FMC Election 2023 Results
The election for the FMC President and Executive closed at 5pm on Wednesday 24 May 2023.
74 clubs voted out of 99 clubs eligible to vote (74.7%). One club abstained.
129 votes were cast out of 157 votes available (82.2%).
President
Congratulations to Megan Dimozantos on being elected FMC President for the year 2023 / 24. Megan is joining Vice-President Allan Brent in our organization’s leadership team. Robin McNeill is Immediate Past President ex officio.
The votes received by each candidate are:
Megan Dimozantos 77
Neil Silverwood 52
Megan also received 111 votes in the Executive election, but is dropping out of the latter on being elected President.
Executive
The names of the candidates who stood in the Executive election are reported in alphabetical order below, followed by the number of votes they received in brackets.
Elected
Mick Abbott (74), Judith Bogle (85), Jan Finlayson (74), Raymond Ford (93), Rob Frost (89), Stu Gray (93), Emma Gregg (89), Lauren Kelley (71), Paul McCredie (82), Paul McGahan (70), Rob Mitchell (55), Neil Silverwood (74), Tony Walton (89)
Not Elected
Keith Morfett (33), David Round (30)
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