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She posted to social media on Saturday evening about the race.
“Off to bed without a clear result – but glad we’ve conducted a positive, professional campaign throughout,” Fitzhardinge said.
“We’re not likely to have a result until around lunchtime tomorrow when preferences have been distributed. Will keep you posted!”
Further north in the City of Joondalup former Liberal turned independent Ian Goodenough is running for the top job, after former mayor Albert Jacob announced he would not be re-contesting his position.
Goodenough was ousted from Federal parliament after losing a preselection contest for his federal seat of Moore, and subsequently turned his eye to local government.
Candidates in the field include former councillors Christine Hamilton-Prime and Daniel Kingston.
Other races to watch include over in the Shire of Harvey, where controversial candidate “Aussie Trump” has thrown his hat in the ring.
In his candidate profile he calls voters to elect him in order to “drain the swamp”, a phrase used by US President Donald Trump during his first run at politics in 2016.
Other country councils are also set to be decided this week, including the Shire of Derby West Kimberley up north.
Former shire president Peter McCumstie has been appointed to the shire president role, once again taking the helm of the embattled council.
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The shire was thrown into disarray earlier this year following a mass resignation of councillors, leading the government to appoint a commissioner to oversee the council.
McCumstie has served on the Shire of Derby West Kimberley council as both the deputy shire president and shire president in the last five years.
In the Shire of Coolgardie, locals will also be watching the outcome of the election closely after WA’s local government minister Hannah Beazley decided just last week not to suspend the council over concerns regarding its debt.
Meanwhile in the embattled City of Nedlands, voters will have to wait to have their say after ongoing questions about the council’s leadership delayed the election until March next year.
Mayor Fiona Argyle was famously sacked from the job earlier this year, giving a bizarre radio interview where she said a mass exodus from her council that led the state government to tip it into administration was a “good day”.
Similar scenes are playing out in the Town of Port Hedland, who will also have to wait to go to the polls until March next year after the council was placed in the hands of commissioners following the resignation of former mayor Peter Carter.
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