Results of the 2017 New South Wales local elections

This is a list of local government area results for the 2017 New South Wales local elections.^[1][2]

Armidale

Elected councillor		Party
	Ian Tiley	Independent
	Debra O'Brien	Labor
	Margaret O'Connor	Ind. Liberal
	Dorothy Robinson	Greens
	Simon Murray	Independent
	Jon Galletly	Independent
	Libby Martin	Independent
	Diane Gray	Independent
	Andrew Murat	Independent
	Bradley Widders	Independent
	Paul Gaddes	Independent

The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, including its councillor elected to Armidale Dumaresq Shire in 2012.^[3]

2017 New South Wales local elections: Armidale^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian Tiley	1,726	11.2
	Labor		1,706	11.0	+11.0
	Independent Liberal		1,588	10.3
	Independent	Simon Murray	1,502	9.7
	Independent	Jon Galletly	1,405	9.1
	Greens		1,163	7.5	−5.7
	New England Futures Group		675	4.4	+4.4
	Independent	Libby Martin	665	4.3
	Independent	Diane Gray	481	3.1
	Independent	Bradley Widders	476	3.1
	Independent	Jim Maher	445	2.9
	Independent	Andrew Murat	432	2.8
	Independent	Peter Bailey	415	2.7
	Independent	Kevin Dupe	368	2.4
	Independent Liberal	Aileen MacDonald	296	1.9
	Independent	Maria Hitchcock	241	1.6
	Independent	Michelle Wheatley	234	1.5
	Independent	Les Davis	205	1.3
	Independent	Gordon Cope	202	1.3
	Independent	Joshua Fittler	179	1.2
	Independent	Jack Hobbs	167	1.1
	Independent	Herman Beyersdorf	161	1.0
	Independent	Colin Gadd	158	1.0
	Independent	Jack Rapely	137	0.9
	Independent	Martha Saw	108	0.7
	Independent	Trev Smith	102	0.7
	Independent	Tom Walsh	99	0.6
	Independent	Aziz Winrow	65	0.4
	Independent	Dale Curtis	59	0.4
Total formal votes			15,460	94.09
Informal votes			971	5.91
Turnout			16,431	80.64
Party total votes
	Independent		10,032	64.9
	Independent Liberal		1,884	12.2
	Labor		1,706	11.0	+11.0
	Greens		1,163	7.5	−5.7
	New England Futures Group		675	4.4	+4.4

Bathurst

Elected councillor		Party
	Bobby Bourke	TEAM BOURKE
	Jacqui Rudge	TEAM BOURKE
	Ian North	TEAM NORTH
	Warren Aubin	Bathurst First
	Alex Christian	Ind. SFF
	Graeme Hanger	Independent (Group G)
	Jess Jennings	Independent (Group C)
	John Fry	Greens
	Monica Morse	Independent (Group B)

2017 New South Wales local elections: Bathurst^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TEAM BOURKE		4,745	20.4
	Independent (Group G)		4,634	19.9
	Bathurst First		2,571	11.1
	Independent SFF	Alex Christian	2,190	9.4
	TEAM NORTH		2,093	9.0
	Independent (Group C)		2,118	9.1
	Independent (Group B)		1,945	8.4
	Greens		1,617	7.0
	Independent Labor	Nick Packham	926	4.0
	Independent (Group F)		421	1.8
Total formal votes			23,260	93.55
Informal votes			1,605	6.45
Turnout			24,865	84.86

Blayney

2017 New South Wales local elections: Blayney^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Scott Ferguson (elected)	1,329	30.9	+19.4
	Independent	Allan Ewin (elected)	605	14.1	−3.9
	Independent	David Kingham (elected)	447	10.4	−0.1
	Country Labor	Scott Denton (elected)	418	9.7	+9.7
	Independent	John Newstead (elected)	416	9.1
	Independent	Bruce Reynolds (elected)	393	9.1	+9.1
	Independent	David Somervaille (elected)	311	7.2	−0.1
	Greens		272	6.3	+6.3
	Independent	Nyree Reynolds	139	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			4,299	94.82
Informal votes			235	5.18
Turnout			4,784	85.73

Burwood

Elected councillor		Party
	Heather Crichton	Labor
	Joseph Del Duca	Liberal
	Lesley Furneaux-Cook	ICV
	George Mannah	Labor
	Ernest Chan	Labor
	Raj Dixit	Liberal

2017 New South Wales local elections: Burwood^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		7,912	51.1	+7.2
	Liberal		4,002	25.8	−1.8
	Independent Community Voice		3,575	23.1	+0.0
Total formal votes			15,489	93.66
Informal votes			1,048	6.34
Turnout			16,537	79.97

Cabonne

2017 New South Wales local elections: Cabonne^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kevin Beatty (elected)	919	12.2
	Independent	Peter Batten (elected)	867	11.5
	Independent	Kevin Walker (elected)	842	11.1
	Independent	Greg Treavors (elected)	705	9.3
	Independent	Marlene Nash (elected)	629	8.3
	Independent	Cheryl Newsom (elected)	624	8.1
	Independent	Jamie Jones (elected)	592	7.8
	Independent	Ian Davison (elected)	545	7.2
	Independent	Libby Oldham (elected)	411	5.4
	Independent	Anthony Durkin (elected)	396	5.2
	Independent	Jenny Waver (elected)	324	4.3
	Independent	Paul Mullins (elected)	301	4.0
	Independent	Duncan Brakell	226	3.0
	Independent	Derek Johnson	184	2.4
Total formal votes			7,555	89.88
Informal votes			851	10.12
Turnout			8,406	84.80

Canada Bay

Elected councillor		Party
	Michael Megna	Liberal
	Julia Little	Labor
	Charles Jago	Greens
	Stephanie Di Pasqua	Liberal
	Andrew Ferguson	Labor
	Nicholas Yap	Liberal
	Marian Parnaby	Labor
	Daniela Ramondino	Independent (Group C)

2017 New South Wales local elections: Canada Bay^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal		16,756	38.6	−5.9
	Labor		15,383	35.4	−8.1
	Greens		49,11	11.3	+0.8
	Independent (Group C)		3,565	8.2	+8.2
	Independent (Group B)		2,697	6.2	+6.2
	Independent	Max Gergis	140	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			43,452	93.79
Informal votes			2,878	6.21
Turnout			46,330	80.67

References

1. "Results by Local Government Area". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023.
2. "2017 NSW Local Government Elections". ABC News. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023.
3. "The Liberal Party will not back ex-councillor Margaret O'Connor or any other candidate in the September council election". The Armidale Express.
4. "Armidale Regional". ABC News.
5. "Bathurst Regional". ABC News.
6. "Blayney". ABC News.
7. "Burwood". ABC News.
8. "Cabonne". ABC News.
9. "Canada Bay". ABC News.