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plus other local government roles. Incumbent

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successfully contested a third term in office with a decisive majority. The second-placed candidate, Aaron Keown, received almost 50,000 fewer votes than Moore. Keown ran as an Independent, but contested the 2008 general election for

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, standing in the electorate. The third-placed candidate, Jamie Gough, was only 18 years old at the time. Both Keown and Gough were elected

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lors at the 2010 local elections.

Results

Voting statistics

Participation in local elections has been falling for years. In the 2004 local election, only 38.6% of registered voters cast their vote. The following table shows the voting statistics since the 1989 local elections: Table notes: ¹ Note that the number of voters reported in the summary report differs by 75 compared to the declaration of results of election.

References

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