After a tumultuous 24 hours since candidate registrations closed, and without any Liberals present in the room, at 2pm today, the ballot was held in Warriewood.
Northern Beaches Liberal candidates in all five wards failed to have their registrations submitted by Liberal Party headquarters due to “resourcing issues”. (You can read more about it here.)
The ballot draw determines which candidates are placed where on the paper – depending on who you ask, group A is usually prime position.
The order of the ballot for the five Northern Beaches wards are:
CURL CURL
Group A: Your Northern Beaches Independent Team
Joeline Hackman
Nicholas Beaugeard
Nick McDonald
Group B: Greens
Kristyn Glanbille
Judy Lambert
Roberto Suares
Group C: Jasper Thatcher for Labor
Jasper Thatcher
Carolyn Howells
FRENCHS FOREST
Group A: The Greens
Ethan Hrnjak
Fathimath Ibrahim
Cooper Holdsworth
Group B: Your Northern Beaches Independent Team
Sue Heins
Jody Williams
Penny Philpott
MANLY WARD
Group A: Good for Manly
Candy Bingham
Taylah Schrader
Peter Greentree
Group B: Your Northern Beaches Independent Team
Sarah Grattan
Rachael Martin
David Cowell
Group C: Labor
Brandt Clifford
Celine Varghese-Fell
Sam Pigram
Group D: Greens
Bonnie Harvey
Pamela Dawes
Terry Le Roux
NARRABEEN WARD
Group A: Independent Vincent De Luca
Vincent De Luca
Robert Giltinan
Tammy Cook
Group B: Susan Wright for Labor
Sue Wright
Ryan O’Sullivan
Group C: Your Northern Beaches Independent Team
Ruth Robins
Chris Jackson
Adam Hughes
PITTWATER WARD
Group A: The Greens
Miranda Korzy
Evan Turner-Schiller
Felicity Davis
Group B: Your Northern Beaches Independent Team
Rowie Dillion
Judy Charnaud
Ian White
Ungrouped candidates:
Mandeep Singh (Liberal affiliate)
Philip Walker (Friends of Mona Vale)
We will be providing information about the candidates contending for these seats in the lead up to polling day.
Manly Observer spoke to a few candidates about what effect of having no Liberal candidates on the ballot would have in the Local Government Elections to be held on September 14.
“Many of the Liberal candidates have worked so hard, but it is what it is,” said Candy Bingham, candidate for Good for Manly in the Manly ward.
“The results of the next council election will be very interesting – we may have a lot more Independents, and maybe for the first time a Labor candidate.”
Kristyn Glanville, Greens candidate for Curl Curl ward, said that, despite political disagreements, at the end of the day she worked collegially with David Walton, former Liberal candidate for Curl Curl ward.
“There were a lot of issues we had in common for the community, like upgrading Freshwater, and big picture stuff like good governance on council, managing the budget and improving compliance. So, it’s a shame that a part of the community who would’ve voted for David, can’t,” she said.
“I think there definitely needs to be a review of Liberal Party procedures and policies,” added Vincent De Luca, Independent candidate (Community Before Developers) for Narrabeen ward.
“I hope the Liberal Party will be reimbursing those candidates who have already committed expenditure.”
Brandt Clifford, Labor candidate for Manly ward, says this could potentially swing Liberal voters to Labor.
“Our process was always to swing some punters, and this could be an opportunity,” he said.
“Our agenda is good, and it’s only really the Labor Party that can work with the Minns government on issues like planning, housing, etc that we’re trying to bring forward to the Northern Beaches council.”
The election will be held on 14 September.
