RACP 2026 Elections
Election information
Nominations closed on 27 February 2026 for College Body vacancies and on 9 March 2026 for Board vacancies.
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Voting opens on Friday, 27 March 2026 and closes on Tuesday, 28 April 2026.
Candidates will be announced at the 2026 RACP Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM will be held on Friday, 29 May 2026 in Sydney and online.
The College uses CorpVote, an electronic voting platform provider, to facilitate the call for nominations process.
Eligibility
College members eligible to nominate for a vacancy are required to meet the eligibility criteria for the position set out in the relevant College bodies By-law (PDF) and the Constitution (PDF) and meet any additional selection criteria specific to the role.
Announcement of nominees
As part of the College election cycle, nominations have now closed for the RACP Board and College Body positions. The order of nominees listed below was determined by the Secretary drawing names out of a hat (cl 8.2.2 RACP Constitution).
Positions progressing to ballot
Multiple nominations have been received for the following vacant Board and College Body positions, as listed below.
Board positions
| Board Position | Nominees |
|---|
| President-elect (1 position) | Dr Matthew Remedios
Dr Julian Kelly
Associate Professor Martin Hiscock
Professor Tissa Wijeratne
Adjunct Associate Professor Anthony Sasse
Professor Philip Morris AM
Professor Nikolai Petrovsky
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| Member Director (2 positions) | Clinical Associate Professor Dr Hemant Kulkarni
Professor Hubertus Jersmann
Professor Tissa Wijeratne
Dr Rabin Bhandari
Dr Matthew Remedios
Dr Sundar Veerappan
Dr Liam Clifford
Adjunct Associate Professor Anthony Sasse
Associate Professor Vikram Palit
Associate Professor Andrew Lee
Professor Philip Morris
Dr Surjit Tarafdar
Dr Angraj Khillan
|
College Body positions
| Division, Faculty, Chapter, Region | Position | Nominees |
|---|
| Adult Medicine Division Council (AMD) | 2 x AMD Elected Australian Fellow | Dr Manash Saha
Dr Adrian Chee
Dr Provin Potdar
|
| Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine (AChAM) | 1 x AChAM Western Australia Branch Lead Convenor | Adjunct Associate Professor Michael Christmass
Dr Gina Sherry
|
As a result, a ballot will be required for the positions above as there are multiple nominees.
No nominations were received for the President-elect of Aotearoa New Zealand vacancy via the election process and will be advertised as a casual vacancy.
The last day for withdrawal of a nomination is Thursday, 26 March 2026.
Voting for the vacant positions will begin on Friday, 27 March 2026 and conclude on Tuesday, 28 April 2026.
The provisional results will be released on Tuesday, 5 May 2026 and confirmed at the Annual General Meeting held on Friday, 29 May 2026.
Elected positions
As a result of fewer nominations being received than vacancies, the following nominees are deemed to be automatically elected to the vacant position listed below.
The positions identified below as ‘nil nominations’ remain vacant via the
election process and will be advertised as casual vacancies as set out in the
Governance of College Bodies By-law.
(PDF)
Board positions
| Board Position | Nominees |
|---|
| President-elect of Aotearoa New Zealand | Nil nominations |
| Trainee Director | Dr Nixon Chan
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College Body positions
| Division, Faculty, Chapter, Region | Position | Nominees |
|---|
| Adult Medicine Division Council (AMD) | 1 x AMD Elected Aotearoa New Zealand Fellow | Nil nominations |
| Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Council (AFOEM) | 1 x Elected Australian Capital Territory Member | Dr Neil Westphalen |
| 1 x Elected Victorian Member | Nil nominations |
| 1 x Elected Queensland/Northern Territory Member | Nil nominations |
| 1 x Elected Trainee Member | Nil nominations |
| Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM) | 3 x Elected Australian Members | Dr Matthew McConnell |
| 1 x Elected Aotearoa New Zealand Member | Nil nominations |
| Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFRM) | 1 x President-elect | Dr Caitlin Anderson |
| Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine (AChAM) | 1 x AChAM ACT Branch Lead Convenor | Dr Michael Tedeschi |
| 1 x AChAM South Australia Branch Lead Convenor | Dr Katherine Senior |
| 1 x AChAM Tasmania Branch Lead Convenor | Nil nominations |
| Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine (AChPM) | 1 x President-elect | Dr Emily Chang |
| 1 x AChPM Trainee Representative | Dr Susmita Reddy Karri |
| Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine (AChSHM) | 1 x President-elect | Associate Professor Vincent Cornelisse |
| 2 x AChSHM Committee Member | Dr Hardeep Kaur Kang
Dr Majoji Gunathilake
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| Northern Territory Committee | 3 x Member of Adult Medicine Division | Nil nominations |
| 1 x Member of Paediatric Child Health Division | Nil nominations |
| 1 x Member of a Faculty | Nil nominations |
| Queensland Committee | 1 x Member of Adult Medicine Division | Nil nominations |
| South Australia Committee | 1 x Member of Adult Medicine Division | Nil nominations |
| Tasmania Committee | 2 x Member of Adult Medicine Division | Nil nominations |
| 1 x Member of Paediatric Child Health Division | Nil nominations |
| 1 x Member of a Faculty | Nil nominations |
| Victoria Committee | 2 x Member of Adult Medicine Division | Nil nominations |
| 1 x Member of Paediatric Child Health Division | Dr James Gaston |
| 2 x Member of a Faculty | Nil nominations |
Election timeline
| Event | Date for Board vacancies | Date for College Body vacancies |
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Formally announce elections and call for nomination
| Thursday, 29 January 2026 | Thursday, 29 January 2026 |
| Nominations close | Monday, 9 March 2026 | Friday, 27 February 2026 |
| Declaration of nominees
| Thursday, 12 March 2026 | Thursday, 12 March 2026 |
| Last day for withdrawal of nomination | Thursday, 26 March 2026 | Thursday, 26 March 2026 |
| Online voting opens | Friday, 27 March 2026 | Friday, 27 March 2026 |
| Voting closes | Tuesday, 28 April 2026
(Easter 3 to 6 April 2026)
| Tuesday, 28 April 2026
(Easter 3 to 6 April 2026)
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| Announce provisional results and notifications of new Directors (term starts at end of AGM)
| Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | Tuesday, 5 May 2026 |
| Declaration of election results for all positions at the AGM | Friday, 29 May 2026 | Friday, 29 May 2026 |
Previous election results
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