2025 South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Board Supplementary Election
The SEWCD Board has a long history of local and regional management of flooding, surface water and drainage in the South East.
A supplementary election of one eligible Landholder to the South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Board Northern Electoral Zone was called.
The election is to select one eligible Landholder Member from the following Electoral Zone:
NORTHERN ELECTORAL ZONE – comprising the Tatiara District Council (except Hundreds of Glenroy and Fisk) and part Coorong District Council (including Hundreds of Glyde, Field, Colebatch, Richards, Coombe, Archibald, Makin, Santo, Messent, McNamara).
Timetable
| Event | Date |
| Roll close | 5pm, Monday 18 August 2025 |
| Nominations open | Monday 18 August 2025 |
| Nominations close | 12 noon, Monday 1 September 2025 |
| Dispatch of ballot material to electors | From Friday 12 September 2025 |
| Close of voting | 10am, Tuesday 7 October 2025 |
| Scrutiny and Count | Wednesday 8 October 2025 |
District Council of Mount Remarkable supplementary election - Councillor for Willochra
Timetable
| Event | Legislation* | Date |
|
Close of rolls |
s 6(7)(a), s 15(9)(b) |
5pm, Friday 29 August 2025 |
|
Nominations open |
s 19(4) |
Thursday 25 September 2025 |
|
Nominations close |
s 23(b) |
12 noon, Thursday 9 October 2025 |
| s 29(3)(b) |
as soon as practicable after 12 noon, Thursday 9 October 2025 |
|
|
First campaign donation return due |
s 80(3)(a)(ii) | Friday 17 October 2025 to Thursday 23 October 2025 |
|
Mailout of materials |
s 39(1) |
Tuesday 28 October 2025 to Monday 3 November 2025 |
|
Last day for re-issue of voting materials |
s 39(4), s 43(4) |
5pm, Monday 17 November 2025 |
|
Close of voting (polling day) |
s 6(6), s 6(7)(b) |
12 noon, Monday 24 November 2025 |
|
Scrutiny and count |
s 47(1)(a) |
Tuesday 25 November 2025 |
| Second campaign donation return due | s 80(3)(b) |
Within 30 days of the 'conclusion of the election' |
* Local Government (Elections) Act 1999
Enrolment
If you are correctly enrolled for state elections in South Australia, you are automatically included on the council voters roll and will receive ballot papers through the post.
If you need to check or update your enrolment for future elections, you can choose one of the following options:
- Check my enrolment
- Enrol online (first time voters or to get back on the roll)
- Update my details online (for updates to your address, name or other contact details)
Council supplementary roll
If you are not enrolled on the state electoral roll you may be eligible to register on the council supplementary roll if you are:
- a resident or a non-Australian citizen who has lived at your residential address for one month or more
- an owner of an organisation or business
- an owner of a holiday home
- a sole owner, or group of owners, of a rateable property
- a sole occupier, or group of occupiers, of a rateable property
- a landlord of rateable property.
In accordance with section 15(5a) of the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999, council must purge the council's supplementary roll on 1 January of every election year. Therefore, all landlords, organisations, business owners or occupiers, and resident non-Australian citizens, must re-enrol from January 1 of every election year to be eligible to vote, with the exception of the City of Adelaide.
If you are unsure whether you are enrolled on the council supplementary roll, contact your local council.
Candidate information and regulations
Visit our Candidate section for more information about;
- Acts and Regulations
- Candidate eligibility and ineligibility
- Candidate disclosure returns
- Candidate responsibilities
- Electoral advertising
- Forms and handbooks
- Responsibilities as a member of a council.
* More information for Candidates
CANDIDATE PORTAL ACCESS (linked website)
Light Regional Council supplementary election - Councillor for Mudla Wirra Ward
Timetable
| Event | Legislation* | Date |
|
Close of rolls |
s 6(7)(a), s 15(9)(b) |
5pm, Friday 29 August 2025 |
|
Nominations open |
s 19(4) |
Thursday 25 September 2025 |
|
Nominations close |
s 23(b) |
12 noon, Thursday 9 October 2025 |
| s 29(3)(b) |
as soon as practicable after 12 noon, Thursday 9 October 2025 |
|
|
First campaign donation return due |
s 80(3)(a)(ii) | Friday 17 October 2025 to Thursday 23 October 2025 |
|
Mailout of materials |
s 39(1) |
Tuesday 28 October 2025 to Monday 3 November 2025 |
|
Last day for re-issue of voting materials |
s 39(4), s 43(4) |
5pm, Monday 17 November 2025 |
|
Close of voting (polling day) |
s 6(6), s 6(7)(b) |
12 noon, Monday 24 November 2025 |
|
Scrutiny and count |
s 47(1)(a) |
Tuesday 25 November 2025 |
| Second campaign donation return due | s 80(3)(b) |
Within 30 days of the 'conclusion of the election' |
* Local Government (Elections) Act 1999
Enrolment
If you are correctly enrolled for state elections in South Australia, you are automatically included on the council voters roll and will receive ballot papers through the post.
If you need to check or update your enrolment for future elections, you can choose one of the following options:
- Check my enrolment
- Enrol online (first time voters or to get back on the roll)
- Update my details online (for updates to your address, name or other contact details)
Council supplementary roll
If you are not enrolled on the state electoral roll you may be eligible to register on the council supplementary roll if you are:
- a resident or a non-Australian citizen who has lived at your residential address for one month or more
- an owner of an organisation or business
- an owner of a holiday home
- a sole owner, or group of owners, of a rateable property
- a sole occupier, or group of occupiers, of a rateable property
- a landlord of rateable property.
In accordance with section 15(5a) of the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999, council must purge the council's supplementary roll on 1 January of every election year. Therefore, all landlords, organisations, business owners or occupiers, and resident non-Australian citizens, must re-enrol from January 1 of every election year to be eligible to vote, with the exception of the City of Adelaide.
If you are unsure whether you are enrolled on the council supplementary roll, contact your local council.
Candidate information and regulations
Visit our Candidate section for more information about;
- Acts and Regulations
- Candidate eligibility and ineligibility
- Candidate disclosure returns
- Candidate responsibilities
- Electoral advertising
- Forms and handbooks
- Responsibilities as a member of a council.
* More information for Candidates
CANDIDATE PORTAL ACCESS (linked website)
South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Board Elections
Elections for the South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Board are held every four years.
The board has one member for each of the following electoral zones - Central Electoral Zone, Northern Electoral Zone and Southern Electoral Zone. The role of the South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Board is to provide an effective system of managing surface water of the non-urban lands in the South East, by conserving, draining, altering the flow of, or utilising that water in any manner.
- South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Board Supplementary Election 2025 (current)
- South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Board 2024
- South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Board 2020
More information
- South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Board
- South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Act 1992