2024-2026 FPM regional committee elections

01 February 2024

Interested in standing for election in your region in 2024? Nominations are now open for FPM Australian regional committees.

FPM Australian regional committees support the FPM Board, and oversee training, supervision and continuing medical education in their respective jurisdictions. Regional committee elections are held every two years.

All FPM financial fellows are eligible to vote and stand for election in their registered jurisdiction.

Nominations for FPM regional committees are now closed.
The FPM Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia/Northern Territory and Western Australia Regional Committees will not be proceeding to election. The official announcements will be made during the ANZCA Council and FPM Board meetings in May.

Click on the region below for information on the nomination process for your local election.

Queensland

2024-2026 FPM Queensland Regional Committee elections

Interested in standing for election in 2024? Nominations are now open for the FPM Queensland Regional Committee.

FPM Queensland financial fellows may nominate, or be nominated, for one of seven positions on the FPM Queensland Regional Committee for the 2024-2026 term.

Five of the seven current elected members are standing for re-election (marked * below).

Dr Gunjeet Minhas * Chair
Dr Hannah Bennett * Elected member
Dr Anju Tessa James * Elected member
Dr Joann Rotherham *** Elected member
Dr Joe Kluver * Elected member
Dr Zoe Vella * Elected member
Dr Newman Harris *** Co-opted member

* Seeking election
** Co-opted, eligible for election
*** Stepping down, not seeking election

Nomination process

Eligible fellows are invited to complete the FPM Queensland regional committee nomination form and submit via email by 5pm local time on Thursday 22 February, 2024.

Please note that in order to edit the form electronically, you will need to download it and open it in a PDF viewer (not a web browser).

Each nomination must be signed by two Queensland fellows of the college, and contain a consent to act if elected, signed by the person nominated who must also be a financial fellow of the college.

Should we receive more than seven nominations, we will hold an electronic ballot.

Contact us

If you have any questions please email Karan Shah or call +61 7 3846 1233.

South Australia/Northern Territory

2024-2026 FPM SA/NT Regional Committee elections

Interested in standing for election in 2024? Nominations are now open for the FPM South Australia/Northern Territory Regional Committee.

FPM SA/NT financial fellows may nominate, or be nominated, for one of six positions on the FPM SA/NT Regional Committee for the 2024-2026 term.

Five of the five current members are standing for re-election (marked * and ** below).

Dr Michelle Harris *

Chair

Dr Tim Semple *

Elected member

Professor Andrew Somogyi *

Elected member

Dr Graham Wright *

Elected member

Dr Irina Hollington **

Co-opted member

* Seeking election
** Co-opted, eligible for election
*** Stepping down, not seeking election

Nomination process

Eligible fellows are invited to complete the FPM regional committee nomination form and submit via email by 5pm local time on Thursday 22 February, 2024.

Please note that in order to edit the form electronically, you will need to download it and open it in a PDF viewer (not a web browser).

Each nomination must be signed by two SA/NT fellows of the college, and contain a consent to act if elected, signed by the person nominated who must also be a financial fellow of the college.

Should we receive more than six nominations, we will hold an electronic ballot.

Contact us

If you have any questions please email Michelle Gully or call +61 8 8239 2822.

Western Australia

2024-2026 FPM WA Regional Committee elections

Interested in standing for election in 2024? Nominations are now open for the FPM Western Australia Regional Committee.

FPM WA financial fellows may nominate, or be nominated, for one of six positions on the FPM Western Australia Regional Committee for the 2024-2026 term.

Five of the five current elected members are standing for re-election (marked * below).

Dr David Holthouse *

Chair

Dr David Hamilton *

Elected member

Dr Brian Hue *

Elected member

Dr David Sommerfield *

Elected member

Dr Roger Tan *

Elected member

* Seeking election
** Co-opted, eligible for election
*** Stepping down, not seeking election

Nomination process

Eligible fellows are invited to complete the FPM regional committee nomination form and submit via email by 5pm local time on Thursday 22 February, 2024.

Please note that in order to edit the form electronically, you will need to download it and open it in a PDF viewer (not a web browser).

Each nomination must be signed by two WA fellows of the college, and contain a consent to act if elected, signed by the person nominated who must also be a financial fellow of the college.

Should we receive more than six nominations, we will hold an electronic ballot.

Contact us

If you have any questions please email Melanie Roberts or call +61 8 6188 4555.

New South Wales

2024-2026 FPM NSW Regional Committee elections

Interested in standing for election in 2024? Nominations are now open for the FPM New South Wales Regional Committee.

FPM NSW financial fellows may nominate, or be nominated, for one of seven positions on the FPM New South Wales Regional Committee for the 2024-2026 term.

Four of the seven current elected members are standing for re-election/election (marked * and ** below).

Dr Alan Nazha*

Co-chair/Elected member

Dr Andrew Weiss*

Co-chair/Elected member (CME officer/representative to FPM Scientific Meetings Committee)

Dr Vahid Mohabbati***

Elected member

Dr Jane Standen*

Elected member (representative to Professional Standards Committee)

Dr Milana Votrubec ***

Elected member

Dr Candice Wallman**

Co-opted member

Dr James Yu ***

Elected member


* Seeking election
** Co-opted, eligible for election
*** Stepping down, not seeking election

Nomination process

Eligible fellows are invited to complete the FPM regional committee nomination form and submit via email by 5pm local time on Thursday 22 February, 2024.

Please note that in order to edit the form electronically, you will need to download it and open it in a PDF viewer (not a web browser).

Each nomination must be signed by two NSW fellows of the college, and contain a consent to act if elected, signed by the person nominated who must also be a financial fellow of the college.

Should we receive more than seven nominations, we will hold an electronic ballot. 

Contact us

If you have any questions please email Annette Strauss or call +61 2 9966 9085.

Victoria

2024-2026 FPM Victoria Regional Committee elections

Interested in standing for election in 2024? Nominations are now open for the FPM Victoria Regional Committee.

FPM Victoria financial fellows may nominate, or be nominated, for one of seven positions on the FPM Victoria Regional Committee for the 2024-2026 term.

Six of the seven current members are standing for re-election (marked * and ** below).

Dr Louise Brennan***

Chair

Professor George Mendelson*

Deputy Chair

Dr Clayton Thomas*

Elected member

Dr Jason Chou*

Elected member

Dr Guy Buchanan*

Elected member

Dr Malcolm Hogg**

Elected member

Dr Kiran Tippur*

Elected member

* Seeking election
** Co-opted, eligible for election
*** Stepping down, not seeking election

Nomination process

Eligible fellows are invited to complete the FPM regional committee nomination form and submit via email by 5pm local time on Thursday 22 February, 2024.

Please note that in order to edit the form electronically, you will need to download it and open it in a PDF viewer (not a web browser).

Each nomination must be signed by two Victorian fellows of the college, and contain a consent to act if elected, signed by the person nominated who must also be a financial fellow of the college.

Should we receive more than seven nominations, we will hold an electronic ballot.

Contact us

If you have any questions please email Shan Su or call +61 3 8517 5313.


Last updated 15:33 28.02.2024