RACP 2026 Elections
Election information
Nominations closed on 27 February 2026 for College Body vacancies and on 9 March 2026 for Board vacancies.
Voting closed on Tuesday, 28 April 2026. The provisional results are announced on 5 May 2026 and are provided below. New Directors are required to be notified on 5 May 2026 that their term will start at the end of the AGM.
Appointment of 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.
Announcement of the provisional results of the 2026 election
Board Positions
| Board Position | Nominees | Votes |
|---|
| President-elect (1 position)
| Dr Matthew Remedios | 617 |
| Dr Julian Kelly | 2,111
Elected |
| Associate Professor Martin Hiscock | 729 |
| Professor Tissa Wijeratne | 709 |
| Adjunct Associate Professor Anthony Sasse | 559 |
| Professor Philip Morris AM | 375 |
| Professor Nikolai Petrovsky | 320 |
| Member Director (2 positions)
| Clinical Associate Professor Dr Hemant Kulkarni | 690 |
| Professor Hubertus Jersmann | 943 |
| Professor Tissa Wijeratne | 991
Elected |
| Dr Rabin Bhandari | 423 |
| Dr Matthew Remedios | 918 |
| Dr Sundar Veerappan | 530 |
| Dr Liam Clifford | 719 |
| Adjunct Associate Professor Anthony Sasse | 1,289
Elected |
| Associate Professor Vikram Palit | 949 |
| Associate Professor Andrew Lee | 767 |
| Professor Philip Morris | 850 |
| Dr Surjit Tarafdar | 408 |
College Body positions
| Division, Faculty, Chapter, Region | Position | Nominees | Votes |
|---|
| Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine (AChAM)
| 1 x AChAM Western Australia Branch Lead Convenor
| Adjunct Associate Professor Michael Christmass
| 3
|
| Elected position
| Dr Gina Sherry | 5
Elected |
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.
Automatically 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.
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Board positions
| Board Position | Nominees |
|---|
| President-elect of Aotearoa New Zealand | Nil nominations |
| Trainee Director | Dr Nixon Chan
|
College Body positions
| Division, Faculty, Chapter, Region | Position | Nominees |
|---|
| Adult Medicine Division Council (AMD) | 2 x AMD Elected Australian Fellow | Dr Adrian Chee
Dr Pravin Potdar |
| 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 ACT Branch Lead Convenor | Dr Michael Tedeschi |
| 1 x South Australia Branch Lead Convenor | Dr Katherine Senior |
| 1 x Tasmania Branch Lead Convenor | Nil nominations |
| Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine (AChPM) | 1 x President-elect | Dr Emily Chang |
| 1 x Trainee Representative | Dr Susmita Reddy Karri |
| Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine (AChSHM) | 1 x President-elect | Associate Professor Vincent Cornelisse |
| 2 x Committee Member | Dr Hardeep Kaur Kang
Dr Manoji Gunathilake |
| 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 |
|---|
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)
|
| 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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