Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Briars Ward by-election results
Last updated: Tuesday, 13 October 2026 03:20 PM
| Council | Voting count method |
| Briars Ward | Preferential |
Briars Ward (1 vacancy)
The following candidate is successful. They received more than 50% of first preference votes.
We will declare them elected in the coming days.
Successful candidates
| Successful: | LEAHY, Christine |
Count summary
| Enrolment: | 13207 |
| Formal votes: | 10169 |
| Informal votes: | 399 (3.78% of the total votes) |
| Votes counted: | 10568 (80.02% of the total enrolment) |
First preference votes
Please note: all percentages have been rounded to 2 decimal places.
| Candidate | First preference votes | Percentage |
| ELLISON-WHYTE, Sue | 3644 | 35.83% |
| LEAHY, Christine | 6525 | 64.17% |