Gary Brennan elected as the new City of Bunbury Mayor

Mr Brennan was previously a City of Bunbury CEO for six years as well as a ministerial chief of staff in the state government to Bunbury MLA John Castrilli. 

During the campaign Mr Brennan listed his strengths as being in leadership, team building and community engagement.

The newly elected Mayor of Bunbury thanked his supporters and outgoing Mayor David Smith in his inaugural speech. 

"It's an honour to take on this responsibility and I am going to deliver the things I think Bunbury wants to have delivered through their Mayor."

"I am looking forward to working with a very dedicated team of councillors."

"I want to thank the people who supported me through the ballot." 

For the first few weeks of the campaign Mr Brennan and his team ran their campaign from North America as he was travelling.

Mr Brennan paid respect to outgoing Mayor David Smith and said it was "a tough job" and a very onerous task to be the Mayor of Bunbury.

Eight candidates ran for the position of Mayor in a tightly fought contest where Mr Brennan received 21.45 percent of the vote (1636) while Michelle Steck was second on 18.13 percent (1383) and incumbent Mayor David Smith was third on 17.95 percent (1369).  

7628 votes were returned in this election accounting for around 35 percent of the eligible voting population.  

Grab your copy of the Bunbury Mail this Wednesday to find out more about our new Mayor and his plans for the City. 

To see exactly how the counting of the votes in this year's election took place visit our live coverage pages which includes a photo gallery of the night's proceedings here.