Karren Cave Takes 9th Cowra Council Seat

IMAGE: Cowra Shire Council Mayor, Ruth Fagan with Australia Day Citizen of the Year, Karren Cave and Cowra Ambassador, Viv Kartsounis presenting Karren with her award back in January.

Cowra Council by-election candidate, Karren Cave, has all but taken the 9th seat of Cowra Council following the by-election on Saturday November 23.

While counting is still ongoing and the election result has not been officially declared, Ms Cave had secured 44% (3097 out of 6926) of the total first preference vote following Saturday’s election, giving her a seemingly unassailable lead with over 70% of votes already counted.

She lead the count in all eight polling locations, including prepolling, and also lead in declared institution and postal votes.

Distribution of preferences are yet to be counted.

The next closest candidate to Ms Cave is Robert May, who secured 22% of the first preference votes. Brian Fisher follows with 15% while Theo Giallourakis has just under 7%.

The distribution of preferences will be counted the week of Monday December 9.

The official declaration of the election result will be made by the Returning Officer of the Cowra Shire Council by-election some time thereafter.

For more information on the by-election go to https://elections.nsw.gov.au/elections/local-government-elections/vote-count-information-2024-berrigan-cowra-junee-local-government-by-elections#resultswebsite