Can a proxy be elected to the body corporate committee?

It is not a requirement to be an owner to be a committee member and owners do not have any precedence over other eligible nominees.

A lot owner who is an individual can nominate any of the following individuals:

• themselves
• another lot owner
• a person they have appointed as their power of attorney
• a member of their family.

And, a lot owner that is a company may nominate any of the following individuals:

• another lot owner
• a director of the corporation
• the secretary of the corporation
• another nominee of the corporation.

So, there are a wide variety of people who can be appointed. Provided those conditions are met there is nothing to stop a non-owner nomination ahead of a lot owner. The question here mentions whether a proxy holder can be appointed but that may be a red herring as that status needs to be considered in the contact of the eligibility requirements.

For further information please see the government website page on Committee eligibility and nominations: Queensland Government: Nominations and eligibility for body corporate committees