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Community Access Edition 199
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Voters at Ettalong Public School
September 15, 2008
Voters at Brisbane Water Secondary College, Woy Woy
Voters endorse Holstein’s Liberals The Liberal Party, led by Cr Chris Holstein, has gained 35 per cent of votes in Gosford Council elections, more than twice that of its nearest rivals. The Labor Party gained 17 per cent, just ahead of The Greens with 15 per cent. The figures were released at the close of counting on election night by the NSW Electoral Commission and include both the group vote and that of the candidate at the top of the ticket. The Liberal vote was an increase of 19 per cent on the party’s vote of 16 per cent at the last election, and an increase of seven per cent on the combined vote of the Liberal party and Chris Holstein, who stood as an independent and had 12 per cent of the vote at the last election. The Greens also more than
doubled their vote, from seven per cent to 15 per cent, while the biggest loser was Central Coast First which came fourth with a drop from 19 per cent to 12 per cent. The Labor Party vote of 17 per cent was the same as in 2004, unaffected by a predicted backlash resulting from State Labor Government issues. The best performed independent was Craig Doyle with seven per cent of the vote while Malcolm Brooks and Trevor Drake each gained four per cent. While these are only first preference counts and there may yet be another 20,000 votes to take into account, if percentages remain the same, it is likely that two new councillors, Chris Bourke and Amy Houston, will represent the Liberal Party in the new council. Peter Hale representing Central Coast First is likely to lose his
seat. Central Coast First councillor Laurie Maher of Central Coast First, The Greens’ Terri Latella, Labor’s Jim Macfadyen and Vicki Scott, and independent councillor Craig Doyle are all likely to be returned. The final two places will be fought out between Jeff Strickson of the Liberal Party and The Greens’ Peter Freewater with five per cent, and former Liberals Trevor Drake and Malcolm Brooks with four per cent of the first preference vote. On election night, there were 79,629 votes counted, with 5649 informal, of a total of 113,763 electors enrolled. This compares with 92,000 votes cast in 2004 of which 10,000 were informal. Cec Bucello, 14 Sep 2008
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