Castlemaine-based community group Really Local is putting on a series of local face-to-face meet the candidates events this month for the contested Mount Alexander Shire Council wards of Coliban, Calder, and Campbells Creek.
Candidates for these contested wards are as follows: Calder – Tony Cordy, Ken Price and Kerrie Allen; Campbells Creek – Bill Maltby and Gavan Thomson; and Coliban – Max Lesser, Phillip Walker and Kelly Ann Blake.
Really Local representative Bryn Davies said the events provided a great opportunity for people to meet and ask questions of their candidates before they voted.
The meet the candidates event dates are as follows:
Coliban – includes Chewton, Elphinstone, Taradale and surrounds
• Wednesday October 2, 6.30pm
• Chewton Town Hall, 141 Main Road, Chewton (Note change of location from Wesley Hill)
Campbells Creek – Includes (most of) Campbells Creek, and Mackenzie Hill
• Saturday October 5, 2.30pm-4.30pm
• Five Flags Merchants, 151 Main Road, Campbells Creek
Calder – Includes Harcourt, Harcourt North, Sutton Grange and (part of) Redesdale
• Thursday October 10, 6.30pm-8.30pm
• Old Railway Station, Station Street, Harcourt
To find the link and register for your local event visit reallylocal.au
Voting in the local council election is by post and runs from October 7, when ballot papers are due to begin being posted out, through to October 25.
