Councillor Paul Tuddenham was elected Wingecarribee Shire’s deputy mayor in a closely-contested vote at Wednesday’s meeting.
The position was decided by a name drawn from a hat after the vote was split six all between Cr Tuddenham and Cr Duncan Gair.
Mayor Gordon Lewis brought his chains of office to the meeting in anticipation of a challenge, but was re-elected unopposed.
He congratulated Cr Tuddenham and thanked out-going deputy Nick Campbell-Jones for his work and loyalty over the past three years.
“Within the hurley-burley of local politics, unlike the State or Federal spheres, it is pleasing to have worked for the last three years with no knives in my back,” he said.
Full story: SHN, Friday, September 28
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