Oscar Parry
Unlike Hume, Macedon Ranges will maintain its ward structure for the next term, with three vacancies across each of the three wards.
Of the current councillors, Geoffrey Allan Neil, Dom Bonnano, Christine Walker, Rob Guthrie, Jennifer Anderson, and Janet Pearce registered as candidates for the upcoming council election.
This means that current mayor Annette Death and councillors Bill West and Mark Ridgeway will not run for the next term.
On November 13 last year, the Victorian Electoral Commission declared Cr Walker as the successful candidate to fill a South Ward vacancy following a countback.
According to the Macedon Ranges website, this followed the resignation of former councillor Anne Moore, where all votes within South Ward from the 2020 Macedon Ranges council election were redistributed to candidates who were unsuccessful in 2020, but were still eligible to be elected.
The three Macedon Ranges wards will remain the same – East Ward, South Ward, and West Ward.
East Ward includes Baynton, Darraweit Guim, Kerrie, Lancefield, Newham, Riddells Creek and Romsey.
South Ward includes Bullengarook, Gisborne, Macedon, Mount Macedon and New Gisborne
West Ward includes Carlsruhe, Kyneton, Malmsbury, Tylden and Woodend.
Across the three wards, there are 20candidates running for election.
Of these, South Ward has the most candidates with eight enrolments.
Voting for the local council elections open on Monday, October 7 and close on Friday, October 25.
Voting in this election is by post only.
East Ward (three vacancies)
Henry Bleeck
Geoffrey Allan Neil
Andrew Scanlon
Daniel Young
Cassy Borthwick
Dion Alderton
Andy McKenzie
South Ward (three vacancies)
Alison Joseph
John Letchford
Dom Bonnano
Christine Walker
Rob Guthrie
West Ward (three vacancies)
Callum Keats
Jennifer Anderson
Andrea Haintz
Kate Kendall
Karan Hayman
Janet Pearce
Ryan Templeton
Rob Bakes
