It could be any day now that the region will know who the new mayor of Rockhampton is. As of Wednesday afternoon 81.16 per cent of the vote has been counted with 45,359 tallied out of 55,885 registered voters. But with close to 2000 postal votes outstanding, counting has slowed.
Sitting councillor Tony Williams remains in the lead with 10,980 votes, accounting for 24.85 per cent. Russell Claus is next in line with 15.55 per cent of the vote from 6,873 votes. Chris Pineapple Hooper is coming third with 12.29 per cent of the vote, gaining 5,429 votes. According to Electoral Commission of Queensland data, 1828 postal votes are outstanding, which has slowed vote counting over the past few days.