Elections

• Postal voting packages are mailed to all electors approximately three weeks before Election Day.

• The City uses Optional Preferential Voting (OPV). You can choose to vote for just one candidate, some candidates (by numbering 1 and 2), or all candidates in order of preference.
• Completed voted can be returned by:

• Posting using the reply paid envelope provided; 
• Delivered in person to the City of Mandurah, Administration Office at 3 Peel Street, Mandurah 
• Delivered in person on Election Day to the Mandurah Seniors and Community Centre at 41 Ormsby Terrace, Mandurah until 6pm. 

Residents and Ratepayers

If you live in the City of Mandurah or own rateable property here, ensure you are enrolled on the State Electoral Roll at your Mandurah address.

You can check or update your enrolment online:  Online Enrolment System 

If you are correctly enrolled as a resident of a rateable property in Mandurah on the State or Commonwealth roll, you are automatically eligible to vote in local government elections.

Owners and Occupiers Roll

You may also be eligible to enrol on the City of Mandurah Owners and Occupiers Roll if you:

• Are enrolled on a State or Commonwealth electoral roll and
• Are a non-resident owner or occupier of rateable property within the City of Mandurah, or
• Are a nominee of a body corporate that owns or occupies rateable property (a company can nominate up to two people).

To make an application for enrolment on the City of Mandurah Owners and Occupiers Roll please complete the relevant enrolment application document: 

Enrolment Eligibility Claim - Owner or Co-Owner
Enrolment Eligibility Claim - Occupier or Co-Occupier
Enrolment Eligibility Claim - Nomination by Group of Owners or Occupiers
Enrolment Eligibility Claim - Nomination by Body Corporate

Under the Local Government Property and Public Places Local Law 2016:

• Election signage cannot be placed on public property until six weeks prior to election day.
• A permit is required to install signage on public property or in public places.

For full details, refer to the Governance Fact Sheet: Electoral Advertising and Permit Request

Once an election is officially called:

• Temporary election signage on private property does not require development approval, as set out in the Planning and Development Act 2005 and Planning and Development (Local Planning Schemes) Regulations 2015.
• This exemption applies from the date the election is called until 48 hours after polls close.
• A permit is not required to place signage on private property or verges with the property owner’s permission.

• Approval may be required from Main Roads WA for signs placed on land under their control. 
• Enforcement of election signs on main roads is the responsibility of Main Roads WA. 
• Main Roads WA enquiries: 138 138
• See Roadside Advertising Local Government Election - Main Roads WA

• Election advertising must be in accordance with the Local Government Property and Public Places Local Law 2016 and will be strictly enforced through impoundment of signs and / or the issuance of infringements. 
• The City recognises that candidates may wish to maximise advertising exposure within the district however please be advised that signage which contravenes the City’s Local Government Property and Public Places Local Law 2016 or the Planning and Development (Local Planning Schemes) Regulations 2015 may lead to a $300 or $500 infringement respectively. 

If you are undertaking campaigning in public places, please make a Public Open Space Application for assessment by the City. 

Visit the City of Mandurah bookings page for more information.

Please review the information available on the Organising an Event page.

To stand for election as a council member, or a mayor elected by the people, you must: 

• Be 18 years of age or older; 
• Be an elector of the district; 
• Have a term that ends on election day (if you are a current council member), unless you are standing for election as a mayor directly elected by the people of the local district; 
• Complete a free online induction course. 

You do not need to be an elector within the ward for which you are standing. 

A nomination form needs to be completed and accompanied by a candidate profile, and a deposit of $100.00.  If the deposit is not paid at the time of lodgement of the nomination form, it must be paid before nominations close.  If the candidate is being nominated by an agent, the nomination form must also include written authorisation from the candidate.  

Nominations can only be made to the Western Australian Electoral Commission Returning Officer during the designated nomination period. The Returning Officer will be available to assist with the nomination process and queries from candidates or the public at the City of Mandurah at designated times. 

For further information visit the WAEC Election Website – Summary Information for Candidates Manual. 

Please visit the Optional Preferential Voting page of the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries website. 

It is really easy and it is all about choices - your choices. 

So just imagine there are 3 candidates 

You can: 

1. Vote for just 1 candidate — just put a number 1 next to the name of that candidate. 

2. Vote for some — just put a 1 next to the name of the candidate you like best and a 2 next to your second choice. 

3. Vote for all — put a 1 in the box for the candidate you like best and then a 2 for your second choice and a 3 for your third choice. If there are more candidates, you just keep numbering if you want to. 

For more information, please visit the Optional Preferential Voting page of the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries website. 

Councillors represent each of the four wards of Mandurah. At the 2027 Ordinary Election, you will be voting for a nominated candidate from your ward. 

Ward maps are available for your information on City of Mandurah website and the boundaries of each ward within the Mandurah District. 

The next Ordinary Local Government Election will be held on Saturday 16 October 2027. 

Voting packs will be distributed by the Western Australian Electoral Commission approximately. two to three weeks prior to the election.  Your completed vote can be either: 

• Posted: votes must be mailed in and reach the WAEC before the election to ensure they are counted. 
• Hand delivered: drop it into the secure ballot box at City’s Administration Building, 3 Peel Street, Mandurah before 4.00pm on Friday prior to the election day; 
• Election Day: Electors can drop off their completed voting package at the Mandurah Seniors and Community Centre, 41 Ormsby Terrace, Mandurah between the hours of 8am and 6pm.  

Misplaced or lost packages can also be reissued prior to the Election at the Administration building between the hours of 8.30am and 4.30pm, and on Election Day at the Mandurah Seniors and Community Centre. Voting closes at 6pm. 

If you do not receive a voting package or if you have misplaced it you may: 

1. Visit the City’s Administration building between 8.30am and 4.30pm and we will reissue your voting package; or 

2. Vote in person on Election Day at the Mandurah Seniors and Community Centre, 41 Ormsby Terrace, Mandurah between 8.00am and 6.00pm. 

Yes, the City of Mandurah Mayor is voted in by the electors. The next mayoral election year is 2029. 

If your address is in Mandurah, contact the WAEC to update your enrolment details. 

Update your enrolment details 

If you are eligible to be on the Owner and Occupiers Roll, please contact City of Mandurah’s Governance Services on 9550 3735, or email [email protected] to ensure that your eligibility can be considered. 

You are only able to vote once in each ward. 

You are able to vote in each Ward and therefore an enrolment eligibility claim form should be completed for each Ward, however only one vote can be cast for the position of Mayor. 

Yes, provided you enrol with the City of Mandurah by submitting an enrolment eligibility claim form. 

Yes, provided the company nominates up to two Directors and/or other persons to vote on its behalf. 

If you enrol as an owner of rateable property (this includes nominees of a body corporate which owns property) then your enrolment remains valid for as long as you continue to own the property. 

If you enrol as an occupier of rateable property then your enrolment remains valid for two ordinary elections. If your enrolment was lodged too late for an election, then it remains valid for a period which covers three elections, although you may not vote in the first election. 

No, voting is not compulsory; however, electors are encouraged to make their vote count by participating in the election of their preferred local representative. 

All residents in a local government district who are enrolled on the State Electoral Roll are automatically enrolled on the corresponding local government roll. 

Electors are encouraged to check their enrolment on the State electoral roll prior to the enrolment closure date at Online Enrolment System 

People who own or occupy property within a local government district, can apply to their local government to be included on the roll as an owner/occupier, as long as they are eligible electors. A body corporate may apply to have up to two eligible electors to be included on the owner/occupier roll. 

If a person lives within one local district or ward, and owns or occupies property in a different district or ward, they may be entitled to a vote in both areas, provided they are enrolled for those addresses. 

You are a non-resident occupier if: 

• You live outside of the Ward of a rateable property; 
• Have had continuous occupation of that property (for at least 312 months and have the right to occupy for at least the next three months - can prove through (you will be required to provide a copy of your full lease, tenancy agreement etc. to evidence this) …within Mandurah; and 
• Appear on the State or Commonwealth Roll for an address outside of the Ward.  

If a corporation owns or occupies rateable property within the City of Mandurah, then they may nominate two persons to represent the body corporate. If the corporation owns properties in more than one ward, then the same representatives must be nominated for all properties. 

To nominate representatives to enrol, please complete all sections of the following: 

• Enrolment Eligibility Claim - Nomination by Body Corporate form, and 
• Each nominee must then complete an Enrolment Eligibility Claim - Owner or Co-Owner or Enrolment Eligibility Claim - Occupier or Co-Occupier form.  

The forms can be submitted together to the City of Mandurah for consideration and approval prior to the “Owner and Occupier Roll” deadline.