RACS 2020 elections to Council - voting

Voting for election to RACS Council opens Friday 25 September and closes Monday 12 October 2020 at 5.00pm AEDT.

All Fellows are strongly encouraged to vote. On 25 September 2020 you will receive an email from our external provided BigPulse with your personal access code (please also check your spam/junk folder).

Fellowship Elected Councillors are elected by all Fellows.

Specialty Elected Councillor positions can be filled only by a member of that specialty and are elected only by the Fellows in their specialty.

In total, we have six vacancies as detailed below.

Election for Fellowship Elected Councillors

There are four vacancies in the category of Fellowship Elected Councillor.
All Fellows are asked to vote for the Fellowship Elected Councillors.

Election for Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialty Elected Councillor

There is one vacancy in this specialty.
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellows are asked to also vote for their Specialty Elected Councillor.

Election for Paediatric Surgery Specialty Elected Councillor

There is one vacancy in this specialty.
Paediatric Surgery Fellows are asked to also vote for their Specialty Elected Councillor.

As there was only one candidate for General Surgery and Vascular Surgery, no election is required.

Candidates are in alphabetical order by last name.

(in alphabetical order – four vacancies)

Cardiothoracic Surgery - in alphabetical order (one vacancy)

Paediatric Surgery - in alphabetical order (one vacancy)

Candidates are also expected to observe the Campaigning in RACS Elections Guidelines (PDF 58.47KB) and RACS Social Media policy (PDF 44.54KB).

The current Council members are listed on Council page of the RACS website .

The three-year term of office commences at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 13 May 2021.