I made it!

It was a real roller-coaster ride getting onto the council. Once the first preference votes were counted I really didn't think I was going to make it. With only 77 first preference votes it placed me in 11th place.

Thankfully once Don Thwaites and Andrew Keddie's quotas were broken up things started to look brighter. I moved from 11th to 8th. Brian Inder, Coralanne Walker and I tussled for 7th and 8th place. I finally ended up being 7th.

So this is how the new council looks:

Mayor: Don Thwaites

Deputy Mayor: John Deverell

Councillor: Andrew Keddie

Councillor: Penny Lane

Councillor: Annie Willock

Councillor: Peter Cooper

Councillor: Jan Rootes

Councillor: Tim Wilson 

Councillor: Coralanne Walker

We have our first induction tomorrow night. Get to meet the other councillors and check out the lay of the land.