Local Election Results

as posted here

GOSNELLS WARD
Vacancies	(6) Councillors
Expiry of term	19 October 2013
Total electors	60,854
Turnout rate	24.31%

Candidates	Votes	Percentage	Expiry of Term
DREW, Roger	4,267	6.16%
BROWN, Terry	5,995	8.65%	19 October 2013
SEARLE, Olwen	8,878	12.81%	19 October 2013
HOFFMAN, Ron	8,306	11.98%	19 October 2013
NAPOLITANO, Jennifer	4,754	6.86%
IWANYK, Susan	7,769	11.21%	19 October 2013
YOUSSEF, Salim	3,664	5.29%
BROWN, Julie	9,682	13.97%	19 October 2013
TARNAWSKYJ, Simon	3,008	4.34%
JONES, Karen Jayne	4,915	7.09%	19 October 2013
FRETZ, Frank	3,725	5.37%
STEVENS, Daniel	4,344	6.27%
Total valid votes	69,307	100%

as posted here

No real surprises here, turnout down to less than 25%, one retired councilor, hence one new position opens up, all other councilors have kept their positions, good luck to Karen Jayne Jones as she enters the fold, now we wait to see who they vote in as Mayor and Deputy, again I believe we need an overall, good to see that we have moved away from the Ward system, but we need compulsory voting and we need to elect the office bearers, you need more voter participation in the system to get a true indication and for democracy to work, and with Local Council elections at least the two party system is hidden in the background, but Politics is a big part of Local Council also, (many of the candidates and councilors are members of a Political party) the minor parties have latched on to this as can be seen in the Fremantle area with the Greens slowly moving in ...