This is the personal blog of Ian Ker, who was Councillor for the South Ward of the Town of Vincent from 1995 to 2009. I have been a resident of this area since 1985. This blog was originally conceived as a way of letting residents of Vincent know what I have been doing and sharing thoughts on important issues. I can now use it to sound off about things that concern me.

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Saturday, October 19, 2013

Electors Want To Keep Vincent

Apart from the low turnout (below 30%), which reflected the overall election for Vincent, the plebiscite was a substantial vote for retaining the City of Vincent (Q2 - 77%) but if Vincent is to be abolished then electors overwhelmingly prefer the Vincent Council's model of the whole of Vincent going into Perth (Q1 - nearly 90%) to the City of Perth or State Government model of splitting Vincent between Perth and Stirling.

Let's hope this causes Colin Barnett to rethink his ill-considered forced amalgamations of local government.
And congratulations to John Carey, overwhelmingly elected as Vincent Mayor (87% of the vote); to Matt Buckels and Josh Topelberg on being re-elected as Councillors and to Emma Cole and Laine McDonald  on being elected for the first time.

The next two years will be a difficult time for Vincent Council. I hope elected members know that they have the strong support of the community in attempting to keep Vincent in one piece.

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