Canning Vale or Thornlie

Canning Vale Ward consists of the suburbs of Canning Vale (Gosnells side) and Thornlie, I am running for the Canning Vale Ward, I live in Thornlie, once a councilor is elected they are required to represent every ratepayer/resident in the City of Gosnells, the ward system is only for the election of the councilors it serves no other purpose.

A lot of people have contacted me and complained about the high rates they are paying, the fact is the rates are not going to go down, in fact they will probably continue to rise each year, I attended the meeting early this year, only myself and my daughter were present at that meeting (from the public) and all councilors voted to accept the increase, any councilor or candidate that says the will reduce rates, needs to explain how. It's not going happen over night, we need a more sustainable vision for Gosnells, and stop the expansion that we are all paying for ...

We need to drop the Ward system, so all residents/ratepayers can vote for all of the councilors that will represent them, we also need to adapt a system were we vote for the Mayor not the councilors at a special meeting.

Do you wish to contact me ... as a Candidate

I can be reached on my mobile number 0430 227 335
during working hours, or on my internet phone
6262 7139 after 6pm or on the weekend, or you can
email me at pevans@thornlie.iinet.net.au. You can
call my internet VOIP line on 6262 7139 at anytime
and leave a voice message, which is emailed to me
as soon as you leave the message,
and I will respond as soon as possible ...

PS unfortunately my address was not published on my
profile in your election pack, my address for you
information is 8 McNamara Drive, Thornlie, 6108

and remember please take the time to vote

Candidate contact info

Bickley Ward
Mitchell, Ron 9458 9919
Potter, Helen 9258 4801
Wainwright, Pauline 9359 3516
Baraiolo, Sandra 0419 520 190
Stevens, Daniel 9493 3706
Griffiths, Liz 0419 929 542

Canning Vale Ward
Barrett, Wayne 9459 6998
Fernandez, Chris 9459 3657
Evans, Peter 6262 7139
Hawchar, Mahmoud (Dave) 042 883 4470

Gosnells Ward
Griffiths, Dave 9398 2242
Wiffen, Bill 9490 1904
Croft, Rod 9496 1654
George, Brad 0409 001 209

as posted on COGSite

How to Vote

Who Can Vote?
Only those who are correctly enrolled can vote in any election. For local government elections, you need to be a resident, or a non-resident owner or non-resident occupier of rateable property.

Who Conducts the Election?
The elections will be conducted by the Western Australian Electoral Commission.

Is Voting Compulsory?
No, voting in local government elections is not compulsory in Western Australia.

When will I get my Election Package?
Packages will be sent to all eligible electors within the district from 24 September 2007.

By when must the ballot paper be returned?
All ballot papers must be returned by 6pm on Saturday 20 October 2007 to be included in the count. Normally the ballot paper (inside its declaration envelope) should be returned by mail. However, throughout the period of the election it is possible to deposit returned packages into a sealed ballot box at the City of Gosnells Administration Centre located at 2120 Albany Highway, Gosnells. On Election Day (Saturday 20 October 2007) return election packages can be personally delivered to the Returning Officer who will be in the foyer of the City of Gosnells Administration Centre, between 8am and 6pm.

Replacement Packages
Can be obtained from the City of Gosnells at 2120 Albany Highway, Gosnells prior to election day and from 8am to 6pm on election day if the package is not received or should any papers be missing.

Polling Place
City of Gosnells Administration Centre, 2120 Albany Highway, Gosnells.

The Count of Votes
Will commence after 6pm on Saturday 20 October in the Reception Room, City of Gosnells Administration Building, 2120 Albany Highway, Gosnells.

as posted on COGSite

website problems at COG ...

... as of tonight Thurs, the link on the COG website
that should open the Agenda for the next meeting is
currently opening the Agenda for the 11th September
meeting, hopefully this will be rectified soon, seems
they have been having trouble in this area lately

Candidates ...

Gosnells Election Type Ordinary - Postal
Date of Election 20/10/2007
Returning Officer Shaun MAJOR
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(2) Councillors - Bickley Ward
Expiry of term (2) 15 October 2011 Total electors 17443

MITCHELL, Ron
POTTER, Helen
WAINWRIGHT, Pauline
BARAIOLO, Sandra
STEVENS, Daniel
GRIFFITHS, Liz
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(2) Councillors - Canning Vale Ward
Expiry of term (2) 15 October 2011 Total electors 22874

BARRETT, Wayne
FERNANDEZ, Chris
EVANS, Peter
HAWCHAR, Mahmoud (Dave)

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(2) Councillors - Gosnells Ward
Expiry of term (2) 15 October 2011 Total electors 18400

GRIFFITHS, Dave
WIFFEN, Bill
CROFT, Rod
GEORGE, Brad
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New voting system explained !!

An animation to explain the new voting system can be found here or download this PDF please check out the Western Australian Electoral Commission site for more info, this new voting system is very complex but said to be fairer ...

New counting system for Local Government elections

...This year, for the first time, there is a new counting system for Local Government elections and will require the ballot paper to be numbered in every box, from 1 to the number of all the candidates on the ballot paper. The new count system is called Preferential or Proportional Representation, click here for more information, and is used for Senate counts in Federal elections and the Legislative Council in State elections. Previously, Local Government elections had the First Past the Post method which involved ticking the boxes on the ballot paper. This is no longer acceptable.

If you will be away over the election period make sure you get your postal voting package returned in good time, it has to be received by 6pm Saturday, 20 October 2007...

as posted on WAEC site please visit the site to follow the links as posted