THE Tasmanian Electoral Commission has published a booklet containing statements from each of the candidates contesting this month's council election. A printed copy of the booklet will be sent to each voter in their ballot pack next week, but an electronic version is available for downloading from the TEC website now.
The booklet also contains the following information:
This year, for the first time, the entire Derwent Valley Council is
being elected for a four-year term. The mayor, deputy mayor and
councillors you elect will all serve until 2018.
Successful
candidates for mayor and deputy mayor must be also elected as
councillors to be able to accept the office of mayor or deputy mayor.
There are three elections being held for the Derwent Valley Council:
• Eight Councillors – 19 candidates
• Mayor – five candidates
• Deputy Mayor – seven candidates
As well as the printed booklet of candidate statements, your postal ballot pack contains:
• Two sheets of ballot papers (one for councillor positions, the other for mayor and deputy mayor positions)
• A ballot paper envelope
• A reply paid envelope
www.tec.tas.gov.au
Strathgordon
The Gordon Dam at the furthest corner of the municipality is one of the jewels of our area
Mt Field
We are very fortunate to have Tasmania's equal oldest national park in our municipality. Its centenary will be celebrated in 2016.
Book launch
Dick Adams MHR has been kind enough to launch both volumes of the recent Derwent Valley history books we have produced locally.
BBC Radio
In 2001 I travelled to England at my own expense to bid for the right to host the 2008 World Gathering of Norfolk and Norwich here in the Derwent Valley. During this interview on BBC Radio Norwich, it was announced that our bid had been successful
Official welcome
During my visit to Norwich, the chief city in the county of Norfolk, I was officially welcomed by the chairman of the County Council who probably didn't think signing the official visitors book was as funny as I seem to have done
