2016 Tweed Shire Council election
The 2016 Tweed Shire Council election was held on 29 October 2016 to elect seven councillors to the Tweed Shire, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
The election was scheduled to be held a month earlier on 10 September 2016 as part of the statewide local elections, however it was postponed following the death of No High-Rise candidate Ken "Stents" Nicholson, aged 88. Nicholson died on 19 August 2016, after suffering a heart attack and fall.
76 candidates in 15 groups contested the election.
Timeline
- 19 August: Ken Nicholson dies in hospital
- 20 August: Election scheduled for 10 September postponed
- 31 August: New election date of 29 October announced
- 19 September: Candidate nominations open
- 28 September: Candidate nominations close
- 29 October: Election held