The ballot paper for the Cessnock City Council election has been drawn.
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The election will be held on Saturday, December 4, after being postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pre-poll voting will open at the Cessnock returning office (Shop 7, Cessnock Marketplace) and Kurri Kurri Community Centre on November 22, and at Branxton Community Hall on November 29.
Current mayor Bob Pynsent is retiring and four councillors will not recontest their seats, meaning a relatively new-look council will be formed.
Voters will determine the city's new mayor, plus three councillors in each wards.
There are four candidates in the running for mayor, and 49 candidates vying for the 12 councillor positions across the four wards.
The ballot draw took place on Thursday. The candidates are (in ballot paper order):
MAYOR
- Janet Murray (The Greens)
- Jay Suvaal (Labor)
- John Moores (Liberal)
- Ian Olsen (Independent)
WARD A
- Group A (Independent): Jessica Jurd, Julianne Foster, Joshua Olsen
- Group B (Labor): Jay Suvaal, James Hawkins, Logan Templeton
- Group C (The Greens): Llynda Nairn, Elizabeth Hilton, Jane Mowatt
- Group D (Liberal): Paul Dunn, Kean Miles, Robyn Strengers
- Ungrouped (Independent): Allan Stapleford
WARD B
- Group A (Independent): Ian Olsen, Luke Bozic, Tim Little
- Group B (Liberal): John Moores, Jacqueline LaFrance, Daniel Ebert
- Group C (Labor): Anthony Burke, Jeffrey Crebert, Tallen Howson
- Group D (The Greens): Louise Ihlein, Vicki Heath, James Ryan
WARD C
- Group A (The Greens): Georgina Thompson, Penny Kelly, Denis Rothwell
- Group B (Liberal): Karen Jackson, Robert Peace, John Fagg
- Group C (Independent): Daniel Watton, Leonie Allan, Eric Olsen
- Group D (Labor): Anne Sander, Sophie Palmowski, Kim Smith
WARD D
- Group A (Independent): Paul Paynter, Eliza Faustini, Adam Robinson
- Group B (Labor): Rosa Grine, Mitchell Hill, Gregory Tisdell
- Group C (Liberal): Harold Slade, Sharon Davson, Ruth Slade
- Group D (The Greens): Janet Murray, Richard Clausen, Averil Drummond
