Balonne Shire Council by-election
A by-election is being held in August 2025 to elect a new councillor in Balonne Shire Council. This is a full postal by-election. Voting materials have been mailed to people enrolled in this council area.
Results will be published as the count progresses.
Quick links
The timetable for the by-election was set in accordance with the Local Government Electoral Act 2011. The election period began following the publication of the notice of election.
- Notice of election – Tuesday 1 July 2025
- Candidate nominations – Tuesday 1 July to Thursday 10 July 2025
- Election day – Saturday 9 August 2025
- Postal vote completion deadline –Saturday 9 August 2025 at 6pm
- Postal vote return deadline – Tuesday 19 August 2025
Nominations closed at 12pm on Thursday 10 July 2025.
This is a full postal election and voting materials have been mailed to people enrolled to vote in this council area.
Postal voting materials were printed and sent to voters' enrolled postal address after the ballot paper order draw on Thursday 10 July 2025.
If you don’t receive your postal voting materials or need them sent to an alternate address, please contact the ECQ on 1300 881 665.
You can complete your postal vote as soon as you get it. Make sure you:
- tear the ballot paper from the declaration envelope
- follow the instructions
- fold your ballot paper in half to conceal your vote and place it into the declaration envelope
- seal the declaration envelope and sign it before a witness. Your witness has to sign it too.
- put the declaration envelope in the reply-paid envelope and post it to ECQ.
You must complete your vote by 6pm Saturday 9 August 2025.
The ECQ must receive it by 5pm Tuesday 19 August 2025 for your vote to be counted.
Name: Helen Court
Office address: Bokhara Room, 118 Victoria Street, St George QLD 4487
Contact number: 0484 865 879
