Sixty-eight candidates have nominated for this month’s Hume council election.
The council has been divided into 11-single councillor wards for this year’s election, Previously Hume was split into three wards; two with four councillors and one with three councillors.
The new wards, are: Aitken Ward, Bababi Marning Ward, Burt-kur-min Ward, Emu Creek Ward, Jacksons Hill Ward, Merlynston Creek Ward, Mount Ridley Ward, Roxburgh Park Ward, Tullamarine Ward, Woodlands Ward and Yubup Ward.
Roxburgh Park Ward is the most hotly contested, with 11 candidates nominating for election.
They include sitting councillor Sam Misho and former councillor Drew Jessop who lost out on re-election in 2020.
Nine people, including current councillor Jim Overend, have nominated for Burt-kur-min Ward, which takes in part of Craigieburn, while nine people, including Cr Karen Sherry, have also nominated for Merlynston Creek Ward, which takes in Broadmeadows, Dallas and parts of Westmeadows.
Yubup Ward spannng Mickleham and Kalkallo has seven candidates, including Donnybrook Road campaigner Ally Watson, while Greenvale’s Woodlands Ward has six candidates, including former councillor Adem Atmaca and current councillor Joseph Haweil.
Seven candidates have nominated in the Bababi Marning and Mount Ridley wards, while three candidates, including Cr Carly Moore, are vying for election in Aitken Ward.
Cr Jarrod Bell is among three candidates contesting Sunbury’s Jacksons Hill Ward.
Councillors Jodi Jackson and Naim Kurt are two of three candidates vying for a single vacancy in Tullamarine Ward.
The situation is the same in Sunbury’s Emu Creek ward, where councillors Trevor Dance and Jack Medcraft are also two of three candidates vying for a single vacancy.
Voting opens on Monday, October 7 and closes on Friday, October 25.
Voting in this election is by post only.
The candidates are:
Aitken Ward (one vacancy)
Carly Moore
Gurpreet Singh
Harsimran Kaur
Bababi Marning Ward (one vacancy)
Mohamad Abbouche
Ozcan Oztas
John Haddad
Sema N. Bolat
Graeme David Marr
Asif Naeem
Burhan Yigit
Burt-kur-min Ward (one vacancy)
Hussam Mestou
Sarwan Singh Sandhu
Jo Hardie
Gurpreet Singh Mann
Manoj Kumar
Avonjot Singh
Manisha Garg
Sabahat Farooq
Jim Overend
Emu Creek Ward (one vacancy)
Jack Medcraft
Trevor Dance
Kate Hamley
Jacksons Hill Ward (one vacancy)
Natalie Harrison
Jarrod Bell
John Karagiannidis
Merlynston Creek Ward (one vacancy)
Joe Aguilus
Mutullah Can Yolbulan
Shahnoor Shah
Yesim Kuluk
Ibrahim Gocol
Bassima Hawli
Sheena Haweil
Micaela Griffiths
Karen Sherry
Mount Ridley Ward (one vacancy)
Amarjeet Singh Bhullar
Marcus Harrington
Venkata Ambati
Ricky Rataul Singh
Ananta Raj Poudel
Daniel English
Raj Mann
Roxburgh Park Ward (one vacancy)
Yasir Mahmud
Phillip Di Biase
Sargon Thomas
Muhammad Nisar Ul Murtaza
Roshan Silva
David Williams
Aleyna Mimi
Drew Jessop
Muhtadi Albandar
Sam Misho
Sahar Ageed
Tullamarine Ward (one vacancy)
Jodi Jackson
Linda Hanna
Naim Kurt
Woodlands Ward (one vacancy)
Steve Gagen
Lalith Udugampala
Khalid Hussain
Adem Atmaca
Assaad Eddie Issa
Joseph Haweil
Yubup Ward (one vacancy)
Vikein Mouradian
Muhammad Shahzad
Guri Singh
Sahib Singh
Ally Watson
Emily Greco
Ravneet Singh Sohi
