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3725 - LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS

Hornery, Sonia to the Minister for Local Government

For councils which have elections in March 2017, will their terms be reduced to meet the end of terms for those councils which have elections in September 2016?

Answer -

The 2017 Local Government Elections will be held on Saturday 9 September 2017.

Arrangements for the first election of new councils are outlined in the Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016.


Question asked on 9 August 2016 (session 56-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 79
Answer received on 13 September 2016 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 85