Local Government Elections

What are Local Government Elections?

Local government elections are a great way for people to be involved in their local community and are held on the third Saturday in October every two years. This year the Local Government Elections for the Shire of Dundas will be held on Saturday, 18 October 2025 and will be conducted by Postal Vote.

The election will be conducted by using postal voting to encourage the maximum number of electors to participate and will utilise optional preferential voting.

The 2025 election will be conducted by the Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) who appoints a Returning Officer to oversee the election including taking candidate nominations and supervising the count on election night.

Returning Officer 2025: Charlotte Della Vedova

Ph: 0427 572 456

Email: LGro_Dundas@elections.wa.gov.au

2025 Key Dates

Friday 22 August - Electoral Rolls Close 5pm
- Click here to update or check your details
Thursday 28 August - Nominations Open
Thursday 4 September - Nominations Close 4pm
Saturday 18 October - Election Day – Poll Closes at 6pm

For postal elections – Election packages (ballots) will be sent out in late September.

Postal Election

Election Packages will be sent to all electors on the local government electoral roll where there is an election in their electorate.

You may hand deliver your postal voting papers, or obtain a replacement package (if the package is not received, or should any papers be missing), during business hours before election day from the following location:

Shire of Dundas, 88-92 Prinsep Street, Norseman
Monday to Friday 8am-4pm

Post your vote early. Completed postal voting packages must reach the Returning Officer by 6.00pm on election day, Saturday, 18 October 2025.

You may hand deliver your postal voting papers to an electoral officer, or obtain a replacement package (if the package is not received, or should any papers be missing), between 8.00am and 6.00pm on election day at the following location:

Chief Polling Place:

Shire of Dundas, 88-92 Prinsep Street, Norseman

The count of votes will commence after 6pm at the Shire of Dundas Council Chambers, 88-92 Prinsep Street, Norseman.

The election will be conducted by using postal voting to encourage the maximum number of electors to participate and will utilise optional preferential voting.

In 2023, local government elections in WA moved to optional preferential voting, similar to how voting is done in State and Federal elections.

Under the optional preferential voting system, voters number candidates in the order of their preference. You don’t have to number all the boxes if you don’t want to.

You have the choice to –

vote for one candidate - by putting a 1 next to their name
vote for some candidates - by numbering several candidates in the order of your preference
vote for all candidates - in the order of your preference

For more voting information click here or visit walocalgovernmentelections.au