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General News
22 March, 2024
Cr Cathy Zeiger bolts back in
POPULAR Cairns regional councillor Cathy Zieger has been officially declared the winner in division 3.
She was confirmed by the Electoral Commission of Queensland today with 70.17 per cent of the vote (6393 of 9469 counted). The poll was decided after 73.83 per cent of the count. The division has 12,825 enrolled voters.
Cr Zeiger beat Unity Team’s Hedi Healy (17.33 per cent, 1579) and Community First’s Marisa Sedan (12.5 per cent, 1139).
The independent councillor looks after Bayview Heights, Mount Sheridan (Forest Gardens), White Rock and Woree. She has been a councillor since 2015.
Apart from Cr Brett Moller in division one – who kept his seat uncontested - she is the only Cairns regional councillor to have her position declared.
Counting continues for the mayoralty and seven other councillor positions.
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