2014 Tasmanian local elections

Local elections in Tasmania, Australia 2014 Tasmanian local elections Tasmania parliamentary no 2011 Tasmanian local elections 2011 14–28 October 2014 2018 Tasmanian local elections 2018 <55% The 2014 Tasmanian local elections were held in October 2014 to elect the councils, mayors and deputy mayors of the 29 local government areas (LGAs) in Tasmania, Australia. Councils also held mayoral and deputy mayoral elections.Local Government Elections 2014 https://www.tec.tas.gov.au/local-government/LocalGovernmentElections2014/index.html Tasmanian Electoral Commission 2023-10-30 2022-11-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20221128110047/https://www.tec.tas.gov.au/local-government/LocalGovernmentElections2014/index.html live Beginning in 2014, local elections moved to four-year "all-in, all-out" terms, while mayors and deputy mayors were now elected to four-year terms, rather than two-year terms. Electoral system Councillor elections are conducted using a slightly modified version of the Hare-Clark electoral system, which is also used for Tasmanian House of Assembly elections. Mayors and deputy mayors are elected using preferential voting, which is used for Tasmanian Legislative Council elections. The Robson Rotation is used to rotate the order in which candidate names appear on ballot papers. All voting in Tasmanian local elections is conducted by post. Elections timeline 13 September – Candidate nominations open 29 September – Candidate nominations close 14 October – Voting opens 28 October – Voting closes Party changes before elections A number of councillors joined or left parties before the 2014 elections. Council Councillor Former party New party Date Waratah-Wynyard Kevin Deakin  Independent  Palmer United 7 July 2013 Hobart Marti Zucco  Independent  Palmer United 7 July 2013 Hobart Marti Zucco  Palmer United  Independent 4 December 2013 References Category:Local elections in Tasmania Category:2014 elections in Australia