Redland City Council mayoral by-election
A by-election will be held to elect a new Mayor for Redland City Council. Election day is Saturday 12 December 2026.
This is a full postal by-election. Ballot packs will be mailed to all people enrolled in Redland City Council after the close of candidate nominations on Thursday 19 November.
If you use a different postal address than your residential address when you enrolled to vote, your ballot pack will be sent to the postal address.
Do you need to change your postal address, update your enrolment or enrol for the first time? You can do that at the AEC's website.
View the notice of election.
View the election timetable.
The timetable for the by-election is 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 10 November 2026
- Close of electoral roll - Monday 16 November 2026
- Candidate nominations – Tuesday 10 November through 12pm Thursday 19 November 2026
- Election day – Saturday 12 December 2026
- Postal vote completion deadline – Saturday 12 December 2026 at 6pm
- Postal vote return deadline – Tuesday 22 December 2026 at 5pm
This is a full postal election, and ballot packs will be mailed to all people enrolled to vote in Redland City Council.
Postal voting materials cannot be printed until after the ballot paper order draw on Thursday 19 November 2026.
If you don't receive your ballot pack or need it 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 on the ballot paper
- 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 the declaration envelope too
- put the declaration envelope in the reply-paid envelope and post it to ECQ.
You must complete your vote by 6pm Saturday 12 December 2026.
The ECQ must receive it by 5pm Tuesday 22 December 2026 for your vote to be counted.
Nominations close at 12pm on Thursday 19 November 2026.
More information:
- Fact sheet 1 – Eligibility to become a candidate in local government elections PDF (0.21 MB)
- Fact sheet 2 – Nominating as a candidate for local government elections PDF (0.25 MB)
- Form 5 LGA - Nomination form (endorsed) PDF (0.69 MB)
- Form 6 LGA - Nomination form (non endorsed) PDF (0.66 MB)
All candidates unless they are sitting councillors must complete the free training course So you want to be a councillor? (Opens in a new tab) conducted by the Department of Local Government, Water and Volunteers.
This course must have been completed within the 6 months prior to your nomination.
The course is fully online and will take about 90 minutes to complete. After finishing the training, you will want to download your certificate of completion. The certificate contains a reference number that must be included on your nomination form.
- Expenditure cap period – Tuesday 10 November to 6pm on Saturday 12 December 2026
- 24-hour disclosure period commences – Thursday 3 December 2026
- Publisher and broadcaster election summary returns due – Monday 8 February 2027
- Candidate, registered political party, associated entity and registered third party election summary returns due – Monday 30 March 2027
Name: Steve Tonks
Office address: 233 Middle St, Cleveland 4163
Contact number: 0428 720 750