WA Football Board Candidates Confirmed

WA Football advises that the Nomination Committee, with representatives of the WA Football Board, Fremantle Football Club, West Coast Eagles Football Club, WAFL Council of Presidents and the Community Football Advisory Council, met to consider the Expressions of Interest received for the upcoming Commissioner (Board Member) Elections and provided the WA Football Board with a shortlist of Recommended Candidates.

Several nominations from high-quality candidates were received and the Nomination Committee faced a challenging task to arrive at its Recommended Candidates.

The WA Football Board would like to acknowledge and thank all parties, whether successful in being selected as an Endorsed Candidate or not, for the interest they have shown in participating in the Commissioner Election Process.

The WA Football Board has endorsed the recommendations of the Nomination Committee and the Endorsed Candidates to be included on the postal Ballot Paper are as follows:

• Dixie Marshall
• Anthony Doig
• Brett Davis
• Dan Hunt
• Alicia Jones
• Ian Callahan
• Craig Brierty
• Troy Cook

The Endorsed Candidates will be listed on the Ballot Paper in the order above which was determined by the Returning Officer via a random draw on 15 October 2026.

The remaining process is as follows:

Friday 16 October 2026
Ballot Papers and formal Notice of General Meeting for the Football Forum distributed to Members and Affiliated Associations.

w/c 26 October 2026 – date TBC
Opportunity for Members and Affiliated Associations to meet and interview Endorsed Candidates.

Friday 27 November 2026 – 5:00pm
Deadline for receipt of Postal Ballot Votes.

Thursday 3 December 2026 – 5:30pm (venue WA Football Office, Tuart Hill)
Football Forum – Nominee Members to vote by secret ballot on the appointment of the candidates who were successful in the postal vote. Vote counts to be undertaken by the Returning Officer and results announced at the meeting.

WA Football would like to thank Phil Lamb for his six years of service on the WA Football Board.

The long-serving WA Football Board member has decided not to re-nominate for this year’s election process.

Lamb has been involved in WA football 48 years, including as a player of 227 WAFL league games for Subiaco Football Club, and being vice-captain of the Lions’ 1986 Premiership.

He was also a selector at WAFL club and interstate level and was a member of, and for some time, Chair of the WAFL Match Review Panel for 14 years.

He was first elected to the WA Football Board back in 2021 for his first of two three-year tenures.

WA Football Chair Ian Callahan paid tribute to the contribution of Lamb.

“Phil has an extraordinary background and network across multiple levels of football and has brought that experience and knowledge to his role for six years as a Commissioner for WA Football,” Callahan said.

“While Phil is stepping down from his Commissioner’s role, we are working with him to continue his long history of supporting football in WA through other roles in WA Football.”

“We would like to thank him for his dedication to the role, in particular his work as Chair of Football Affairs, Heritage and as part of the WA Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee.”