The 2008 Victorian local elections were held on 29 November 2008 to elect the councils of the 79 local government areas in Victoria, Australia.[1]
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As a result of changes to the Local Government Act 1989, local elections in Victoria were no longer conducted periodically, and all 79 LGAs voted at the same time.[2]
The elections saw the first election victories for The Greens in Casey, Darebin, Glen Eira, Manningham, Queenscliffe and Surf Coast.[3]
Labor Party-endorsed candidates ran in Maribyrnong, while former Liberal leader Robert Doyle was elected Lord Mayor of Melbourne on the Activate Melbourne ticket.[4][5]
Aftermath
editThree Greens councillors were elected mayor by a vote of other councillors following the elections: Amanda Stone (Yarra), Philip Schier (Mount Alexander) and Helen Harris (Whitehorse).[3]
In May 2010, three Labor councillors in Moreland − Stella Kariofyllidis, Kathleen Matthews-Ward and Alice Pryor − were suspended from the party after not voting for Labor's Enver Erdogan to become mayor. Kariofyllidis was suspended for three years, while the others were suspended for two years.[6]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Victorian council elections: November 29". The Poll Bludger.
- ^ "Martin Zakharov". Trove. Martin Zakharov.
- ^ "Activate Melbourne". Trove. Activate Melbourne.
- ^ "ALP suspends trio for breaking ranks". The Age. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023.