The Mount Isa Mayoral election count moves forward with agonising slowness as Danielle Slade maintains a slight lead over incumbent mayor Joyce McCulloch.
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On Friday the count moved forward another 55 votes to be 69% complete with 7742 votes tallied.
Danielle Slade has 3356 votes (44.38%), Joyce McCulloch has 3175 (41.99%) and David Fletcher has 1031 votes.
It means Ms Slade's lead has gone up from 171 to 181 since the previous tally.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Cr McCulloch's team said COVID-19 was their first priority and how we can all work together to protect our community was forefront in their minds.
"It is wonderful to see the Mount Isa community spirit shining during these unique times," they said.
"In the meantime, though, we await the updated counts from the election. The latest information we have received from ECQ is that the counting is continuing, with postal and phone votes still to go."
There have been some slight additions to the councillor poll too with 63.76% counted and it has strengthened the positions of the current top six elected positions.
Independent Kim Coghlan still tops the poll and five of the six current councillors are in the box seat to be returned.
Kim Coghlan 3458
Mick Tully 3450
Phil Barwick 3353
Paul Stretton 3295
Peta Macrae 3198
George Fortune 3192
James Bambrick 3025
Jean Ferris 2897
Bernard Gillic 2693
Gary Abel 2471
Lesley-Ann Peterson 2405
Thomas Heffernan 2250
Natasha Hydon 2074
Stephanie King 1901
Robyn Ferrier 1498
Jennifer French 1444
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Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
