Nominations for local government elections, held every four years, closed on Tuesday 6 September.

All the candidates for the Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island councils have now been listed for residents and ratepayers to get to know for the November elections.

Here is a summary of the nominations for the five councils that cover the region.

Alexandrina Council

Four people will contest the mayoral election, including incumbent Keith Parkes. His three challengers are Mark Hurst, current councillor Bron Lewis and Shaun Smith.

Following the last electoral review the council’s wards were reduced from four to three; each will elect three representatives.

The six candidates for Alexandrina West Ward are: Michael Scott, Lou Nicholson, Bill Coomans, Judy Newport, Dybala Victoria and Lorraine Rosenberg.

The six candidates for Alexandrina North Ward are: Rex Keily, Craig Maidement, Christie Thornton, Sue Miller, Lance Bagster and Lynton Arney.

The thirteen candidates for Alexandrina South Ward are: Steven Watson, Mark Jones, Jim Davis, Jane Williams, Gerry Thompson, Margaret Gardner, Julie Jordan, Eli Bickley, Dave Gladwin, Craig Ostigh, Peter Oliver, Michael Rivers-Thompson and Milli Livingston.

Kangaroo Island Council

There are two candidates for Mayor, incumbent Michael Pengilly and challenger James Newcomer.

Of the eleven candidates for area councillor, nine are certain to be elected. Those standing are: Jeannette Gellard, Veronica Bates, Rosalie Chirgwin, Pat Austin, Sam Mumford, Ken Liu, Richard Cotterill, Gregory Miller, Shirley Pledge, Bob Teasdale and John Holmes.

City of Onkaparinga

Simon McMahon has served as acting Mayor since former Mayor Erin Thompson was elected to parliament at the March state election.

He has nominated to take on the role in his own right for the next four years, along with seven other candidates. They are:  Jeannette Howell, Rob De Jonge, Steven Hann, Mark Nielsen, Janette Francis, Moira Were and Dan Golding.

Onkaparinga Council region is divided into six wards: Knox, Thalassa, Pimpala, Mid Coast, Southern Vales and South Coast, the latter two falling in the Fleurieu region.

The elected body is comprised of the Mayor and 12 ward councillors; two representing each of the six wards.

South Coast Ward candidates are: Josh Reiter, Victor Kashyap, Daniel Hennigan, Sean Weatherly, Steven Cook, Paul Yeomans, Stephen Spence, Beth Rex, Lauren Jew and Robin Lewis.

Southern Vales Ward candidates are: John Humphries, Jordan Pritchard, Marisa Bell, Wayne Tassell, Matthew Fossey, Colin Baker, Wayne Olsen and Gail Kirby.

City of Victor Harbor

Incumbent Mayor Moira Jenkins will stand again, challenged by current deputy Mayor Nick Hayles and former councillor Peter Charles, who has twice previously been elected as a councillor and has twice quit without completing a four-year term.

The council has no wards and there are 19 candidates for the nine area councillor positions. 

They are: Stewart Burns, Brayden Mann, Rob Reynolds, Carlos Quaremba, Nick McKenzie, Malcolm Watson, Marilyn Henderson, Megan Storer, John Milner, Carol Schofield, James Bruce, Angela Schiller, Michael Quinton, Marty Ashford, Timothy Mitchell, Andrew Robertson, Bailey Hames, Angelique Dellaney and David Kemp.

District Council of Yankalilla

Nine councillors will be elected to represent two wards, four in Field Ward and five in Light Ward.

The Mayor will be chosen by and from the successfully elected ward councillors at the first council meeting following the November election.

The six candidates for Field Ward are: Leon Zarina, David Olsson, Darryl Houston,  Simon Rothwell, Lawrence Polomka and Peter O’Neill.

The ten candidates for Light Ward are: Glen Rowlands, Davina Quirke, Wayne Gibbs, Tim Moffat, Ed Vercoe, Bill Verwey, Michele Shaughnessy, Simon Reed, Shane Grocke and Gavin Denton.

Voting in the 2022 Council Elections will be conducted via postal ballot, with ballot papers distributed in October and voting closing at 5pm on Thursday, 10 November. 

Visit the SA Electoral Commission website for more information.