VEC preliminary report on representation review

Published on 03 April 2019

Victorian Electoral Commission representation review of Colac Otway Shire Council

The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) is conducting an electoral representation review of Colac Otway Shire Council.

The VEC has published a preliminary report for this review and response submissions are open.

Representation reviews ensure all voters in a local council area have their concerns and interests fairly represented by their Council.

The review examines:

- whether a local council has the appropriate number of councillors

- whether the local council should be unsubdivided, with councillors elected from the whole local council, or subdivided into wards

- if subdivided, the number of wards, ward boundaries and the number of councillors per ward.

A preliminary report is available for this review which can be viewed at the Victorian Electoral Commission website:

https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/reviews/colacotwayrr.html