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| country = Victoria |
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| type = parliamentary |
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| ongoing = no |
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| election_date = 29 November 2008 |
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| previous_election = 2005 Victorian local elections |
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| previous_year = 2005 |
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| next_election = 2012 Victorian local elections |
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| next_year = 2012 |
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| leader6 = [[Peter Kavanagh (politician)|Peter Kavanagh]] |
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The '''2008 Victorian local elections''' were held on 29 November 2008 to elect the councils of the 79 [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government areas]] in [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], Australia.<ref name="vectime">{{cite web |title=Local council election results timeline |url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/results-munitimeline.html |publisher=Victorian Electoral Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303133114/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/results-munitimeline.html |archive-date=2017-03-03 }}</ref> |
The '''2008 Victorian local elections''' were held on 29 November 2008 to elect the councils of the 79 [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government areas]] in [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], Australia.<ref name="vectime">{{cite web |title=Local council election results timeline |url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/results-munitimeline.html |publisher=Victorian Electoral Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303133114/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/results-munitimeline.html |archive-date=2017-03-03 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:29, 6 May 2024
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]
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
Three 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
- ^ "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.