Who's running in the 2024 Kempsey Shire Council elections? | September 11, 2024
There are over 20 people running for the Kempsey Shire Council in this election but can the average person on the street name anyone on the ballot paper?
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00:00Local government elections are set to take place with pre-polls already opened
00:04but does the average person on the street know who is even running in the
00:08Kempsey Shire elections?
00:12No, no idea. I know a couple of people who are candidates, but yeah.
00:18I know a couple of them. Yep, so what's it, Andrew Ferguson and I can't think of the
00:27other ones. Name the girl. Yeah, I can't even think of her bloody name either.
00:33All I know is Dean Saul. That's all I know.
00:36And do you know, can you name anyone who's running this year in the Kempsey Shire election?
00:41Yeah, so I know Aunty Vicky. Taylor is one. She's definitely got my vote. Aunty Vicky.
00:47I know Dean Saul is another one. That's it, unfortunately.
00:52No, not a great deal, yeah. Yeah, I haven't been here. I've been in hospital for the past month, so.
00:57I think Scott Butterfield as well, but that's about it. I don't know anyone else.
01:04With over 20 people running for the Kempsey Shire Council elections,
01:08it's easy to understand why people don't know who exactly is running for what.
01:13For the Mayor position, we have, in the order they're going to appear on the ballot,
01:17Arthur Bain, Charanjit Singh Bedi, Dean Saul, Troy Irwin, Simon Ferguson and Kinny Ring.
01:27When it comes to the role of being a councillor, we have a number of people running.
01:32In the grouped candidates, we have Group A, led by Alexandra Wyatt,
01:37Group B, led by Kinny Ring, Group C, led by Dean Saul,
01:42Group D, which is the Greens, run by Arthur Bain,
01:46and Group E, run by Noel Selby.
01:50Also on the ballot will be ungrouped candidates, appearing on the ballot in this order.
01:56Troy Irwin, Stephen McNamara, Trevor Martin, Ben Pax.
02:02If you're wanting to find out a little bit more information on who is running before Election Day,
02:07this Saturday on September 14, you can head to the Maclay Argus website,
02:11where we have an article on the Mayoral candidates, the ungrouped candidates and the grouped candidates.