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Central Ward

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Central WardCouncil electoral area
Port Macdonnell WardCouncil electoral area
Tarpeena WardCouncil electoral area

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2022 Grant — Central Ward

historical-contested · ordinary

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2022-11-10 · ECSA ordinary2022 postal voting closed 5pm10 November 2022; counting began 12November. Unopposed/failed offices have no invented poll or votes. Later recounts, court corrections and current office are separate.

Australia/Adelaide · Published closing time: 2022-11-10T17:00:00+10:30. The clock respects this deadline. The clock does not refresh results or declare a winner. 2022 local election arrangement; delivered current geometry is a separately dated snapshot and is not asserted to represent2022 boundaries.

Official event / results

10 recorded contestants · names, affiliations and public records

2022 Grant — Central Ward · event-specific contestant records
Name / public profile	Affiliation at this event	Recorded status / result	Source
BAIN, Bruce James	Affiliation not recorded	Central Ward · elected in this2022 result workbook · 418 first preference votes	Official record
BAXENDALE, Greg	Affiliation not recorded	Central Ward · not elected in this2022 result workbook · 108 first preference votes	Official record
CLARKE, Gavin	Affiliation not recorded	Central Ward · elected in this2022 result workbook · 249 first preference votes	Official record
DUKALSKIS, Megan Jane	Affiliation not recorded	Central Ward · elected in this2022 result workbook · 546 first preference votes	Official record
DUNCAN, Peter	Affiliation not recorded	Central Ward · elected in this2022 result workbook · 167 first preference votes	Official record
GREENE, Katherine	Affiliation not recorded	Central Ward · elected in this2022 result workbook · 267 first preference votes	Official record
KUHL, Barry Ross	Affiliation not recorded	Central Ward · elected in this2022 result workbook · 392 first preference votes	Official record
MANN, Brad	Affiliation not recorded	Central Ward · elected in this2022 result workbook · 278 first preference votes	Official record
SMITH, Terry	Affiliation not recorded	Central Ward · not elected in this2022 result workbook · 74 first preference votes	Official record
SWIGGS, David	Affiliation not recorded	Central Ward · not elected in this2022 result workbook · 88 first preference votes	Official record

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Boundary basis: Location SA source snapshot checked 17 October 2026; preceding ward structures where 2024/2025 reviews apply; not verified as the next periodic election edition. Geographic boundaries describe the sourced edition; they do not determine a person's current address entitlement.

Location SA: Local Government Area Wards (dataset 836) · checked 2026-10-17. Dataset metadata: AusGOAL CC BY (Attribution); metadata report CC BY 3.0 Australia. Copyright Crown in right of South Australia and licensors; original terms retained.
Primary web review: Grant identity and SA council ward edition changes · checked 2026-10-17
Location SA ward retained original: ids.json · checked 2026-10-17. Dataset metadata: AusGOAL CC BY (Attribution); metadata report CC BY 3.0 Australia. Copyright Crown in right of South Australia and licensors; original terms retained.
Location SA ward retained original: features-0.json · checked 2026-10-17. Dataset metadata: AusGOAL CC BY (Attribution); metadata report CC BY 3.0 Australia. Copyright Crown in right of South Australia and licensors; original terms retained.
Location SA ward retained original: features-100.json · checked 2026-10-17. Dataset metadata: AusGOAL CC BY (Attribution); metadata report CC BY 3.0 Australia. Copyright Crown in right of South Australia and licensors; original terms retained.
ECSA 2022 council election contest-controls · checked 2026-10-17. Minimal event-specific public candidate, result and typed vote facts. Full copyrighted workbook remains local-only.
ECSA 2022 postal voting close and separate count start · checked 2026-10-17. Minimal election-calendar facts; publisher rights retained.
ECSA 2022 council election candidate-and-historical-elected-master · checked 2026-10-17. Minimal event-specific public candidate, result and typed vote facts. Full copyrighted workbook remains local-only.
ECSA 2022 council election sa-council-42250-results · checked 2026-10-17. Minimal event-specific public candidate, result and typed vote facts. Full copyrighted workbook remains local-only.

Official Location SA ward source feature; original geometry, multipart components, holes and coordinates retained. Source ward and parent labels are retained separately from the normalized display name.
The 2024/2025 representation review changes this council for the next periodic election: 3 wards abolished. This page preserves the preceding source ward, and must not be used as the upcoming-election ward map. See the linked ECSA review/gazette source; new geometry and successor joins remain unresolved.
From polling day of the next periodic election, wards are abolished; nine area councillors and the elected mayor represent the whole area. Gazette 2025-04-17, p. 768; https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/images/Council_Boundaries_2026/Grant_Gazette%20Notice_No.%2023%20-%20Thursday%2017%20April%202025%20pp.%20751-770.pdf
This source snapshot has not been verified as the next periodic council-election boundary edition. No current ward member or previous contestant is inferred from geometry; individual reconciliation remains required.
The2022 ward contest has an exact parent-and-name correspondence. Its historical arrangement is kept separate from the current delivered ward geometry; no boundary equivalence is asserted.

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