2002 Victorian local elections

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2002 Victorian local elections
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg
  2001 16 March 2002 2003  
Registered560,000+
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
IND
Labor Placeholder.png Liberal Placeholder.png
LeaderNoneN/AN/A
Party Independents Labor Liberal
Last election131 [lower-alpha 1] 22 [lower-alpha 1] 3 [lower-alpha 1]
Seats before129233
Seats won124195
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote443,88956,77120,804
Percentage81.76%10.20%3.74%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Greens placeholder-01.png
SOC
SA
LeaderNo leaderNo leaderNo leader
Party Greens Socialist Socialist Alliance
Last election0 [lower-alpha 1] 0Did not exist
Seats before100
Seats won600
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Steady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote17,951988714
Percentage3.22%0.18%0.13%

The 2002 Victorian local elections were held on 16 March 2002 to elect the councils of 17 of the 78 local government areas in Victoria, Australia. [1]

Contents

Until 2008, local elections in Victoria were conducted periodically, meaning 53 councils were not up for election in 2002. [2] The City of Melbourne was initially scheduled to hold its election in 2002, but it was instead brought forward to 22 July 2001 following a change to its electoral structure. [3]

All elections were conducted by the Victorian Electoral Commission with the exception of the City of Moreland, which conducted its own election. [4]

The elections saw significant success for The Greens. The sole council up for election that had a Greens councillor was the City of Yarra, after Gurm Sekhon won an October 2001 by-election in Nicholson Ward. An additional four Greens councillors were elected in Yarra − including future party leader and MP Greg Barber − as well as Stephen Hart in Colac Otway and Fraser Brindley Moreland. [1]

The Socialist Party ran three candidates in Yarra, receiving 3.5% of the vote across the council area. [5]

27 candidates were elected unopposed across the state, 24 of which were independents. [1]

Results

Council votes

PartyVotes %SwingSeatsChange
  Independents 455,16081.76124Decrease2.svg 7
  Labor 56,77110.2019Decrease2.svg 4
  Liberal 20,8043.745Increase2.svg 2
  Greens 17,9513.226Increase2.svg 6
  Independent Labor 4,3280.771Increase2.svg 1
  Socialist 9880.18+0.180Steady2.svg
  Socialist Alliance 7140.13+0.130Steady2.svg
 Total556,725100.0155
 Informal votes
  Turnout

Council control

PartyCouncils
NumberChange
  Independent 14Decrease2.svg 1
  No overall control 1 Increase2.svg 1
  Labor 2Steady2.svg

Aftermath

Labor retained control of the City of Darebin and gained control of the City of Moreland, but lost control of the City of Yarra as a result of Greens, Independent Labor and independent gains. [1]

In addition to retaining two wards in Boroondara, the Liberal Party gained two seats in Greater Bendigo − Greg Williams (Eppalock) and Kevin Gibbins (Whipstick). [6] [7] A fifth Liberal councillor (Geoff White in Glenelg) was re-elected unopposed. [8]

Following the elections, the amount of LGAs expanded from 78 to 79 when the Shire of Delatite was split into the Rural City of Benalla and the Shire of Mansfield. [9]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 This only includes the 17 councils up for election in 2002, not councillors in the remaining 53 councils.

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