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Local electoral areas

9 places · every entry is a direct page link

Current representation

Amy Eden

Mayor

Independently named in the official Queensland Government directory checked 17 October 2026 · source checked 2026-10-17

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Election dates & previous contestants

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Next ordinary local government election

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Indicative statutory date: 2028-03-25. This is not a confirmed event timetable and does not start the countdown.

Australia/Brisbane · Calendar days to the local event date; exact polling or closing hours remain with the official notice. The clock does not refresh results or declare a winner.

Official event / results

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2024 Cairns Regional — Mayor

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· ECQ2024 local ordinary election archive; jurisdiction ordinary day16 March 2024. Any council-specific postponed polling day requires its own notice. First preferences are only the expressly official count; no count is invented where absent.

Australia/Brisbane · Calendar days to the local event date; exact polling or closing hours remain with the official notice. The clock does not refresh results or declare a winner. 2024 local election arrangement; later boundary editions and current roles remain separate.

Official event / results

7 recorded contestants · names, affiliations and public records
2024 Cairns Regional — Mayor · event-specific contestant records
Name / public profileAffiliation at this eventRecorded status / resultSource
KELLY, John (Kel)Affiliation not recordedMayor · contested this2024 event · 3854 first preference votesOfficial record
VETTERS, Warren (Binda)Affiliation not recordedMayor · contested this2024 event · 1139 first preference votesOfficial record
EDEN, AmyAffiliation not recordedMayor · declared elected in this2024 event · 25782 first preference votesOfficial record
POTTER, LeahAffiliation not recordedMayor · contested this2024 event · 2747 first preference votesOfficial record
WALLS, DenisAffiliation not recordedMayor · contested this2024 event · 10745 first preference votesOfficial record
TAYLOR, PaulAffiliation not recordedMayor · contested this2024 event · 19532 first preference votesOfficial record
JAMES, TerryAffiliation not recordedMayor · contested this2024 event · 20187 first preference votesOfficial record

2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 1

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· ECQ2024 local ordinary election archive; jurisdiction ordinary day16 March 2024. Any council-specific postponed polling day requires its own notice. First preferences are only the expressly official count; no count is invented where absent.

Australia/Brisbane · Calendar days to the local event date; exact polling or closing hours remain with the official notice. The clock does not refresh results or declare a winner. 2024 local election arrangement; later boundary editions and current roles remain separate.

Official event / results

1 recorded contestants · names, affiliations and public records
2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 1 · event-specific contestant records
Name / public profileAffiliation at this eventRecorded status / resultSource
MOLLER, BrettAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 1 · declared elected in this2024 eventOfficial record

2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 2

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· ECQ2024 local ordinary election archive; jurisdiction ordinary day16 March 2024. Any council-specific postponed polling day requires its own notice. First preferences are only the expressly official count; no count is invented where absent.

Australia/Brisbane · Calendar days to the local event date; exact polling or closing hours remain with the official notice. The clock does not refresh results or declare a winner. 2024 local election arrangement; later boundary editions and current roles remain separate.

Official event / results

6 recorded contestants · names, affiliations and public records
2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 2 · event-specific contestant records
Name / public profileAffiliation at this eventRecorded status / resultSource
COURTENAY, PatriciaAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 2 · contested this2024 event · 600 first preference votesOfficial record
GIUMELLI, NikkiAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 2 · contested this2024 event · 1541 first preference votesOfficial record
TICKNER, MatthewAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 2 · declared elected in this2024 event · 3137 first preference votesOfficial record
STRIEBY, KesaAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 2 · contested this2024 event · 1160 first preference votesOfficial record
LIPPINGWELL, SteveAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 2 · contested this2024 event · 1530 first preference votesOfficial record
SCHILLING, JohnAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 2 · contested this2024 event · 1702 first preference votesOfficial record

2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 3

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Calendar timer

· ECQ2024 local ordinary election archive; jurisdiction ordinary day16 March 2024. Any council-specific postponed polling day requires its own notice. First preferences are only the expressly official count; no count is invented where absent.

Australia/Brisbane · Calendar days to the local event date; exact polling or closing hours remain with the official notice. The clock does not refresh results or declare a winner. 2024 local election arrangement; later boundary editions and current roles remain separate.

Official event / results

3 recorded contestants · names, affiliations and public records
2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 3 · event-specific contestant records
Name / public profileAffiliation at this eventRecorded status / resultSource
SEDEN, MarisaAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 3 · contested this2024 event · 1164 first preference votesOfficial record
HEALY, HeidiAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 3 · contested this2024 event · 1601 first preference votesOfficial record
ZEIGER, CathyAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 3 · declared elected in this2024 event · 6450 first preference votesOfficial record

2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 4

historical · ordinary

Calendar timer

· ECQ2024 local ordinary election archive; jurisdiction ordinary day16 March 2024. Any council-specific postponed polling day requires its own notice. First preferences are only the expressly official count; no count is invented where absent.

Australia/Brisbane · Calendar days to the local event date; exact polling or closing hours remain with the official notice. The clock does not refresh results or declare a winner. 2024 local election arrangement; later boundary editions and current roles remain separate.

Official event / results

4 recorded contestants · names, affiliations and public records
2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 4 · event-specific contestant records
Name / public profileAffiliation at this eventRecorded status / resultSource
TIM, TrevorAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 4 · declared elected in this2024 event · 2591 first preference votesOfficial record
CUTHBERT, ShaneAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 4 · contested this2024 event · 1407 first preference votesOfficial record
MAHONEY, CateAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 4 · contested this2024 event · 1772 first preference votesOfficial record
NEAL, JeremyAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 4 · contested this2024 event · 2750 first preference votesOfficial record

2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 5

historical · ordinary

Calendar timer

· ECQ2024 local ordinary election archive; jurisdiction ordinary day16 March 2024. Any council-specific postponed polling day requires its own notice. First preferences are only the expressly official count; no count is invented where absent.

Australia/Brisbane · Calendar days to the local event date; exact polling or closing hours remain with the official notice. The clock does not refresh results or declare a winner. 2024 local election arrangement; later boundary editions and current roles remain separate.

Official event / results

5 recorded contestants · names, affiliations and public records
2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 5 · event-specific contestant records
Name / public profileAffiliation at this eventRecorded status / resultSource
PYNE, RobAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 5 · declared elected in this2024 event · 2296 first preference votesOfficial record
MACHNITZKE, Birgit ArianeAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 5 · contested this2024 event · 948 first preference votesOfficial record
COLL, JamesAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 5 · contested this2024 event · 675 first preference votesOfficial record
LEE LONG, NathanAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 5 · contested this2024 event · 1851 first preference votesOfficial record
GELLING, EmmaAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 5 · contested this2024 event · 1882 first preference votesOfficial record

2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 6

historical · ordinary

Calendar timer

· ECQ2024 local ordinary election archive; jurisdiction ordinary day16 March 2024. Any council-specific postponed polling day requires its own notice. First preferences are only the expressly official count; no count is invented where absent.

Australia/Brisbane · Calendar days to the local event date; exact polling or closing hours remain with the official notice. The clock does not refresh results or declare a winner. 2024 local election arrangement; later boundary editions and current roles remain separate.

Official event / results

4 recorded contestants · names, affiliations and public records
2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 6 · event-specific contestant records
Name / public profileAffiliation at this eventRecorded status / resultSource
TRIMBY, ShaneAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 6 · contested this2024 event · 2609 first preference votesOfficial record
SLEEMAN, NicoleAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 6 · contested this2024 event · 1981 first preference votesOfficial record
BENN, AlanAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 6 · contested this2024 event · 1506 first preference votesOfficial record
VALLELY, KristyAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 6 · declared elected in this2024 event · 3984 first preference votesOfficial record

2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 7

historical · ordinary

Calendar timer

· ECQ2024 local ordinary election archive; jurisdiction ordinary day16 March 2024. Any council-specific postponed polling day requires its own notice. First preferences are only the expressly official count; no count is invented where absent.

Australia/Brisbane · Calendar days to the local event date; exact polling or closing hours remain with the official notice. The clock does not refresh results or declare a winner. 2024 local election arrangement; later boundary editions and current roles remain separate.

Official event / results

4 recorded contestants · names, affiliations and public records
2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 7 · event-specific contestant records
Name / public profileAffiliation at this eventRecorded status / resultSource
MOLLER-NIELSEN, IanAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 7 · contested this2024 event · 1703 first preference votesOfficial record
LEES, ReneeAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 7 · contested this2024 event · 2130 first preference votesOfficial record
MIDDLETON, AnnaAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 7 · declared elected in this2024 event · 2554 first preference votesOfficial record
CALANNA, MatthewAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 7 · contested this2024 event · 2395 first preference votesOfficial record

2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 8

historical · ordinary

Calendar timer

· ECQ2024 local ordinary election archive; jurisdiction ordinary day16 March 2024. Any council-specific postponed polling day requires its own notice. First preferences are only the expressly official count; no count is invented where absent.

Australia/Brisbane · Calendar days to the local event date; exact polling or closing hours remain with the official notice. The clock does not refresh results or declare a winner. 2024 local election arrangement; later boundary editions and current roles remain separate.

Official event / results

4 recorded contestants · names, affiliations and public records
2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 8 · event-specific contestant records
Name / public profileAffiliation at this eventRecorded status / resultSource
COGHLAN, RhondaAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 8 · declared elected in this2024 event · 3155 first preference votesOfficial record
BOON, HannahAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 8 · contested this2024 event · 1640 first preference votesOfficial record
PIGGOTT, JoAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 8 · contested this2024 event · 2532 first preference votesOfficial record
MUSUMECI, PhillipAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 8 · contested this2024 event · 1965 first preference votesOfficial record

2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 9

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Calendar timer

· ECQ2024 local ordinary election archive; jurisdiction ordinary day16 March 2024. Any council-specific postponed polling day requires its own notice. First preferences are only the expressly official count; no count is invented where absent.

Australia/Brisbane · Calendar days to the local event date; exact polling or closing hours remain with the official notice. The clock does not refresh results or declare a winner. 2024 local election arrangement; later boundary editions and current roles remain separate.

Official event / results

2 recorded contestants · names, affiliations and public records
2024 Cairns Regional — Cairns Regional Division 9 · event-specific contestant records
Name / public profileAffiliation at this eventRecorded status / resultSource
OLDS, BrettAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 9 · declared elected in this2024 event · 8029 first preference votesOfficial record
VISSCHERS, CarineAffiliation not recordedCairns Regional Division 9 · contested this2024 event · 2425 first preference votesOfficial record

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