2003 Victorian local elections

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2003 Victorian local elections
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  2002 15 March 2003 2004  
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Party Independents Labor Liberal
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Party Greens
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The 2003 Victorian local elections were held on 15 March 2003 to elect the councils of 54 of the 79 local government areas in Victoria, Australia. [1]

Until 2008, local elections in Victoria were conducted periodically, meaning 25 councils were not up for election in 2003. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 This only includes the 54 councils up for election in 2002, not councillors in the remaining 25 councils.

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References

  1. "Local council election results timeline". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 2017-03-03.
  2. "VOTING METHOD FOR THE 2008 COUNCIL ELECTIONS" (PDF). City of Melbourne. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-02.