Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections in Riverina

This is a list of results for the 2021 New South Wales local elections in the Riverina region.[1][2][3]

2021 New South Wales local elections
(Riverina)

← 2016
2017
14 September 2024 2024 →

Riverina covers 14 local government areas (LGAs), including the City of Griffith and the City of Wagga Wagga.[4]

Bland

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2021 New South Wales local elections: Bland[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Brian Monaghan (elected) 913 28.4
Independent Elizabeth McGlynn (elected) 405 12.6
Independent Kerron Keatley (elected) 399 12.4
Independent Rodney Crowe (elected) 339 10.6
Independent Roger Moore (elected) 256 8.0
Independent Jill Funnell (elected) 201 6.3
Independent Labor Tony Lord (elected) 201 6.3
Independent Bruce Baker (elected) 196 6.1
Independent Monica Clark (elected) 176 5.5
Independent Bradley Staniforth 125 3.9
Total formal votes 3,211 96.1
Informal votes 131 3.9
Turnout 3,342 80.7

Carrathool

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2021 Carrathool Shire Council election
 
← 2016 4 December 2021 2024 →

All 10 seats on Carrathool Shire Council
6 seats needed for a majority
Turnout39.56%
  First party
 
IND
Party Independents
Last election 10 seats
Seats before 10
Seats won 10
Seat change  
First preference vote 694
Percentage 100.0%
Swing   0.0

 
Post-election council composition

Largest party before election

Independents

Subsequent largest party

Independents

Carrathool Shire Council is composed of two five-member wards. Like in 2016, every single candidate was an independent without any political party membership.

Carrathool results

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2021 New South Wales local elections: Carrathool[6]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independents 694 100.0 +0.0 10  
 Formal votes 694 97.9
 Informal votes 15 2.1
 Total 709 100.00
 Registered voters / turnout 1,792 39.56

A Ward

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2021 New South Wales local elections: A Ward[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Darryl Jardine (elected) 235 33.9
Independent Heather Lyall (elected) 147 21.2
Independent Geoff Peters (elected) 73 10.5
Independent David Fensom (elected) 72 10.4
Independent Julie Potter (elected) 70 10.1
Independent Allan Hutchison 52 7.5
Independent Anne Moore 45 6.5
Total formal votes 694 97.9
Informal votes 15 2.1
Turnout 709 78.3

B Ward

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2021 New South Wales local elections: B Ward[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mick Armstrong (elected) unopposed
Independent Leon Cashmere (elected) unopposed
Independent Beverley Furner (elected) unopposed
Independent William Kite (elected) unopposed
Independent Damon Liddicoat (elected) unopposed
Registered electors 887

Coolamon

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2021 Coolamon Shire Council election
 
← 2016 4 December 2021 2024 →

All 9 seats on Coolamon Shire Council
5 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
SFF
IND
Party Independents SFF Ind. National
Seats won 7 1 1
First preference vote 2,053 413 110
Percentage 79.7% 16.0% 4.3%

Largest party before election

Independents

Subsequent largest party

Independents

Coolamon Shire Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally to a single ward.

Independent councillor Jeremy Crocker joined the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party in October 2017 and contested the election as an endorsed candidate.[7]

The previous election, in September 2016, was uncontested. Bronwyn Hatty, Trevor Jose, Wayne Lewis and Garth Perkin contested this election for the first time.

Coolamon results

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2021 New South Wales local elections: Coolamon[2][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bronwyn Hatty (elected) 638 24.77
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Jeremy Crocker (elected) 413 16.03
Independent Colin McKinnon (elected) 286 11.10
Independent David McCann (elected) 266 10.33
Independent Kathy Maslin (elected) 265 10.29
Independent Alan White (elected) 212 8.23
Independent Bruce Hutcheon (elected) 185 7.18
Independent Trevor Jose 118 4.58
Independent National Wayne Lewis (elected) 110 4.27
Independent Garth Perkin (elected) 82 3.22
Total formal votes 2,576 96.4
Informal votes 97 3.63
Turnout 2,673 82.53

Cootamundra–Gundagai

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2021 Cootamundra–Gundagai Regional Council election
 
← 2017 4 December 2021 2024 →

All 9 seats on Cootamundra–Gundagai Regional Council
5 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
IND
IND
Party Independents Ind. Labor Ind. National
Seats before 8 1 0
Seats won 7 1 1
Seat change   1     1
First preference vote 5,915 963 444
Percentage 85.5% 13.9% 6.4%

Largest party before election

Independents

Subsequent largest party

Independents

Cootamundra–Gundagai Regional Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally to a single ward.

Logan Collins was elected at the age of 18, becoming the youngest local councillor in New South Wales history.[9][10]

Cootamundra–Gundagai results

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2021 New South Wales local elections: Cootamundra–Gundagai[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Abb McAlister (elected) 1,424 20.6
Independent Labor Charlie Sheahan (elected) 963 13.9
Independent Gil Kelly (elected) 901 13.0
Independent Les Boyd (elected) 753 10.9
Independent Leigh Bowden (elected) 605 8.7
Independent Penny Nicholson (elected) 451 6.5
Independent National Logan Collins (elected) 444 6.4
Independent Trevor Glover (elected) 417 6.0
Independent David Ferguson 358 5.2
Independent David Graham (elected) 269 3.9
Independent Rosalind Wight 210 3.0
Independent Maxine Hayes 127 1.8
Total formal votes 6,922 95.7
Informal votes 310 4.3
Turnout 7,232 84.1

Griffith

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Elected councillor Party
  Laurie Testoni Independent
(Group B)
  Shari Blumer Independent
(Group B)
  Chris Sutton Chris Sutton Team
  Melissa Marin Chris Sutton Team
  Anne Napoli Anne Napoli Group
  Dino Zappacosta Independent
(Group D)
  Manjit Singh Lally Independent
(Group D)
  Simon Croce Independent
(Group C)
  Jenny Ellis Independent
  Christine Stead Independent
(Group E)
2021 New South Wales local elections: Griffith[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent (Group B) 3,589 28.6
Chris Sutton Team 2,580 20.5
Anne Napoli Group 1,850 14.7
Independent (Group D) 1,171 9.3
Independent (Group C) 779 6.2
Independent (Group E) 664 5.3
Independent Jenny Ellis 536 4.3
Independent (Group G) 530 4.2
Independent Rina Mercuri 445 3.5
Independent Michael Crump 334 2.7
Independent Robert Campbell 78 0.6
Total formal votes 12,556 84.8
Informal votes 2,250 15.2
Turnout 14,806 88.1
2021 New South Wales local elections: Hay[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jenny Dwyer (elected) 491 28.1
Independent Martyn Quinn (elected) 264 15.1
Independent Peter Handford (elected) 198 11.3
Independent Peter Dwyer (elected) 190 10.9
Independent Carol Oataway (elected) 117 6.7
Independent Lionel Garner (elected) 103 5.9
Independent Geoff Chapman (elected) 90 5.2
Independent John Perry 64 3.7
Independent Darren Clarke 62 3.5
Independent Paul Porter (elected) 57 3.3
Independent Beverley McRae 48 2.7
Independent David Townsend 33 1.9
Independent Megan Ruska 30 1.7
Total formal votes 1,747 97.4
Informal votes 47 2.6
Turnout 1,794 83.6

Junee

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2021 New South Wales local elections: Junee[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Neil Smith (elected) 795 24.4
Independent National Pam Halliburton (elected) 476 14.6
Independent National Matt Austin (elected) 433 13.3
Independent David Carter (elected) 303 9.3
Independent Andrew Clinton (elected) 253 7.8
Independent Robin Asmus (elected) 180 5.5
Independent Mark Cook (elected) 179 5.5
Independent Marie Knight (elected) 160 4.9
Independent Anna Lashbrook 158 4.8
Independent Maggie Salisbury 108 3.3
Independent Bob Callow (elected) 107 3.3
Independent Linda Calis 57 1.7
Independent Robert Minister 53 1.3
Total formal votes 3,262 95.9
Informal votes 138 4.1
Turnout 3,400 85.1

Leeton

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2021 Leeton Shire Council election
 
← 2016 4 December 2021 2024 →

All 9 seats on Leeton Shire Council
5 seats needed for a majority
Registered7,698
Turnout6,354 (82.54%)
  First party Second party
 
IND
IND
Party Independents Ind. Labor
Last election 8 seats 1 seat
Seats before 8 1
Seats won 8 1
Seat change    
First preference vote 5,597 508
Percentage 91.68% 8.32%

Largest party before election

Independents

Subsequent largest party

Independents

Leeton Shire Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally to a single ward.

Tony Reneker became mayor following the election, with Michael Kidd serving as deputy mayor.[16]

Leeton results

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2021 New South Wales local elections: Leeton[17][18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul Smith (elected) 845 13.84 +5.58
Independent George Weston (elected) 628 10.29 +5.08
Independent Tony Reneker (elected) 823 13.48 +5.66
Independent Krystal Maytom (elected) 548 8.98 +8.98
Independent Tony Ciccia (elected) 512 8.39 +2.07
Independent Sandra Nardi (elected) 530 8.68 +3.16
Independent Labor Michael Kidd (elected) 508 8.32 +2.28
Independent Tracy Morris (elected) 345 5.65 +0.48
Independent Matthew Holt (elected) 308 5.05 +5.05
Independent Brian Conroy 210 3.44 +3.44
Independent Patricia Bowles 190 3.11 +0.79
Independent Daryl Odewahn 176 2.88 +2.88
Independent Emerson Doig 156 2.56 −0.33
Independent Lynsey Reilly 152 2.49 +2.49
Independent Bill Barwick 101 1.65 −0.41
Independent Jo Roberts 73 1.20 +1.20
Total formal votes 6,105 96.08 −0.12
Informal votes 249 3.92 +0.12
Turnout 6,354 82.54 +0.05

Wagga Wagga

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Elected councillor Party
  Michael Henderson Clean Out Council
  Richard Foley Clean Out Council
  Dan Hayes Labor
  Amelia Parkins Labor
  Rod Kendall Independent
(Group D)
  Dallas Tout Community First
  Jenny McKinnon Greens
  Tim Koschel Here For You
  Georgie Davis Getting It Done
2021 New South Wales local elections: Wagga Wagga[20][21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Clean Out Council 9,201 25.6
Labor 8,279 23.1 +6.1
Independent (Group D) 4,416 12.3
Community First 3,576 10.0
Greens 3,347 9.3 +5.0
Here For You 2,808 7.8
Getting It Done 2,291 6.4
Independent (Group F) 837 2.3 +2.3
Independent Liberal Robert Sinclair 572 1.6
Independent Liberal Rosina Gordon 287 0.8
Independent Richard Salcole 235 0.7
Independent Liberal Robin Dennis 20 0.1
Independent Liberal Daniel Vieria 16 0.0
Total formal votes 35,885 93.2
Informal votes 2,634 6.8
Turnout 38,519 83.3

References

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  6. ^ a b c "Carrathool". ABC News.
  7. ^ "Meet Our New Coolamon Shire Councillor". Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party. 2 October 2017. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Coolamon". ABC News.
  9. ^ O'Driscoll, Max (24 March 2022). "Logan Collins plans to represent the regions for many years to come". About Regional. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024. Representing Cootamundra-Gundagai at only 18 years of age, Logan Collins is believed to be the youngest councillor ever elected in New South Wales.
  10. ^ "MEET YOUR COUNCILLORS". Cootamundra–Gundagai Regional Council. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024. Cr Collins is the state's youngest councillor in history and serving his first term.
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  12. ^ "City of Griffith". ABC News.
  13. ^ "Hay". ABC News.
  14. ^ "Junee". ABC News.
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