With 0.87 quotas to her name, and needing 1.00 to get on, she is on the fast-track to being one of the next Bathurst Regional councillors.

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Although confident she was running a good campaign, Ms Hogan admits there were times she wasn't sure it would be enough to cut through the field of nearly 70 candidates.

"I'm delighted with the result, because I think I probably started with the lowest profile, so I'm delighted with the numbers," she said.

"I set out to run a very positive, clean campaign and I think the community has responded to that."

For years, Bathurst has had trouble attracting women to run for council, and an even harder time getting them elected.

Since 2012, there has been just two female councillors, Monica Morse and Jacqui Rudge.

With Ms Morse choosing not to seek re-election, and Ms Rudge running third on a ticket, neither of them will be present in the council chamber in the new term.

Bathurst was facing the very real possibility of having no female councillors, given Ms Hogan's was the only group on the ballot paper to have a female as the lead candidate.

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However, with her team securing 1711 first preference votes so far, it should mean there is at least one woman in the chamber.

Ms Hogan said she is ready to be a voice for women and, ideally, make council an environment that is more attractive to women in future.

"I made the decision to run because I want positive change in our political scene and I'm not just talking about local government," she said.

"All our levels of government need good representation, diverse representation, so there was no turning back.

"I'm viewing this as step one and if we can make the chamber a more welcoming and accessible sort of place, I'm really hopeful that in two years and nine months other people might consider putting their hand up as well, from various backgrounds, be it culturally diverse, gender diverse.

"Diversity is the best form of representation."

There is a possibility that she won't be the only woman to land a spot on Bathurst council.

Ben Fry, who has the quota to be elected, is in a position to potentially bring his number two candidate, Kirralee Burke, onto council with him.

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Ms Burke is a young mother of three and has a background in community services.

Both Mr Fry and Ms Hogan believe she would be an asset to the council if elected.

Council has struggled with a clash of personalities in recent years, and Ms Hogan said she is prepared to work with all councillors to ensure the Bathurst community has a cohesive and productive group of representatives.

The election results are set to be confirmed in late December.

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