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The results of those elected in the 2024 Local Government Elections have been published by the NSW Electoral Commission.
Council consists of 7 from Your Northern Beaches Independent Team, 4 from The Greens, 2 from Vincent De Luca group; himself and Robert Giltinan, Candy Bingham, of the Good For Manly, and Mandeep Singh, ostensibly the Liberal who got through by registering himself, and comprises 9 women and 6 men. There are two first time Councillors for Pittwater, Rowie Dillon and Mr. Singh.
The Your Northern Beaches Independent Team is a registered political party that stems from Warringah Council.
In 2008, Michael Regan formed Wake Up Warringah (WUW) for the local government elections on 13 September. At the elections, he was elected mayor and WUW candidates were elected in A Ward, B Ward and C Ward. Ahead of the 2012 local elections, the party was renamed to Your Warringah (YWP), and Regan was re-elected as mayor with 56.3% of the vote (Warringah had a formt opf people voting for their mayor). Six candidates from the party were also elected as councillors.
On January 20 2017, Regan formed the Your Northern Beaches Independent Team as a successor to Your Warringah, and registered the party with the New South Wales Electoral Commission - details below.
All those who stood, and their information provided, available in: 2024 Local Government Election: all the Candidates from Barrenjoey to Manly
One of the questions asked of all candidates was what their favourite place/s in Pittwater was and why. This query, although asked of every other Profile that is not an organisation, was to highlight the fact that, in a council that now encompasses 3 former councils, you need to know how much those standing to represent not just their wards but speak and act on and for the whole area, are aware of, supportive of, and how they may or may not vote to formalise what Pittwater residents want.
Their responses, or non-responses, are listed in the page linked to above.
Information on Mr. Giltinan was not included in that sent in. However, he is a former Warringah Council councillor and was on the Queens Birthday Honours Lists for 2019 for an OAM, which Pittwater Online News ran. The citation and list of works includes:
Mr Robert Gary GILTINAN
Cromer Heights
For service to tennis, and to the community of the Northern Beaches.
Tennis Player
Career highlights includes:
- Australian Davis Cup Champion Squads, 1973 and 1977.
- Australian Open Singles Semi-Finalist, 1977.
- Australian Open Doubles Finalist, 1974.
- Australian Hard Court Championships Doubles Winner, 1979.
- Australian Hard Court Championships Mixed Winner, 1970.
- Columbus Open Doubles Winner, 1978.
- Surrey Grass Court Championships Singles Winner, 1974.
- Was ranked, World Number 16.
- Was ranked, Junior World Number 2.
- Team Member and Assistant Coach, Cleveland Nets, 1970s.
- Hall of Fame Championships Doubles Finalist, 1978.
Tennis State Coach and National Selector
- Former New South Wales State Coach, Tennis NSW.
- Former Davis Cup Selector, Tennis Australia.
- Australian Tennis Professionals Coaches Association
- Vice-President, 2010s.
- Former President, mid-2000s.
Tennis - Other
- • Former Head of Junior Development, Tennis Northern Beaches.
- • Member, Warringah Sporting Champions Committee.
- • Principal, Giltinan's Tennis and Squash, 1995-2013.
Warringah Council
- Deputy Mayor, 2012-2013.
- Councillor, 2008-2016.
- Former Member, Shore Regional Organisation of Councils.
Manly Dam War Memorial Park Remembrance Trust
- President, since 2016.
- Former Vice-President.
Community
- President, Northern Beaches Pigeon Racing Federation, current.
- Australia Day Ambassador, Australia Day Council of New South Wales, since mid-2000s.
- Former Member, Northern Beaches Council Local Representation Committee.
- Former Member, Curl Curl Youth and Community Centre Management Committee.
- Honorary Member, Dee Why Surf Life Saving Club and Narrabeen Beach Surf Life Saving Club.
- Justice of the Peace, current.
- Supporter, various charities and charity events.
Awards and recognition includes:
- Inducted, Gold Jacket, Davis Cup Hall of Fame, 2015.
- Recipient, Australian Sports Medal, 2000.
- Recipient, Australian Defence Medal, 2006.
Bob Gary Giltinan JP (born 4 July 1949 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a former professional tennis player who was a grass court specialist. He won one singles title and two doubles titles over a twelve-year career spanning the introduction of the Open Era in 1968 to 1979. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 16.
Mr. Giltinan is a direct relative of notable Australian entrepreneur James Joseph Giltinan (J J Giltinan), who helped to found the sport of rugby league football in Australia, and also what is now effectively the world championships for 18 ft skiff class yachts - the JJ Giltinan International Trophy, which is contested each year on Sydney Harbour.
Beginning his tennis career in the 1960s, it was halted in 1971 when he completed two years National Service with the Australian Army during the Vietnam War.
He won one title at Surbiton in 1974, defeating Syd Ball in straight sets, reached the finals of Newport in 1973, falling to Roger Taylor of Great Britain 8–9 6–8, and was a member of the winning 1973 & 1977 Australian Davis Cup squads. Giltinan also represented the Cleveland Nets in World Team Tennis during the 1970s partnering Björn Borg, Marty Riessen and Martina Navratilova.
Mr. De Luca is also a former Warringah Council councillor having served there from 2008-16.
Those elected are:
Pittwater Ward - Candidates in Sequence of Election
Last Updated On: 01/10/2024 10:04
Candidates to be Elected: 3
Counts Required: 2
Quota: 7,164
DILLON Rowie B YOUR NORTHERN BEACHES INDEPENDENT TEAM 1
SINGH Mandeep 1
KORZY Miranda A THE GREENS 2
Candidates & Groups
Number of Grouped Candidates 6
Number of Ungrouped Candidates 2
Total Candidates 8
Number of Groups 2
Number of Group Voting Squares 2
Enrolment & Turnout
Total Enrolment 37,134
Total Turnout (Ballots Counted) 30,490
% Turnout 82.11%
Votes / Ballot Papers
Total Formal Votes 28,655
Total Informal Ballot Papers 1,835
% Informality 6.02%
Quota 7,164
Distribution of Preferences
Count Description Candidates Elected
001 First Preference DILLON Rowie
SINGH Mandeep
002 Distribution of SINGH Mandeep's preferences KORZY Miranda
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Narrabeen Ward - Candidates in Sequence of Election
Last Updated On: 01/10/2024 09:48
Candidates to be Elected: 3
Counts Required: 2
Quota: 7,267
Candidate Name Group Group Name Count Elected At
DE LUCA Vincent A 1
ROBINS Ruth C YOUR NORTHERN BEACHES INDEPENDENT TEAM 1
GILTINAN Robert A 2
Candidates & Groups
Number of Grouped Candidates 8
Number of Ungrouped Candidates 0
Total Candidates 8
Number of Groups 3
Number of Group Voting Squares 2
Enrolment & Turnout
Total Enrolment 37,814
Total Turnout (Ballots Counted) 31,954
% Turnout 84.50%
Votes / Ballot Papers
Total Formal Votes 29,064
Total Informal Ballot Papers 2,890
% Informality 9.04%
Quota 7,267
Distribution of Preferences
Count Description Candidates Elected
001 First Preference DE LUCA Vincent
ROBINS Ruth
002 Distribution of DE LUCA Vincent's preferences GILTINAN Robert
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Frenchs Forest Ward - Candidates in Sequence of Election
Last Updated On: 01/10/2024 09:18
Candidates to be Elected: 3
Counts Required: 2
Quota: 7,448
Candidate Name Group Group Name Count Elected At
HRNJAK Ethan A THE GREENS 1
HEINS Sue B YOUR NORTHERN BEACHES INDEPENDENT TEAM 1
WILLIAMS Jody B YOUR NORTHERN BEACHES INDEPENDENT TEAM 2
Candidates & Groups
Number of Grouped Candidates 6
Number of Ungrouped Candidates 0
Total Candidates 6
Number of Groups 2
Number of Group Voting Squares 2
Enrolment & Turnout
Total Enrolment 37,323
Total Turnout (Ballots Counted) 32,394
% Turnout 86.79%
Votes / Ballot Papers
Total Formal Votes 29,790
Total Informal Ballot Papers 2,604
% Informality 8.04%
Quota 7,448
Distribution of Preferences
Count Description Candidates Elected
001 First Preference HRNJAK Ethan
HEINS Sue
002 Distribution of HEINS Sue's preferences WILLIAMS Jody
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Curl Curl Ward - Candidates in Sequence of Election
Last Updated On: 01/10/2024 09:10
Candidates to be Elected: 3
Counts Required: 7
Quota: 7,173
Candidate Name Group Group Name Count Elected At
HACKMAN Joeline A YOUR NORTHERN BEACHES INDEPENDENT TEAM 1
BEAUGEARD Nicholas A YOUR NORTHERN BEACHES INDEPENDENT TEAM 2
GLANVILLE Kristyn B THE GREENS 7
Candidates & Groups
Number of Grouped Candidates 8
Number of Ungrouped Candidates 0
Total Candidates 8
Number of Groups 3
Number of Group Voting Squares 2
Enrolment & Turnout
Total Enrolment 38,977
Total Turnout (Ballots Counted) 31,242
% Turnout 80.15%
Votes / Ballot Papers
Total Formal Votes 28,691
Total Informal Ballot Papers 2,551
% Informality 8.17%
Quota 7,173
Distribution of Preferences
Count Description Candidates Elected
001 First Preference HACKMAN Joeline
002 Distribution of HACKMAN Joeline's preferences BEAUGEARD Nicholas
003 Distribution of BEAUGEARD Nicholas's preferences
004 Exclusion of SUARES Roberto's preferences
005 Exclusion of LAMBERT Judy's preferences
006 Exclusion of HOWELLS Carolyn's preferences
007 Exclusion of THATCHER Jasper's preferences GLANVILLE Kristyn
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Manly Ward - Candidates in Sequence of Election
Last Updated On: 01/10/2024 09:31
Candidates to be Elected: 3
Counts Required: 11
Quota: 7,119
Candidate Name Group Group Name Count Elected At
BINGHAM Candy A GOOD FOR MANLY 1
GRATTAN Sarah B YOUR NORTHERN BEACHES INDEPENDENT TEAM 1
HARVEY Bonnie * D THE GREENS 11
Candidates & Groups
Number of Grouped Candidates 12
Number of Ungrouped Candidates 0
Total Candidates 12
Number of Groups 4
Number of Group Voting Squares 4
Enrolment & Turnout
Total Enrolment 37,493
Total Turnout (Ballots Counted) 30,067
% Turnout 80.19%
Votes / Ballot Papers
Total Formal Votes 28,475
Total Informal Ballot Papers 1,592
% Informality 5.29%
Quota 7,119
Distribution of Preferences
Count Description Candidates Elected
001 First Preference BINGHAM Candy
GRATTAN Sarah
002 Distribution of BINGHAM Candy's preferences
003 Distribution of GRATTAN Sarah's preferences
004 Exclusion of DAWES Pamela's preferences
005 Exclusion of LE ROUX Terry's preferences
006 Exclusion of PIGRAM Sam's preferences
007 Exclusion of VARGHESE-FELL Celine's preferences
008 Exclusion of GREENTREE Peter's preferences
009 Exclusion of COWELL David's preferences
010 Exclusion of SCHRADER Taylah's preferences
011 Exclusion of CLIFFORD Brandt's preferences HARVEY Bonnie*
Candidate(s) marked with an asterisk were elected without reaching quota.
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what Do the Statistics indicate?
The figures beg the question; is our population disengaged from local government and what happens in the places we live?
Thousands in each ward did not vote at all, let alone voting informally; 7,735 in Curl Curl (Quota: 7,173) 7,426 in Manly (Quota; 7,119), 6,644 in Pittwater(Quota; 7,164), 5,860 in Narrabeen (Quota: 7,267), and 4,929 in Frenchs Forest (Quota: 7,448).
That’s 32,594 out of the 188,741 total enrolment to vote that did not.
Informal voting across all wards shows Narrabeen was highest at 9.04% (2,890), Frenchs Forest was 8.17%(2,604), as was Curl Curl (2,551), Pittwater was 6.02% (1,835) and Manly at 5.29% (1,592).
Of these informal votes; how many wrote a message, joke, quirky limerick or drew a doodle to keep the counters amused and lively as the day and evening count wore on, and how many simply continue to mark their ballot papers incorrectly, thereby turning up and bothering but ultimately registering a vote that is deemed informal and will not count?
Prior results show this has been a prevalent aspect of Local Government elections. However, the percentages have risen, if anything, in most wards across the peninsula.
Despite media reports on the Sunday and even the Saturday evening claiming the votes were pointing to residents being annoyed they could not vote for their preferred representatives due to the Liberal party of NSW excluding its candidates by a failure to register them by the time due, the figures would indicate there has been a lacklustre voter turnout and a proportion of informal votes in past elections as well.
See: Council Meetings Held August 6 + 13 2024: Report in Lieu of 'From the Chamber' updates (Local aboriginal residents excluded from having a voice by elected representative councillors)
And: Issue 634.77 (September 2024): Local Government Election 2024: First Preference Votes Counted - the Numbers So Far (over 1.3 Million pre-poll and postal votes to be counted yet)
The misinformation or disinformation being published as 'news' was met by the NSW Electoral Office issuing a statement on Monday September 16 2024. That statement reads:
The NSW Electoral Commission is issuing a reminder that the number of informal votes in the 2024 Local Government elections will not be clear until much later in the vote count process. We expect all check counts to be completed week commencing 30 September. The website will be updated progressively.
Acting NSW Electoral Commissioner Dr Matthew Phillips said in the Initial count process several types of votes are allocated to the "Informal/Other” category in the NSW Electoral Commission’s Virtual tally room.
“At this early stage of the count process, the ‘Informal/Other” category does not just include informal votes. It also includes other types of votes that undergo further sorting and counting”, said Dr Phillips.
“For example, some candidates’ formal, Below the line votes are included in the " Informal/Other” category votes figure category. In the Virtual tally room these candidates are marked with an asterix.”
“During the Check count, these votes will be reviewed and, if formal, moved out of the ”Informal/Other” group and included in the formal count numbers.”
Dr Phillips said the “Informal/Other” category also includes ballot papers that are unclear ballot papers, and formal ballot papers that are marked both Above and Below the line.
In the Check count, all ballot papers will be data entered into our computer count system where each ballot paper is re-checked for formality and sorted to their correct category.
After the Check count, the “Informal/Other” votes number will reduce as the votes initially allocated to this category undergo scrutiny by election officials.
Misinformation is false information that is spread due to ignorance, or by error or mistake, without the intent to deceive. Disinformation is knowingly false information designed to deliberately mislead and influence public opinion or obscure the truth for malicious or deceptive purposes.
A drill down into past Local Government Elections records the following statistics:
2021 election – Pittwater
Enrolment & Turnout
Total Enrolment 36,645
Total Turnout (Ballots Counted) 30,611
Total Informal Ballot Papers 969
% Informality 3.17%
2017 – Pittwater
Enrolment & Turnout
Total Enrolment 36,815
Total Turnout (Ballots Counted) 29,220
% Turnout 79.37 %
Total Formal Votes 27,814
Total Informal Ballot Papers 1,406
% Informality 4.81 %
How about all councils across the peninsula prior to May 2016?(Elections were due in 2016 but council was forcibly amalgamated with Warringah and Manly in May 2016 and placed under administration until the end of the following year). The figures show people didn;t turn up to vote then either, along with a high proportion of informal votes, especially in the wards across Warringah Council.
Details, sourced from the NSW Electoral Commission, are:
2012 – Pittwater Council – Election held September 8
Pittwater Council - South Ward
Total Enrolment: 14,504
TurnOut: 11,733
Percentage Turnout: 80.89%
Formal Informal Total % Informal
Ordinary Votes 9,109 1,042 10,151 10.26
DI / Pre-Poll Votes 948 53 1,001 5.29
Postal Votes 345 6 351 1.71
Provisional / Silent Votes 213 17 230 7.39
TOTAL 10,615 1,118 11,733 9.53
Pittwater Council - Central Ward
Total Enrolment:14,992
Percentage Turnout: 11,616
TurnOut:77.48%
Formal Informal Total % Informal
Ordinary Votes 8,443 860 9,303 9.24
DI / Pre-Poll Votes 1,600 124 1,724 7.19
Postal Votes 362 14 376 3.72
Provisional / Silent Votes 203 10 213 4.69
TOTAL 10,608 1,008 11,616 8.68
Pittwater Council - North Ward
Total Enrolment: 13,960
TurnOut: 10,611
Percentage Turnout: 76.01%
Formal Informal Total % Informal
Ordinary Votes 8,093 545 8,638 6.31
DI / Pre-Poll Votes 1,423 91 1,514 6.01
Postal Votes 295 5 300 1.67
Provisional / Silent Votes 153 6 159 3.77
TOTAL 9,964 647 10,611 6.10
In Warringah in 2012:
A ward –
Total Enrolment:32,342
TurnOut: 25,703
Percentage Turnout: 79.47%
Formal Informal Total % Informal
Ordinary Votes 19,852 2,624 22,476 11.67
DI / Pre-Poll Votes 1,491 160 1,651 9.69
Postal Votes 918 23 941 2.44
Provisional / Silent Votes 584 51 635 8.03
TOTAL 22,845 2,858 25,703 11.12
B Ward
Total Enrolment:34,555
Percentage Turnout: 27,234
TurnOut:78.81%
Formal Informal Total % Informal
Ordinary Votes 20,927 2,414 23,341 10.34
DI / Pre-Poll Votes 2,239 203 2,442 8.31
Postal Votes 865 20 885 2.26
Provisional / Silent Votes 530 36 566 6.36
TOTAL 24,561 2,673 27,234 9.81
C Ward
Total Enrolment:31,354
Percentage Turnout: 25,908
TurnOut:82.63%
Formal Informal Total % Informal
Ordinary Votes 21,018 2,313 23,331 9.91
DI / Pre-Poll Votes 1,079 120 1,199 10.01
Postal Votes 994 33 1,027 3.21
Provisional / Silent Votes 326 25 351 7.12
TOTAL 23,417 2,491 25,908 9.61
Manly Council election 2012
Total Enrolment: 26,727
TurnOut: 20,556
Percentage Turnout: 76.91%
Formal Informal Total % Informal
Ordinary Votes 15,995 716 16,711 4.28
DI / Pre-Poll Votes 2,566 106 2,672 3.97
Postal Votes 713 16 729 2.19
Provisional / Silent Votes 434 10 444 2.25
TOTAL 19,708 848 20,556 4.13
The NSW Electoral Commission states that if it appears you didn't vote at an election you were eligible for in New South Wales, and you don't have a valid reason, they will send you an apparent failure to vote notice in the post.
The penalty for not voting in New South Wales is a $55 fine. You must respond within 28 days of the issue date of the notice.
So $1,792,670.00 heading out of the peninsula into the fine coffers.
Council By-elections
Interestingly in 4 council areas, Berrigan, Junee, Cowra and Lachlan Shire Council (E Ward) Shire Councils, by-elections will be held on November 23 2024 as there were fewer candidates nominated than the number of councillors to be elected at the 2024 Local Government elections to be held on Saturday, 14 September 2024.
The people who stand to represent their communities today are mostly members of political parties, have strong professional backgrounds, are articulate, and local – but are they focussed on local issues?
If you already have 42-49% of the vote as an area is a 'blue ribbon seat' for any political party, how do you not exclude those who would not vote for you in all practices and actions you undertake during your term of office?
Why couldn’t you win them over to begin with?
Why does the electorate keep hearing the spiel rather than the real during campaigns?
How connected to the locals are candidates nowadays?
Registered Political Parties
The NSW Electoral Office is required to publish information and documents in relation to each party that is registered for state and local government elections.
On that list for the 2024 Local Government Election is
Your Northern Beaches Independent Team
The Registered Officer (RO) / Deputy Registered Officer(s) (DRO) / Secretary (S):
Penelope Anne Philpott (RO) /Ruth Elaine Robins (DRO) / Christopher Peter Jackson (PS)
Their office: 697-701 Pittwater Road, DEE WHY NSW 2099
Good for Manly
The Registered Officer (RO) / Deputy Registered Officer(s) (DRO) / Secretary (S):
Sonia Louise Walsh (RO)/ Jeremy James Bingham (DRO) / Jonathan Ian Trope (PS)
28 High Street, MANLY NSW 2095
Registered political parties available at:
All Local Government Election 2024 results are available at: https://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2401/northern-beaches/results