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Current representation

Rhys Beattie

Mayor

TEC current-office roster as at 31 July 2026 · source checked 2026-10-17

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Nick Bicanic

Councillor

TEC current-office roster as at 31 July 2026 · source checked 2026-10-17

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Mervyn Chilcott

Councillor

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Jan Hughes

Councillor

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Wendy McLennan

Councillor

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Edwina Powell

Deputy Mayor

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Kahlia Simmons

Councillor

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2026 ordinary council election

Postal voting closed; counting underway · ordinary

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· Postal voting closed 27 October 2026 at 2pm AEDT. Counting began 28 October at 9am AEDT. TEC update at 10:30pm AEDT on 31 October: all mayoral and deputy-mayoral elections are complete. Councillor counting adjourned and resumes Monday 2 November; some councillor results are already final. Individual declarations and current-office changes are not certified by this update. Checked 1 November 2026.

Australia/Hobart · Published closing time: 2026-10-27T14:00:00+11:00. The clock respects this deadline. The clock does not refresh results or declare a winner.

Official event / results

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2022 Dorset Councillor election

final · ordinary-councillor

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· TEC official2022 postal election: poll closed 2pm25October2022. Candidate/result facts are final for this specific contest, not current office.

Australia/Hobart · Published closing time: 2022-10-25T14:00:00+11:00. The clock respects this deadline. The clock does not refresh results or declare a winner.

Official event / results

15 recorded contestants · names, affiliations and public records
2022 Dorset Councillor election · event-specific contestant records
Name / public profileAffiliation at this eventRecorded status / resultSource
BICANIC, NickAffiliation not recordedCouncillor · contested this 2022 event · 208 first preferencesOfficial record
CASHION, JamesAffiliation not recordedCouncillor · contested this 2022 event · 93 first preferencesOfficial record
CHILCOTT, MervynAffiliation not recordedCouncillor · elected in this 2022 contest · 159 first preferencesOfficial record
COXEN, Anna CurtayneAffiliation not recordedCouncillor · elected in this 2022 contest · 317 first preferencesOfficial record
CUTHBERTSON, KarleneAffiliation not recordedCouncillor · contested this 2022 event · 140 first preferencesOfficial record
DONOGHUE, BethAffiliation not recordedCouncillor · elected in this 2022 contest · 653 first preferencesOfficial record
HOWARD, GregAffiliation not recordedCouncillor · elected in this 2022 contest · 1159 first preferencesOfficial record
HUGHES, JanAffiliation not recordedCouncillor · contested this 2022 event · 105 first preferencesOfficial record
JESSUP, DaleAffiliation not recordedCouncillor · elected in this 2022 contest · 289 first preferencesOfficial record
McLENNAN, WendyAffiliation not recordedCouncillor · contested this 2022 event · 157 first preferencesOfficial record
NICHOLS, JerrodAffiliation not recordedCouncillor · elected in this 2022 contest · 293 first preferencesOfficial record
POWELL, EdwinaAffiliation not recordedCouncillor · elected in this 2022 contest · 300 first preferencesOfficial record
SIMMONS, KahliaAffiliation not recordedCouncillor · elected in this 2022 contest · 400 first preferencesOfficial record
STEIN, LeonieAffiliation not recordedCouncillor · elected in this 2022 contest · 261 first preferencesOfficial record
TEICHMANN, VincentAffiliation not recordedCouncillor · contested this 2022 event · 56 first preferencesOfficial record

2022 Dorset Mayor election

final · ordinary-mayor

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· TEC official2022 postal election: poll closed 2pm25October2022. Candidate/result facts are final for this specific contest, not current office.

Australia/Hobart · Published closing time: 2022-10-25T14:00:00+11:00. The clock respects this deadline. The clock does not refresh results or declare a winner.

Official event / results

3 recorded contestants · names, affiliations and public records
2022 Dorset Mayor election · event-specific contestant records
Name / public profileAffiliation at this eventRecorded status / resultSource
DONOGHUE, BethAffiliation not recordedMayor · contested this 2022 event · 1609 first preferencesOfficial record
HOWARD, GregAffiliation not recordedMayor · contested this 2022 event · 2191 first preferencesOfficial record
POWELL, EdwinaAffiliation not recordedMayor · contested this 2022 event · 844 first preferencesOfficial record

2022 Dorset Deputy mayor election

final · ordinary-deputy-mayor

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· TEC official2022 postal election: poll closed 2pm25October2022. Candidate/result facts are final for this specific contest, not current office.

Australia/Hobart · Published closing time: 2022-10-25T14:00:00+11:00. The clock respects this deadline. The clock does not refresh results or declare a winner.

Official event / results

2 recorded contestants · names, affiliations and public records
2022 Dorset Deputy mayor election · event-specific contestant records
Name / public profileAffiliation at this eventRecorded status / resultSource
JESSUP, DaleAffiliation not recordedDeputy mayor · contested this 2022 event · 2666 first preferencesOfficial record
STEIN, LeonieAffiliation not recordedDeputy mayor · contested this 2022 event · 1872 first preferencesOfficial record

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