2004 Victorian local elections

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2004 Victorian local elections
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg
  2003 26 November 2004 2005  
Registered800,000+
Turnout71.1%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
IND
Labor Placeholder.png Greens placeholder-01.png
LeaderN/AN/ANo leader
Party Independents Labor Greens
Last election [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 1] 4 [lower-alpha 1]
Seats before4
Seats won159226
Seats after10
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2
Popular vote608,33377,53021,995
Percentage77.14%9.83%2.79%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Liberal Placeholder.png
SA
DLP
LeaderN/ANo leaderNo leader
Party Liberal Socialist Alliance Democratic Labour
Last election8 [lower-alpha 1] 00
Seats before00
Seats won901
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1
Popular vote21,6865,5124,378
Percentage2.75%0.70%0.56%

 Seventh party
 
SOC
LeaderNo leader
Party Socialist
Last election0
Seats before0
Seats won1
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1
Popular vote1,359
Percentage0.17%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.02

The 2004 Victorian local elections were held on 26 November 2004 to elect the councils of 22 of the 79 local government areas in Victoria, Australia. [1]

Contents

Until 2008, local elections in Victoria were conducted periodically, meaning 54 councils were not up for election in 2004. An additional three LGAs that were scheduled to vote in 2004 also did not have elections. [2]

A shift away from single-member wards in favour of multi-member wards began in 2004, in particular in the Greater Melbourne area. [3]

The election in Yarra saw the first-ever victory for the Socialist Party, with Stephen Jolly elected in Langridge Ward. [4] He was reportedly the first elected socialist councillor in Melbourne "since the Second World War". [5]

In Melbourne, Labor Party members ran on a ticket called 'Active Local Progressive' (ALP), led by Raymond Collins. [6]

Party changes before elections

A number of councillors joined or left parties before the 2004 elections.

CouncilWardCouncillorFormer partyNew partyDate
Melbourne UnsubdividedKevin Chamberlin  Labor   Independent 7 November 2002
Melbourne UnsubdividedKevin Chamberlin  Independent   Kevin Chamberlin For Melbourne 2004

Results

Council votes

PartyVotes %SwingSeatsChange
  Independents 608,33377.14159
  Labor 77,5309.8322
  Greens 21,9952.796Increase2.svg 2
  Liberal 21,6862.759
  John So - Melbourne Living 18,1552.303
  Socialist Alliance 5,5120.700Steady2.svg
  Democratic Labour 4,3780.561Increase2.svg 1
  Independent Labor 3,6130.461
  Kevin Chamberlin For Melbourne 3,2970.420
  Melbourne Civic Group 3,0180.381
  Advance Melbourne 2,7420.351
  Serving Melbourne 2,3350.301
  Residents First - Stop The Rates Ripoff 2,2100.280
  Melbourne First 1,4540.180
  Active Local Progressive 1,4410.180
  Campaign for a Better City 1,3750.170Steady2.svg
  Socialist 1,3590.171Increase2.svg 1
  Melbourne: Building An Even Better City 1,2610.160
  Melbourne At Work 9040.120
  Melbourne Matters 8600.110
  Sue Chambers Act Local Team 8220.110
  Growing Melbourne 7770.100
  Melbourne Arts Fashion Design Innovation 7770.100
  Transparency And Accountability 7240.090
  !ST@ND UP 4 MELBOURNE! 5550.070
  Strengthen Melbourne 4930.060
  Evolving Melbourne 3940.050
  Save Our Streets 3320.040
  Sustainable City 2310.030
 Total788,563100.0204
 Informal votes
  Turnout

Council control

PartyCouncils
NumberChange
  Independent 17
  No overall control 2
  Labor 2
  Melbourne Living 1

Aftermath

The Greens gained two seats at the elections, bringing their total amount of councillors to 10. Although the party lost one of their four seats in Yarra (partly due to the electoral structure change) and its sole councillor in Colac Otway, they were able to elect one councillor in Melbourne and two in Moreland. [7] [8]

In August 2006, Greater Geelong Labor councillor David Saunderson was charged by police over his alleged failure to disclose campaign donations from local powerbrokers, including Geelong Football Club president Frank Costa. [9] He was later sacked from council in November 2009 for failing to declare a conflict of interest. [10]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 This only includes the 22 councils up for election in 2004, not councillors in the remaining 57 councils.

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