 484

GARTH ARMSTRONG: 615

TROY MELVILLE: 517

LEWIS KEW MING: 778

RAEWYN ARMTRONG: 473

WARREN MCDONOGH: 857

DEAN DAVIS: 322

LINCOLN TAVO: 689

TIM TURNER: 777

VISILIOS THEODORAKOPOULOS: 393

GLORIA JACOB: 728

KYLIE UNKOVICH: 839

8.30pm:

MAYOR PETER CARTER

Counting of votes in the Town of Port Hedland Mayoral race have finished, with local photography shop owner Peter Carter declared winner with 570 of the 2475 votes.

In second place Barry Taylor received 369 votes.

Gloria Jacob, who many thought had a strong chance in leading the Mayoral race, fell by the wayside with just 310 votes, putting her in third place.

In the council vote, which is still ongoing, Jan Gillingham has received the most votes of all candidates, currently sitting on 516.

FINAL MAYOR VOTE COUNT:

PETER CARTER: 570

LORAINE BUTSON: 172

TELONA PITT: 166

GEORGE DECCACHE: 97

LOUISE NEWBERRY: 245

GLORIA JACOB: 310

BARRY TAYLOR: 369

GARY SILCOCK: 247

MICK ANICH: 13

JANET GILLINGHAM: 284

COUNCIL VOTE AT THIS STAGE:

TK RIVERA: 392

RIAAN SWART: 210

DAVID CLUNE: 291

ANDY BARROW: 425

ELMAR ZIELKE: 487

EVA BARTHO: 439

GEORGE DECCACHE: 262

RON ATTWOOD: 356

RENAE COLES: 486

PETER WILDEN: 256

JAN GILLINGHAM: 516

LORRAINE BUTSON: 385

CAIDEN GRAY: 441

MARIE-ANNE WILKINSON: 268

GARTH ARMSTRONG: 345

TROY MELVILLE: 289

LEWIS KEW MING: 443

RAEWYN ARMTRONG: 258

WARREN MCDONOGH: 487

DEAN DAVIS: 184

LINCOLN TAVO: 384

TIM TURNER: 450

VISILIOS THEODORAKOPOULOS: 212

GLORIA JACOB: 397

KYLIE UNKOVICH: 481

7pm:

Peter Carter has continued to surge ahead in the race to be the next Mayor of the Town of Port Hedland.

He now has 143 of the 603 votes counted.

Mr Carter said he was feeling “slightly confident” having secured 23.71 per cent of the counted votes.

“There’s a long way to go still, but it’s great to see so many voters turnout and have their say,” he said.

In the election of councillors 287 ballot papers have now been counted, totalling 1726 votes.

At this stage, Renae Coles and Warren McDonogh are leading the race, each with 97 votes.

MAYORAL VOTE AT THIS STAGE:

PETER CARTER: 143

LORAINE BUTSON: 42

TELONA PITT: 35

GEORGE DECCACHE: 20

LOUISE NEWBERRY: 57

GLORIA JACOB: 78

BARRY TAYLOR: 88

GARY SILCOCK: 63

MICK ANICH: 4

JANET GILLINGHAM: 73

COUNCIL VOTE AT THIS STAGE:

TK RIVERA: 70

RIAAN SWART: 39

DAVID CLUNE: 58

ANDY BARROW: 82

ELMAR ZIELKE: 86

EVA BARTHO: 87

GEORGE DECCACHE: 52

RON ATTWOOD: 54

RENAE COLES: 97

PETER WILDEN: 50

JAN GILLINGHAM: 89

LORRAINE BUTSON: 73

CAIDEN GRAY: 83

MARIE-ANNE WILKINSON: 49

GARTH ARMSTRONG: 68

TROY MELVILLE: 46

LEWIS KEW MING: 86

RAEWYN ARMTRONG: 58

WARREN MCDONOGH: 97

DEAN DAVIS: 33

LINCOLN TAVO: 77

TIM TURNER: 92

VISILIOS THEODORAKOPOULOS: 43

GLORIA JACOB: 76

KYLIE UNKOVICH: 81

6.40pm:

The first votes are in and Peter Carter has taken a very (very) early lead in the mayoral race with 58 votes.

300 of the estimated 2500 votes have been counted.

In the councillor vote, Caiden Gray, Warren McDonough and Andy Barrow have received the most amount of votes, all with 44 after 114 ballot papers and 693 votes have been counted.

MAYORAL VOTE AT THIS STAGE:

PETER CARTER: 58

LLORAINE BUTSON: 16

TELONA PITT: 15

GEORGE DECCACHE: 2

LOUISE NEWBERRY: 27

GLORIA JACOB: 38

BARRY TAYLOR: 45

GARY SILCOCK: 31

MICK ANICH: 3

JANET GILLINGHAM: 43

COUNCIL VOTE AT THIS STAGE:

TK RIVERA: 22

RIAAN SWART: 12

DAVID CLUNE: 21

ANDY BARROW: 44

ELMAR ZIELKE: 32

EVA BARTHO: 32

GEORGE DECCACHE: 22

RON ATTWOOD: 20

RENAE COLES: 37

PETER WILDEN 22

JAN GILLINGHAM: 35

LORRAINE BUTSON: 36

CAIDEN GRAY: 44

MARIE-ANNE WILKINSON: 14

GARTH ARMSTRONG: 22

TROY MELVILLE: 20

LEWIS KEW MING: 34

RAEWYN ARMTRONG: 23

WARREN MCDONOGH: 44

DEAN DAVIS: 13

LINCOLN TAVO: 34

TIM TURNER: 36

VISILIOS THEODORAKOPOULOS: 14

GLORIA JACOB: 32

KYLIE UNKOVICH: 28

6pm:

Voting has officially closed. The ballot boxes have been opened and counting will begin shortly.

The North West Telegraph understands more than 1000 votes came in today alone, meaning there should be at least 2500 votes in total.

An army of election scrutineers adorning yellow vests have now entered the vote count room.

The vote is expected to take at least three hours.

Scrutineers are ready to make sure everything runs smoothly.
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