Mareeba Shire Council by-election
A by-election is being held in April 2025 to elect a new councillor in the Mareeba Regional Council. This is a full postal by‑election and voting materials will be mailed to people enrolled to vote in this council area.
View the notice of election PDF (0.19 MB).
View the election timetable.
Voting is compulsory.
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The timetable for the by-election is set in accordance with the Local Government Electoral Act 2011. The election period began following the publication of the notice of election.
- Notice of election – Monday 10 March 2025
- Candidate nominations – Monday 10 March to 12pm on Tuesday 18 March 2025
- Election day – Saturday 5 April 2025
- Postal vote completion deadline –Saturday 5 April 2025 at 6pm
- Postal vote return deadline – Tuesday 15 April 2025
Nominations close at 12pm on 18 March 2025.
As nominations are accepted by the ECQ, candidate details will be published on the ECQ website.
See who has nominated as a candidate
More information:
- Fact sheet 1 – Eligibility to become a candidate in local government elections PDF (0.18 MB)
- Fact sheet 2 – Nominating as a candidate for local government elections PDF (0.23 MB)
- Form 5 LGA - Nomination form (endorsed) PDF (0.17 MB)
- Form 6 LGA - Nomination form (non PDF (0.17 MB)
All candidates must complete the free training course So you want to be a councillor? conducted by the Department of Local Government, Water and Volunteers.
This course must be completed within 6 months of nominating which means if you already completed the course before nominating for the March local government elections, you will need to retake it and get a new certificate of completion.
The course is fully online and will take about 90 minutes to complete. After finishing the training, you will want to download your certificate of completion. The certificate contains a reference number that must be included on your nomination form.
Postal vote
This is a full postal election and voting materials are mailed to people enrolled to vote in this council area.
Ballot papers will be printed and sent after the ballot paper order draw on Tuesday 18 March 2025.
You can complete your postal vote as soon as you get it. Make sure you:
- tear the ballot paper from the declaration envelope
- follow the instructions
- put your completed ballot paper in the declaration envelope
- seal the declaration envelope and sign it before a witness. Your witness has to sign it too
- put the declaration envelope in the reply-paid envelope and post it to ECQ.
You must complete your vote by 6pm Saturday 5 April 2025.
The ECQ must receive it by 5pm Tuesday 15 April 2025 for your vote to be counted.
Name: Julie Wells
Office address: Cedric Davies Community Hub, 43 Anzac Avenue, Mareeba
Contact number: 0486 183 705