Election Timeline & General Information

The membership of DHB Board is for a three-year term.  DHB elections are held triennially, in association with the local government elections, to elect seven members.  The Minister of Health then appoints up to a further four members. 



Election Terms


The 2007 DHB elections took place on 13 October 2007.  The new Board will take office on 10 December 2007 and serve for a three year period.

The next elections will take place in 2010.

DHB Electoral Officer and Other Contacts

MidCentral DHB's Electoral Officer is John Annabell, Palmerston North City Council.  John liaises with Electoral Officers from all territorial authorities within the DHB's district to co-ordinate DHB election activities.

For Election Information For Information re Role of DHB Members
John Annabell
DHB Electoral Officer
c/- Palmerston North City Council
The Square
Private Bag 11034
Palmerston North
Telephone:  (06) 356 8199
Fax:  (06) 355 4115
Email:  john.annabell@pncc.govt.nz
Jill Matthews
Principal Administration Officer
MidCentral DHB
PO Box 2056
Palmerston North
Telephone:  (06) 350 8967
Fax:  (06) 255 0616
Email:  jill.matthews@midcentraldhb.govt.nz


2007 Election Timeline
 

Date Action
9 July 2007 Enrolment update packs sent to all registered electors for them to check/update details
27 July 2007 Candidate nominations open
24 August 2007 Candiate nominations close at 12 noon
21-26 September 2007 Delivery of voting documents starts - start of voting period, special votes are issued and early processing of votes begins
13 October 2007 Election day - end of voting period at 12 noon.  Announcement of preliminary votes to follow as soon as practicable after the close of voting - likely to be 14th October
From 15 October 2007 Special votes counted and official results declared (as soon as practical after all valid votes have been counted)
10 December 2007 Newly elected DHB board members take office

 

Links

Ministry of Health DHB Election 2007



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Last Updated 29/10/2007


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