Ballina Shire Council

This page contains the following information about your council: links to pre-poll voting centres, polling places, voting directions, candidates, council profile, council wards, referendum and poll questions (if any), links to election results and Returning Officer contact details.

Returning officer details

Kerry Crawford
Ballina RO Office
Shop 1, 129 Tamar Street
Ballina NSW 2144

Telephone

0458 477 834

Fax

02 6681 6132

Postal Address

PO Box 549
Ballina NSW 2478

Office hours

Monday - Friday 8.15am to 4.30pm
Friday 12 September, 8.15am to 6.00pm

Where to cast your vote

Pre-poll voting centres

List of polling places (subject to change)

Your boundary maps and polling places (subject to change)

Voting

Candidates

How do I vote for councillors?

How do I vote for the Mayor?

Referendum question(s)

Voting on a referendum issue is compulsory.

How do I vote on a referendum issue?

  1. Currently, Ballina Shire Council has ten councillors (three from each of three wards, plus the mayor).

    Do you favour the reduction of councillors to seven (two from each of three wards, plus the mayor)?

Council profile

Council area profiles provide a snapshot of the electorate including:

  • area
  • localities/suburbs
  • surrounding councils
  • regional area
  • wards - if a divided council
  • Mayor
  • Councillors
  • Council contact information
  • 2004 Local Government Election summary
  • a statistical profile sourced from 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics census data

Council profile PDF (PDF)[104.3 kb]

Council wards

A Ward, B Ward, C Ward