About us

Richard Kidd, the principal of Australian Election Company, has extensive experience covering 34 years in the conduct of parliamentary, public and private sector Ballots and Elections. Richard privately funded, resourced, organised and managed Queensland's first ever totally outsourced Local Government Election. He has successfully managed and conducted the 2001, 2003 & 2005 NRMA Motoring & Services Board of Directors’ Elections and, together with his team, has conducted or supervised numerous Ballots or Elections for large and moderate scale Australian financial institutions, Commonwealth Government Departments, Corporations, Clubs and Societies.

The team has also successfully conducted a number of Queensland Local Authority Elections and By-Elections including supervision of all 2004 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Council Elections.

Most members of our team possess Australian Electoral Commission career Returning Officer election experience. We are experts in our field. Our professionalism, integrity, accuracy and approaches are absolutely second to none and we provide only the optimum standard of service.

Australian Election Company offers a cost effective, proven and tested specialist service in the conduct of Collective/Certified Agreement Ballots and our Ballot/Election Reporting definitely sets the standard.

No Ballot or Election project is either too large or too small for Australian Election Company. We operate Australia-wide and we possess the specialist knowledge, resources and scalability to conduct Ballots and Elections, Referendums or Plebiscites from say 20 voters to over 2 million voters, by Attendance, Postal or Electronic Voting means, or a combination of these. And we can accommodate a full gamut of Voting Systems. Further, we are able to apply electronic scanning technologies to expedite vote validation processing and counting. In addition, we also specialize in the conduct of Elections or By-Elections for Queensland Local Government Authorities including Aboriginal Shire Councils and for Torres Strait Island Community Councils.

Other Australian Election Company services include the provision of consultancy assistance to clients to review election related governance requirements, AGM Returning Officer Services, we offer training in Returning Officer functions, we provide a professional Ballot/ Election systems appraisal /compliance service and we have Election equipment/materials including Voting Privacy Screens and Ballot Boxes available for sale or hire.

We invite you to contact us for advice on your specific needs or requirements.