Key dates and candidates for the Singleton council elections are listed below. Voting in Council elections is compulsory. More information from the NSW Electoral Commission here. Milbrodale Public School is the closest place for Putty people to vote in person. Voting is compulsory.
KEY DATES
- 7 September: Pre-polling opens – Singleton Youth Centre on the corner of Pitt and Bathurst streets.
Sat: 9:00am – 6:00pm
Mon – Wed: 8:30am – 5:30pm
Thu: 8:30am – 8:00pm
Fri: 8:30am – 6:00pm - 9 September: Postal voting applications close
- 13 September: Prepolling closes
- 14 September: Election day
- 1 October: Progressive declaration of results
CANDIDATES
Singleton Shire needs to choose 9 councillors from 12 candidates and a Mayor from 3 candidates (Hunter River Times)
ADAMTHWAITE Godfrey – Independent – Hunterview – current councillor (Facebook)
GEORGE Susan Maree (Sue) – Independent – Singleton – current councillor – Secretary of Singleton Combined Halls committee and council representative. Putty Hall relies on this group to obtain grants (Facebook)
JENKINS Hollee Samantha – Independent – Wattle Ponds – current councillor (Facebook)
MCGEACHIE Timothy James – Australian Labor Party (NSW Branch) – Singleton – (Instagram)
MCGOWAN Anne Patricia – Independent – Reedy Creek – Business woman (Facebook)
MCLACHLAN Malinda Lee (Mel) – Independent – Singleton Heights – current councillor – (Facebook)
MOORE Susan Rosalie (Sue) – Independent – Elderslie – current Mayor – running again for Mayor. Sue was presented with the Elected Representative Award for Regional Councils at the Women in Local Government Awards held in Sydney on Tuesday. (Hunter River Times) and (Facebook)
STOKES Louise Jean – The Greens NSW – Apple Tree Flat – If Louise is elected she will be the first Greens councillor in Singleton, and she will put clean air at the top of the agenda (Instagram)
THOMPSON Daniel (Dan) – Independent – Glenridding – current Councillor running for Mayor (Facebook)
THOMPSON Patrick Daniel – Australian Labor Party (NSW Branch) – Glenridding
WATSON Peree Anne – Australian Labor Party (NSW Branch) – Branxton – running for Mayor – was the Labor candidate for the Upper Hunter in the 2023 NSW Parliament election (Facebook)
YEOMANS Scott John – YEOMANS Scott – Libertarian Party (formerly Liberal Democrats) – Stanhope
Learn more about the candidates from Singleton Argus article here