With just one week to go until the local government elections, we want to know how Charters Towers residents will be voting.
The candidates include incumbent mayor Frank Beveridge; principal of Jensen’s Real Estate & Livestock, Andrew Jensen; former LNP state candidate and owner of Schmidt Transport, Liz Schmidt and deputy mayor Wally Brewer, who has served under Cr Beveridge for the entirety of his term.
A field of 30 candidates nominated for the councillor positions who will appear in the following ballot order: Ian Stockwell, Cheryl Dempster, Katie Dunlop, Roma Bailey, Brian Beveridge, Barb Sowman, Graham Lohmann, Graham Moody, Peter Burke, Barbara Robinson, Tom Hogg, Michael Bell, Ian Urquhart, Sonia Bennetto, Bob Murray, Tess Pemble, Mike Power, Jim Wright, Dominique Everard, Wendy Emerson, Brett Maff, Tracey Murphy, Bernie Robertson, Tony McDonald, David Nutley, Christopher Bawden, Keith Matthews, Brian Reiffel, Durant Livy and Alan Barr.
On Saturday, March 19, polling booths will be available at
Polling booth locations on Saturday, March 19, include:
- Charters Towers Regional Council Chambers, 12-14 Mosman Street, Charters Towers
- Goldfields Cricket Club, 12 York Street, Charters Towers
- Richmond Hill State School, Baker Street, Charters Towers
- Pentland State School, Gilmore Street, Pentland
- Ravenswood State School, School Street, Ravenswood
Find out more about some of the candidates here.