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Current elections
Election of Subspecialty Committees for the Fourteenth RANZCOG Council
Call for nominations
Call for nominations for the election of representatives onto the Subspecialty Committees for the term of the Fourteenth RANZCOG Council, to take office from October 2025 to October 2027, will open at 10.00am AEST on Wednesday, 23 July 2025.
Call for nominations will close at 12:00pm AEST on Wednesday, 13 August 2025.
Election of State & Territory Committees and Aotearoa New Zealand Committee for the Fourteenth RANZCOG Council
Call for nominations
Call for nominations for the election of members to the State & Territory (S&T) Committees and the Aotearoa New Zealand Committee (AoNZC) for the term of the Fourteenth RANZCOG Council, to take office from October 2025 to October 2027, will open at 10.00am AEST on Thursday, 17 July 2025.
Call for nominations will close at 12.00pm AEST on Thursday, 14 August 2025.
Election timetable
Position | Timeframe |
President | January – March |
Board | March (after declaration of President election results) – May |
Council | May (after declaration of Board election results) – July |
State & Territory Committees (7) and Aotearoa New Zealand Committee | July – September |
Subspecialist Committees (5) | July – September |
Associate Procedural Members and Certificants Committee | August – September |
Trainees’ Committee | July – September |
Previous election results
Elected Councillors for the Fourteenth RANZCOG Council
Following the close of the ballot on Thursday, 10 July 2025, the following nominees have been elected to the RANZCOG Council for the term of the Fourteenth RANZCOG Council, to take office from October 2025 to October 2027:
Councillor resident in the Australian Capital Territory | Dr Sim Hom Tam |
Councillors resident in New South Wales | Dr Tania Day Prof Hans Peter Dietz Dr Andrew Pesce Dr Kieren Wilson |
Councillors resident in Aotearoa New Zealand | Dr Celia Devenish Dr Per Kempe |
Councillor representing Māori Fellows resident in Aotearoa New Zealand | Dr Angela Beard |
Councillors resident in Queensland | Dr Sajeeva Senaka Abeysundera Dr Elisha Broom Dr Alison McDougall |
Councillors resident in South Australia | Dr Magdalena Halt Dr Aimee Woods |
Councillor resident in the Northern Territory | A/Prof Ashraf Hanafy |
Councillor resident in Tasmania | Dr Francis Clark |
Councillors resident in Victoria | Dr Victoria Carson Dr Stephen Lee A/Prof Vinay Rane A/Prof Roshan Zeirideen Zaid |
Councillors resident in Western Australia | Dr Anna Clare Dr Hugh Greenland |
Councillors representing Regional Fellows | Dr Carmen Brown Dr Abhijit Das |
The RANZCOG Board and Council congratulates the successful nominees on their election.
Pursuant to clause 8.1.5 of the RANZCOG Constitution, the above Councillors for the Fourteenth RANZCOG Council will be declared formally elected in the business of the 2025 Annual General Meeting. Further pursuant to clause 10.4 of the RANZCOG Constitution, the elected Councillors shall assume office at the conclusion of the 2025 Annual General Meeting.
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