Country: | New South Wales |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2016 New South Wales local elections |
Previous Year: | 2016 |
Next Year: | 2021 |
Election Date: | 29 July 2017 |
Image1: | IND |
Party1: | Independent |
Popular Vote1: | 17,590 |
Percentage1: | 36.07% |
Party2: | Independent |
Popular Vote2: | 14,313 |
Percentage2: | 29.35% |
Image3: | IND |
Party3: | Independent |
Popular Vote3: | 10,491 |
Percentage3: | 21.51% |
1Blank: | 2CP |
2Blank: | 2CP swing |
1Data1: | 51.07% |
1Data2: | 48.93% |
Mayor | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent Mayor |
Before Election: | Peter Besseling |
Before Party: | Independent |
After Election: | Peta Pinson |
After Party: | Independent |
The 2017 Port Macquarie-Hastings mayoral by-election was held on 29 July 2017 to elect a new mayor of Port Macquarie-Hastings, a local government area in New South Wales, Australia.
The by-election was held following the resignation of mayor Peter Besseling, who resigned on 8 May 2017 just months after being re-elected at the 2016 election.[1]
Peta Pinson was elected mayor with 51.07% of the vote after preferences.[2]