A career at Hamilton City Hall that began in 2012 has wrapped up for residents’ councillor RoseAnn Edwards.

Notice given on the Official Gazette stated November 17 as the nomination day for her replacement.

Registration for the election will close on November 3 at 5pm. Eligible voters will head to the polls on December 2 at the church hall of the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in Hamilton.

It comes after the last stand for legal efforts by the Corporation of Hamilton to block reforms that would end municipal elections failed at the Privy Council in Britain.

The resignation of Ms Edwards, 70, was effective October 21.

Michael Branco won the city’s last extraordinary municipal election this July, when he came ahead of Mia Chambray to become common councillor.

Ms Edwards won her place as councillor 13 years ago when the “Team Hamilton” administration under new mayor Graeme Outerbridge took office at the island’s capital.

She had run as a fresh candidate with Charles Gosling, the previous mayor, but was the only member of his team to win a place.

The Angle Street resident said she had “decided to jump right in” as an ordinary citizen, noting an overload of development and traffic in the city’s northeast.

“There is a lot of change coming,” she told The Royal Gazettein 2013. “Residents need to be aware of what is going on. I want to give them a voice.”

Ms Edwards was an occasional dissenter under Team Hamilton.

She remained on the executive after Mr Gosling was returned as mayor in May 2015, and again in 2019 and 2023 when Mr Gosling ran unopposed.