Election Information 2025

Election information 2025

The Western Australian local government Ordinary Elections will be held on Saturday 18 October 2025.

The Town of Port Hedland will conduct a postal vote for this year’s elections. More information will be provided soon about this process.

At these elections, there are seven council positions, including the position of Mayor, to fill. There are two remaining councillors: Councillor Camilo Blanco and Councillor Lorraine Butson.

More information about standing as a candidate in this year’s election is provided here. 

You need to be enrolled to vote. You can check and update your current enrolment information or enrol to vote here.

Enrolments close on 22 August 2025. You cannot enrol to vote in the 2025 Ordinary Election after this date.

When you are enrolled to vote, your postal voting packs are anticipated to arrive in your letterbox around 29 September 2025. More instructions will be provided on timelines for completing your postal voting papers soon.

Voting will close at 6pm on 18 October 2025. There will be opportunities to lodge your postal voting papers in-person at designated Town locations if you do not make the postal date cut-off. More details will be provided soon.

Your vote counts. Voting in local government elections is how the community can choose who represents them in Council. Local government elections influence the policies that directly affect the neighbourhood – services, facilities, events, activities, rates, fees and charges, infrastructure, public works – the Town’s liveability. Every vote is equal, and every vote counts.

You can find out more about this year’s local government Ordinary Elections here.