By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
INCUMBENT councillor Yvonne Herring and RATWISE environment group’s Thelma Wakelam and Geraldine Gonsalvez were among a last-minute stream of candidates announced for next month’s Greater Dandenong Council election.
The trio nominated this morning, just ahead of the noon deadline for candidates.
Ms Gonsalvez, a former Greater Dandenong councillor, got an early campaign boost by drawing the prime top-of-the-ballot position in Red Gum ward this afternoon.
Second and third place positions were taken by incumbents Jim Memeti and Angela Long in the computer-generated random draw.
Ms Long’s husband Barry is standing in Silverleaf ward.
In a late move, Yvonne Herring announced her candidacy in the ward alongside fellow incumbents John Kelly and Maria Sampey.
In Paperbark ward, incumbent Peter Brown drew top position in a bumper 14-candidate field. In second place was Noble Park Community Centre manager Nina Springle.
Greater Dandenong Young Achiever of the Year winner Victor Victor is another candidate in the Noble Park and Keysborough based ward.
In Lightwood ward, incumbents Youhorn Chea and Loi Truong drew low places on the ballot paper.
Red Gum ward (Dandenong, Dandenong South, Keysborough South, Lyndhurst and Bangholme)
GONSALVEZ, Geraldine
MEMETI, Jim
LONG, Angela
GULZARI, John
WICKIRAMASINGHAM, Wicki
WALSH, Jill
SAULA, Dalibor
ASHOKKUMAR, Ashton
KIRWIN, Matthew
TRAN, Tran
NAGARAJAN, Murugan
Paperbark ward (Keysborough and Noble Park North)
BROWN, Peter
SPRINGLE, Nina
TAK, Meng Heang
VICTOR, Victor
WOODFORD, Brad
BLADES, Roz
LE, Phuong
BISSET, Robert
JOSEPH, CLaude
CHAMROEUN, Brenda
TRAN, Huy
TRAN, Minh Van
MIGLIACCIO, Giorgio
SUPEL, Natalia
Lightwood ward (Springvale and Springvale South)
MOHAMMED, Fazlur-Rahman
LAM, Minh Luan
SAMY, Sri
O’REILLY, Sean
CHEA, Youhorn
QUACH, Dang
TRUONG, Loi
Silverleaf ward (Noble Park and part of Dandenong North)
OKUCH, Friday
HUYNH, Nhan
SAMPEY, Maria
HERRING, Yvonne
NAGORNY, Vladmir
LONG, Barry
MELHEM, Zaynoun
WAKELAM, Thelma
KELLY, John
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