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The 2024 Victorian local elections will be held in October 2024 to elect the councils of the 79 local government areas in Victoria. [1]
Neither the Labor Party nor the Liberal Party typically endorse candidates for local elections in Victoria. However, local party branches often make their own endorsements. [2] [3] The Greens do endorse candidates. [4]
New councillors will be elected in Casey and Whittlesea for the first time since 2016 after the councils were dismissed in February and March 2020 respectively. [5] [6]
39 councils are set to be affected as a result of the Local Government Act 2020, which will see a large number of multi-member wards replaced with single-member wards. [7] [8]
In February 2022, Labor councillor Milad El-Halabi resigned from Moreland City Council after being charged with conspiracy to cheat and defraud for allegedly tampering with the council elections. [9] He was replaced via countback in March 2022 by Socialist Alliance's Monica Harte. [10]
On 31 March 2023, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal found that El-Halabi was unduly elected. He has denied all allegations. [11]
The Greens have had three of its councillors resign since the 2020 elections. James Conlan (Merri-bek) quit the party in solidarity with senator Lidia Thorpe, Amanda Stone (Yarra) resigned in February 2023, and Anab Mohamud (Yarra) resigned in February 2024. [12]
Two minor parties, the Angry Victorians Party and Restore Democracy Sack Dan Andrews, gained councillors in 2023 via different countbacks. [13]
A number of councillors joined or left parties before the 2024 elections, including three councillors who joined the Victorians Party before it dissolved in September 2022. [14]
Council | Ward | Councillor | Former party | New party | Date | ||
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Melbourne | Unsubdivided | Jason Chang | Team Arron Wood | Independent | 2021 | ||
Banyule | Grimshaw | Rick Garotti | Labor | Independent | 8 February 2021 | ||
Boroondara | Solway | Garry Thompson | Liberal | Independent | Mid-2021 | ||
Moreland | North-West | Oscar Yildiz | Independent | Victorians | 26 November 2021 | ||
Moreland | North-West | Milad El-Halabi | Labor | Independent Labor | 10 February 2022 | ||
Swan Hill | Central | Stuart King | Independent | United Australia | 18 February 2022 | ||
Melbourne | Unsubdivided | Philip Le Liu | Bring Back Melbourne | Victorians | 24 June 2022 | ||
Moreland | North-East | Helen Pavlidis-Mihalakos | Independent | Victorians | 24 June 2022 | ||
Melbourne | Unsubdivided | Philip Le Liu | Victorians | Bring Back Melbourne | 15 September 2022 | ||
Moreland | North-West | Oscar Yildiz | Victorians | Independent | 15 September 2022 | ||
Moreland | North-East | Helen Pavlidis-Mihalakos | Victorians | Independent | 15 September 2022 | ||
Yarra | Nicholls | Amanda Stone | Greens | Independent | 6 February 2023 | ||
Merri-bek | South | James Conlan | Greens | Independent | 7 February 2023 | ||
Stonnington | East | Joe Gianfriddo | Angry Victorians | Independent | 29 June 2023 | ||
Colac Otway | Unsubdivided | Tosh-Jake Finnigan | Sack Dan Andrews | Independent | 22 December 2023 | ||
Yarra | Langridge | Stephen Jolly | Independent Socialist | Yarra for All | February 2024 | ||
Yarra | Langridge | Michael Glynatsis | Independent | Yarra for All | February 2024 | ||
Yarra | Nicholls | Bridgid O'Brien | Independent Socialist | Yarra for All | February 2024 | ||
Yarra | Langridge | Anab Mohamud | Greens | Independent | 27 February 2024 |
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