Local Government Elections

as posted here

The City of Gosnells district is represented by 12 elected members, known as Councillors. The term of office for a Councillor is four years and elections are held every second year on the third Saturday in October.

The next Election Day will be on Saturday, 17 October 2009. At each election, half of the Council positions are declared vacant and a poll is conducted to determine the incoming Councillors.

Elections
The City of Gosnells holds postal elections, which are conducted on the City’s behalf by the Western Australian Electoral Commission.

What’s New?
The City has recently completed a review of Ward Boundaries and Councillor Representation, which resulted in a decision to remove ward boundaries and establish the district of Gosnells as a single ‘ward’. This means that all Councillors are now elected by electors from the whole district.

Voting in Elections
Voting papers are mailed to every person appearing on either the Residents Roll or the Owners and Occupiers Roll approximately four weeks prior to the Election Day.

Nominate to be a Councillor
To stand for election as a Councillor, you must:
be 18 years of age or older;
be an elector of the district (if you are only an elector because you are a nominee of a company then you are not eligible to stand);
(if you are a current Council member), have a term that ends on Election Day.

as posted here