All mayors and deputy mayors in Northern councils were confirmed as of Wednesday night, along with full council line-ups in Dorset and Flinders. 

As of Thursday night, voting had also been finalised for George Town, Break O’Day, Glamorgan-Spring Bay, Northern Midlands, and Meander Valley Councils. 

With counting still only at 50 per cent for City of Launceston, and West Tamar Councils, the TEC’s current calls for elected and excluded councillors could easily change after preferences have been allocated. 

For previous results and analysis, see the Wednesday and Thursday editions of The Examiner, or our website. 

Local Government Minister Peter Gutwein said he will seek answers on what caused the Tasmanian Electoral Commission website to crash for over an hour and a half, from about 6.15pm on Tuesday night.

The glitch occurred at the precise time local government results were expected to begin coming through.  

“I’m in the process of writing to [Electoral Commissioner Andrew] Hawkey, I thought I’d let him get through this very busy time, but I will be writing and asking for an explanation in terms of what occurred,” he said. 

“I think many people are struggling to understand why a system crashed that has been able to handle state and federal elections, so I’ll be seeking some answers.” 

Longtime alderman Ted Sands said that it had been “the most confusing and poorly conducted” election that he had experienced. 

Cr Sands served on the City of Launceston council from 1999 until 2002, and again from 2005, being up for reelection in this count. 

“One would think in this day and age that we would have a back-up system,” he said.

“Here we are three days after the system has been shut down, and we don’t know where we are, and I think that’s pretty poor.”

He said that along with delays in counting, the information on the TEC’s website has led to confusion.

“There’s been nothing forthcoming from the TEC and I think they need a wake-up call, they aren’t presenting information accurately,” he said. 

“I just think that the TEC need to seriously review what they’ve put together, have a close examination of what they’ve done.

Five incumbent alderman on the nine-alderman George Town Council have not been reelected.

Peter Parkes, Doug Burt, Tim Parish, John Glisson and Christopher Ashley all put their hands up to stand again, but have not been given the nod from George Town residents.

The nine aldermen that will sit on George Town Council for the next four years are Bridget Archer, Greg Kieser, Chris Barraclough, Andrew Michieletto, Winston Mason, Heather Barwick, Greg Dawson, Tim Harris and Justine Brooks.

That makes Greg Dawson, Heather Barwick, mayor Bridget Archer and deputy mayor Tim Harris the only ones given a second run by residents.

The make-up of Break O'Day Council for the next four years has been confirmed, and all incumbents that stood for reelection have been successful, with the exception of councillor of 18 years, Margaret Osborne OAM.

Mayor Mick Tucker, deputy mayor John McGiveron, Kylie Wright, Barry LeFevre, Glenn McGuiness, Janet Drummond and John Tucker will all have a seat on the table until at least 2022.

Lesa Whittaker and Kristi Chapple are new faces, taking over from Hannah Rubenach-Quinn, who did not recontest.

Michael Kent may not have been reelected as mayor, but he will still have a seat at the Glamorgan-Spring Bay council table.

Cr Kent will be joined by Cheryl Arnol, who despite her unsuccessful bid for the mayoral position, received the highest number of votes for councillor.

Newly-minted mayor Debbie Wisby, and deputy mayor Jenny Woods, are also experienced hands.

Besides those four it's all new faces on Glamorgan-Spring Bay: Keith Breheny, Michael Symons, Rob Churchill, and Annie Browning.

Former Launceston deputy mayor Frank Nott is among the new additions to the Meander Valley Council.

He joins Susie Bower, Stephanie Cameron Andrew Sherriff, and new mayor Wayne Johnston as the fresh faces for the coming term. 

Incumbents Andrew Connor, Michael Kelly, Tanya King and John Temple have all been re-elected, while Rodney Synfield and Deb White will leave their positions.

New Northern Midlands mayor Mary Knowles leads an almost unchanged council line-up.

Incumbent Leisa Gordon makes way for Matthew Brooks and Jan Davis.