National President & Vice-Presidents call for nominations
Labor HQ
posted Monday, 1 August 2011
Nominations are called for the positions of National President and 2 National Vice-Presidents, to be elected by a national postal ballot of members of the Party in accordance with rule 9 of the National Constitution:
Rule 9 - National President and National Vice-Presidents
(a) The National President and 2 National Vice-Presidents must be directly elected from and by Party members in the 12 months before each triennial National Conference in a single ballot by proportional representation with affirmative action in accordance with rule 10.
(b) (i) The candidate first elected holds office in turn as National President, National Junior Vice-President and National Senior Vice-President.
(ii) The candidate second elected holds office in turn as National Senior Vice-President, National President and National Junior Vice-President.
(iii) The candidate third elected holds office in turn as National Junior Vice-President, National Senior Vice-President and National President.
(iv) The term of office in each position is 12 months, beginning at the commencement of National Conference or on the anniversary of that date, except that the term of office in the third position ends at the commencement of the next triennial National Conference.
(c) The National President, when available, will chair National Conference and meetings of the National Executive, and conduct such meetings in accordance with the National Conference Standing Orders. The National President will carry out any other duties referred by the National Executive.
(d) The National Vice-Presidents in order of seniority will take the Chair in the absence of the National President, and carry out any other duties referred by the National Executive.
Prospective candidates should note:
- Candidates must hold at least 2 years continuous financial membership (to mirror the requirement for eligibility to vote);
- Nominations must be counter-signed by financial members in a majority of State and Territory branches (ie 5 of 8). A candidate will need 10 signatures from each of these States and/or Territories (ie a total of at least 50 signatures);
- At the time of nominating candidates may submit a statement of up to 500 words and a photograph to be sent to voters; and
- Candidates must agree not to expend resources on mailouts, paid advertising or telephone canvassing.
Key dates:
- Nominations close at 5.00 pm sharp on Friday 2 September 2011. The scanned counter-signed nomination form, candidate’s statement and photograph (if any) must be received by the Returning Officer at nominations@alp.org.au by this time. Nominations will not be accepted by any other method.
- The postal ballot opens on 17 October 2011.
- Voting closes on 18 November 2011.
- The results will be declared on or before 2 December 2011.
For further information, including copies of the National Executive ‘Guidelines for the Direct Election of National President and Vice-Presidents’ and a nomination form, please contact Monique Earsman at the National Secretariat on 02 6120 0800.
Tony Lang
National Returning Officer
The Nomination Form can be found here
The Guidelines can be found here