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Residents Elect New Mayor in the City of Melville

Published Date: 22 October 2007, 12:00 AM

Russell Aubrey is set to be sworn in as the new Mayor of the City of Melville tonight (Monday, 22 October) following the local government elections on Saturday, 20 October.

The Bull Creek-Leeming Ward Councillor defeated incumbent Mayor Katherine Jackson by gaining 55 per cent of the primary vote in the Mayoral election.

The City will also have three new Councillors with Nicholas Pazolli (Applecross-Mt Pleasant Ward), Guy Wieland (Bicton-Attadale Ward) and Rasa Subramaniam (Bull Creek-Leeming Ward) winning their respective seats.

Councillors Tony Ceniviva (City Ward) and Christine Halton (Palmyra-Melville-Willagee Ward) retained their seats while Cr Mark Reynolds was re-elected unopposed in University Ward. The Elected Members’ terms are for four years, expiring 15 October 2011.

The results of the elections were as follows:

 

Mayor

Russell Aubrey                    13,275  Elected

Katherine Jackson               10,709

Total Votes                          23,984 (Total electors 67,169)

 

Applecross-Mt Pleasant Ward

James Addvalue                     899

Nicholas Pazolli                   2698     Elected

Total votes                           3597     (Total electors 10,542)

Bicton-Attadale Ward

Guy Wieland                       2629     Elected

Pierre Moore                          797

Total votes                           3426     (Total electors 10,342)

Bull Creek-Leeming Ward

Russell Aubrey

Rasa Subramaniam              Elected unopposed after Russell Aubrey won Mayoral election.

City Ward

John Mezbourian                  1686

Tony Ceniviva                       1937     Elected

Total votes                           3623     (Total electors 10,511)

Palmyra-Melville-Willagee Ward

Christine Halton                   2749     Elected

Phil Scott                              887    

Total votes                           3636     (Total electors 11,360)

University Ward

Mark Reynolds was re-elected unopposed.

Russel Aubery

Posted by Martin and Irene Moore at 23 October 2007, 01:44 PM
Congratlations to Russel on his success.
We can now look forward to good goverment and a united councill for the next four years

Congratulations on New Mayor

Posted by Ross Dowling at 24 October 2007, 08:12 AM
My wife and I would like to congratulate Russell Aubrey on his election to the position of Mayor of the City of Melville. He will provide excellent leadership to the position and a refeshing change from the way things have been done in the past. We welcome this leadership change and offer him our fullest support