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Election countdown

Editorial

A CLICK of a button and a few seconds was all it took to determine the order of candidates on the ballot paper for next month’s Swan Hill Rural City Council elections.

Eighteen candidates intend to run for council with 10 nominations in the Central Ward, four in the Lakes Ward and two nominations in each of the Murray-Mallee and Robinvale wards.

The 2012 Swan Hill Rural City Council elections will be conducted entirely by post and with one month to go, postal ballot packs will be sent to households between October 9 and 11.

Central Ward

1. Bill Moar

2. Jim Crowe

3. Yvonne Jennings

4. Greg Cruickshank

5. Bill Croft

6. Donna Salathiel

7. Michael Adamson

8. Lindsay Rogers

9. Lawrence Moser

10. Jessie Kiley

Lakes Ward

1. Chris Lahy

2. Gregory Fox

3. Les McPhee

4. Allen Ridgeway

Murray-Mallee Ward

1. Gary Norton

2. Leigh Bonney

Robinvale Ward

1. Tim Williams 

2. John Katis

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