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Wainuiomata Community Board member resigns
HUTT CITY COUNCIL MEDIA ADVISORY
22 May
2018
Wainuiomata Community Board member
resigns
Long-serving Wainuiomata Community Board member Margaret Willard has today resigned and a by-election will be required to find her replacement on the 8-strong Board.
Margaret Willard has served over 10 years in local politics, first as deputy chair and chair of the Wainuiomata Community Board, followed by two terms representing Wainuiomata on the Hutt City Council. She has decided to end her current three year term as a member of the Wainuiomata Community Board on medical grounds.
As the next triennial local elections in October 2019 are more than 12 months away, a by-election is required.
Nominations will open this week and close at noon on Thursday 21 June. Election day will be Friday 17 August 2018.
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