Local identity, Arthur Allen, has easily won a place on the new nine- member East Gippsland Shire Council after the Victorian Electoral Commission announced the successful candidates at its Bairnsdale office on Monday following the counting of votes. However, long-term councilor, Dick Ellis, also of Lakes Entrance, has lost his seat in the new East Gippsland Shire council. Mr Allen, whose run...
East Gippsland Shire Council 2020 election first preference votes, as of 1pm, Friday, October 30: