Browne hopes for choice of candidates

• Published date: 01 December 2022

The community board normally comprises seven members, four elected from within the Cromwell ward, and three appointed councillors from the ward

Four candidates stood for the four board positions in the local elections — newcomers Mrs Browne and Mary McConnell, and familiar faces Anna Harrison and Bob Scott.

First-time candidate Mrs Browne also stood for Central Otago District Council, leading the voting in the Cromwell ward with 1822 votes, 99 votes ahead of Cheryl Laws (1723).

Mrs Browne joined Mrs Laws and Neil Gillespie as the appointed councillors on the board, forfeiting her community board seat and leaving it short of one elected member.

She said she looked forward to Cromwell having a second chance to let the community choose among some great candidates for what promised to be a full and significant term.

‘‘I was...