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Local Electoral Act 2001

Conduct of elections and polls - Candidacy

57B: Candidacy for ward and membership at large prohibited

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"You can't run for a local ward and the whole district at the same time."

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You cannot be a candidate for election in a ward and for election by the whole district at the same time. You are a candidate for a ward and also for mayor of the territorial authority, so this rule does not apply to you. This is a rule about being a candidate in local elections.

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Part 3Conduct of elections and polls
Candidacy

57BCandidacy for ward and membership at large prohibited

  1. No person may, at the same time, be a candidate for election in a ward and a candidate for election by the electors of the district as a whole as a member of the territorial authority of which that ward forms part.

  2. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who is a candidate for election—

  3. as a member in a ward; and
    1. as mayor of the territorial authority of which that ward forms part.

      Notes
      • Section 57B: inserted, on , by section 21 of the Local Electoral Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 85).
      • Section 57B(2): added, on , by section 10 of the Local Electoral Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 62).