2016 council elections: Helen Tickle beats Russell Webb for deputy mayor; Col Murray returned as mayor

Jacob McArthur
September 27 2016 - 8:30pm
New deputy in town: Cr Helen Tickle overcame a three-way tussle to be elected deputy mayor at Tuesday night's first Tamworth Regional Council meeting. Photo: Gareth Gardner
New deputy in town: Cr Helen Tickle overcame a three-way tussle to be elected deputy mayor at Tuesday night's first Tamworth Regional Council meeting. Photo: Gareth Gardner

There has been a changing of the guard of sorts in Tamworth Regional Council after a three-way tussle for deputy mayor saw a fresh face elected to lead alongside mayor Col Murray.

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Jacob McArthur

Jacob McArthur is opinions editor for The Canberra Times and Australian Community Media. As part of the Canberra Times' production team, he helps the people of Canberra and beyond get the stories they need, when they need them across a range of platforms, while helping maintain a high editorial standard. Before moving to Canberra in 2020, he started with Australian Community Media in 2015 as a journalist for The Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he kept a close eye on Tamworth Regional Council. Jacob was also the co-host of ACM's Water Pressure podcast where he and Jamieson Murphy took a deep dive on issues and key decisions arising during one of the region's worst droughts on record.

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