WITH nominations closing at midday on Tuesday the field of contenders for the Gannawarra Shire Council elections is now finalised.

While only four people had been accepted as candidates on Monday morning, by Tuesday afternoon a field of 15 had been registered across the shire's four wards.

The Avoca ward, on the west side of the Gannawarra shire, was one of 26 uncontested elections around the st...