The Electoral Commission Queensland (ECQ) is now responsible for conducting Queensland local government (council) elections. The state government has confirmed that the 2012 local government elections will be conducted on Saturday 28 April 2012. The election period does not commence until public notice of the holding of the election is published by the Electoral Commission Queensland, however the following key dates have been confirmed –

• Enrolment - electoral roll closes 5pm Saturday 25 February 2012.
• Nominations - open Saturday 10 March 2012; close 12pm (sharp) Tuesday 27 March 2012.
• Election Day - Saturday 28 April 2012 (polling booths open from 8am to 6pm).

Further information

Residents are urged to visit the ECQ website to check their enrolment and to view further election information, including arrangements for postal vote applications and pre-poll voting.

For further enquiries, residents should contact Electoral Commission Queensland direct through any of the following -

• call ECQ Voters' Helpline on 1300 881 665 (8am to 6pm Monday to Friday and also 8am to 6pm on Election Day), or
• email ecq@ecq.qld.gov.au, or
• fax ECQ any time on (07) 3229 7391, or
• by post at GPO Box 1393, Brisbane Qld 4001.

Council mapping online

ECQ has also now determined the final boundaries for the Townsville City Council divisions.  Division boundaries can be viewed on council’s Mosaic Community Service by logging on here with username guest and password guest. Once logged in – simply click on the map to zoom into your suburb or area of general interest to enlarge the map and find your street.

Printable versions of individual Townsville City Council division maps are also included below.

 ECQ Final Boundaries Jan 2012 - LGA
 ECQ Final Boundaries Jan 2012 - Urban Area
 ECQ Final Boundaries Jan 2012 - Division 1
 ECQ Final Boundaries Jan 2012 - Division 2
 ECQ Final Boundaries Jan 2012 - Division 3
 ECQ Final Boundaries Jan 2012 - Division 4
 ECQ Final Boundaries Jan 2012 - Division 5
 ECQ Final Boundaries Jan 2012 - Division 6
 ECQ Final Boundaries Jan 2012 - Division 7
 ECQ Final Boundaries Jan 2012 - Division 8
 ECQ Final Boundaries Jan 2012 - Division 9
 ECQ Final Boundaries Jan 2012 - Division 10

Council Residential Count (estimated) by Electoral Divisions

The following table estimates the total number of residential units in Townsville City Council local government electoral divisions. The ‘Extras Count’ is for those properties which have one ‘parent’ property with multiple ‘child’ properties not individually identified/rated. Strata-titled home units will each appear as a property in the Property Count – however single owner multi-tenanted properties such as registered flats, public housing units, some retirement villages and the like have had their ‘child’ units estimated in the Extras Count.  Council considers that the Total Counts are accurate to (+-) 50 for each division. The Total Counts are for residential properties only – all others such as commercial, industrial, medical, sporting, education, churches, agricultural/rural etc are excluded.

Explanation for Residential Count*
Division = Electoral Division
Property Count = Standard properties
Extras Count = Multiple tenancies with one rate payer
Total Count = Property Count + Extras Count

Election Signage

The following document provides council's approach to dealing with electoral signage.

 Electoral Signage Requirements