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Lynne Anderson's rival ticket has swept to power at the Bulldogs securing all bar one seat on the Bulldogs board, toppling Ray Dib's incumbents in the most bitter elections in the history of the family club on Sunday.
Anderson, the daughter of Canterbury patriarch Peter Moore, secured six of the seven seats at the Annual General Meeting after launching a rival ticket to challenge the directors.
Only Bulldogs legend Steve Mortimer will remain on the board from the current directors.
The rest of the Bulldogs board will be made up of Anderson, husband Chris, Steve Price, Paul Dunn, John Ballesty and John Khoury.
Three hours of counting by private firm Link Market Services indicated an extremely tight ballot after Anderson's ticket embarked on a door knocking campaign throughout the state to convince Bulldogs voting members of the need for change.
But it turned out to be anything but as Dib, 52, who has been chairman of the Bulldogs since 2010 ceded control of the club.
Bulldogs captain Josh Jackson and marquee signings Aaron Woods and Kieran Foran addressed a massive throng of eligible voters who flocked to Canterbury League Club for the most volatile Battle for Belmore in the football club's history.
The Bulldogs have a long standing tradition of new players addressing members at the AGM. New coach Dean Pay was also in attendance.
More than 900 people were offered the opportunity to have their say on the future of the club, over 400 of which sent in proxy votes.
A record 18 candidates - including four independents - made pitches for just one of seven spots on the board.
The Dib-led ticket and Reform candidates had traded barbs in the month leading up to elections, highlighted by the incumbent directors threatening legal action against the challengers after they issued a press release alleging a PR firm had been hired to mount a "dirt file" against them.
The Bulldogs' transformation in the past six months has included a new coach in Pay after Des Hasler was sacked, new captain after James Graham was released to join the Dragons and new chief executive Andrew Hill, who replaced Australian Rugby Union boss Raelene Castle.
Hasler has launched legal proceedings against the Bulldogs after they announced his retention early last year, which they argue was in the form of a non-binding agreement, before his axing at the end of the season.
Lynne Anderson's rival ticket has swept to power at the Bulldogs securing all bar one seat on the Bulldogs board, toppling Ray Dib's incumbents in the most bitter elections in the history of the family club on Sunday.
Anderson, the daughter of Canterbury patriarch Peter Moore, secured six of the seven seats at the Annual General Meeting after launching a rival ticket to challenge the directors.
Only Bulldogs legend Steve Mortimer will remain on the board from the current directors.
The rest of the Bulldogs board will be made up of Anderson, husband Chris, Steve Price, Paul Dunn, John Ballesty and John Khoury.
Three hours of counting by private firm Link Market Services indicated an extremely tight ballot after Anderson's ticket embarked on a door knocking campaign throughout the state to convince Bulldogs voting members of the need for change.
But it turned out to be anything but as Dib, 52, who has been chairman of the Bulldogs since 2010 ceded control of the club.
Bulldogs captain Josh Jackson and marquee signings Aaron Woods and Kieran Foran addressed a massive throng of eligible voters who flocked to Canterbury League Club for the most volatile Battle for Belmore in the football club's history.
The Bulldogs have a long standing tradition of new players addressing members at the AGM. New coach Dean Pay was also in attendance.
More than 900 people were offered the opportunity to have their say on the future of the club, over 400 of which sent in proxy votes.
A record 18 candidates - including four independents - made pitches for just one of seven spots on the board.
The Dib-led ticket and Reform candidates had traded barbs in the month leading up to elections, highlighted by the incumbent directors threatening legal action against the challengers after they issued a press release alleging a PR firm had been hired to mount a "dirt file" against them.
The Bulldogs' transformation in the past six months has included a new coach in Pay after Des Hasler was sacked, new captain after James Graham was released to join the Dragons and new chief executive Andrew Hill, who replaced Australian Rugby Union boss Raelene Castle.
Hasler has launched legal proceedings against the Bulldogs after they announced his retention early last year, which they argue was in the form of a non-binding agreement, before his axing at the end of the season.
