The 2001 Victorian local elections were held on 17 March 2001 to elect the councils of 3 of the 78 local government areas in Victoria, Australia.[1]
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| Registered | 181,108 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 78.48% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections occurred in the City of Greater Geelong, Borough of Queenscliffe and Surf Coast Shire. Queenscliffe and Surf Coast remained entirely independent-held, while Greater Geelong ended up under no overall control.[1]
Until 2008, local elections in Victoria were conducted periodically, meaning 75 councils were not up for election in 2001.[2]
Results
editCouncil votes
edit| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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| Independents | 118,987 | 85.94 | 23 | ||||
| Labor | 8,718 | 6.30 | 2 | ||||
| Liberal | 8,578 | 6.20 | 2 | ||||
| Independent Liberal | 2,169 | 1.56 | 1 |  1
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| Total formal votes | 138,452 | 97.42 | |||||
| Informal votes | 3,673 | 2.58 | |||||
| Total | 142,125 | 100.0 | 28 | ||||
| Registered voters / Turnout | 181,108 | 78.48 | |||||
By-elections
editEight separate by-elections, the majority conducted by the Victorian Electoral Commission, were held for various LGAs throughout 2001.[1]
| Council | Ward | Before | Change | Result after preference distribution | |||||||||
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| Councillor | Party | Cause | Date | Date | Party | Candidate | % | ||||||
| Glenelg | Grant Riding | 20 January 2001 | Independent | Robert Halliday | 55.24 | ||||||||
| Independent | Don Ward | 44.76 | |||||||||||
| Macedon Ranges | Campaspe | 24 February 2001 | Independent | Marty Evans | 55.71 | ||||||||
| Independent | Ronda Walker | 44.29 | |||||||||||
| Moira | Unsubdivided | 21 April 2001 | Independent | Bary Franklin | N/A | ||||||||
| Elected unopposed | |||||||||||||
| Kingston | Patterson River | 25 August 2001 | Independent | Trevor Shewan | 55.26 | ||||||||
| Independent | Jennifer Wilcox[b] | 25.16 | |||||||||||
| Yarra | Nicholson | Ray Thomas | Labor | Resignation | July 2001 | 6 October 2001 | Greens | Gurm Sekhon | 59.37 | ||||
| Labor | Magnus Beugelaar | 40.63 | |||||||||||
| Moreland | Hoffman | Andy Ingham | Independent | Death | 22 July 2001 | October 2001 | Labor | Joe Caputo | |||||
| Maroondah | Clocktower | 1 December 2001 | Independent | Paul Denham | 66.21 | ||||||||
| Independent | Paul MacDonald | 33.79 | |||||||||||
| Greater Bendigo | Whipstick | 15 December 2001 | Independent | Julian Hood | 55.71 | ||||||||
| Independent | Bob Hynes | 44.29 | |||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ a b c This only includes the 3 councils up for election in 2001, not councillors in the remaining 75 councils.
- ^ Second-placed out of three candidates as the by-election did not require full preference distribution.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Local council election results timeline". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 2017-03-03.
- ^ "VOTING METHOD FOR THE 2008 COUNCIL ELECTIONS" (PDF). City of Melbourne. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-02.