His resignation meant a by-election was needed to fill the vacancy.
New Zealand Post will deliver voting documents from October 25 through to October 30. The election will be held by postal ballot with the final day for voting being November 17.
Votes must be received before midday on the final polling day to be included in the official count.
Preliminary results of the by-election were expected to be released later in the afternoon on polling day, with a formal declaration of the final results to follow five days later on November 22.
Rotorua's last local body election was held in October 2010 and saw one of the worst voter turnouts in history with a meagre 42.9 per cent of eligible voters in the Rotorua District having their say.
The Daily Post will profile each of the by-election candidates in the coming weeks.
