ACT Greens

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ACT Greens
Leader Shane Rattenbury
Founded1992
Headquarters2/18 Lonsdale Street,
Braddon ACT 2612
Ideology Green politics
Progressivism
Eco-socialism
Political position Left-wing
National affiliation Australian Greens
Colours  Green
Legislative Assembly
5 / 25
House of Representatives
0 / 3
(ACT seats)
Senate
0 / 2
(ACT seats)
Website
greens.org.au/act

The ACT Greens is a green political party located in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), and a member of the federation of the Australian Greens. Both parties were formed in 1992, three years after the ACT achieved self-government in 1989.

Contents

Since its formation the ACT Greens has had a significant presence in the ACT Legislative Assembly, having formed minority or coalition governments with the Labor Party since 2008.

History

1995–1998 Assembly

Two Greens candidates, Lucy Horodny and Kerrie Tucker, were successful at the 1995 election, the first to be run under the Hare-Clark system. The election resulted in a hung parliament, but the Liberal Party was able to form government with two independents.

1998–2001 Assembly

Kerrie Tucker was left as the only Greens member during this assembly, in which the Liberal Party again formed government with the help of independents.

2001–2004 Assembly

Kerrie Tucker was once again the only Greens member during this assembly, in which the Labor Party formed a minority government with her support and that of Australian Democrat Roslyn Dundas. There was no formal parliamentary agreement between the three governing parties for this assembly.

2004–2008 Assembly

This was the first ACT election since the enactment of a fixed four-year term. Deb Foskey was the sole Greens member of the assembly, in which the Labor Party held the majority.

2008–2012 Assembly

Following the 2008 election, the ACT Greens held the balance of power in the 17-member Legislative Assembly, with four members (Amanda Bresnan, Meredith Hunter, Shane Rattenbury and Caroline Le Couteur), to Labor's seven and the Liberals with six. [1] [2] [3] After deliberations with both the Labor and Liberal parties, the Greens chose to support a Labor minority government. [4] [5] [6]

2012–2016 Assembly

Following the 2012 ACT election, Shane Rattenbury was the only Greens MLA to retain his seat in the Legislative Assembly, and entered into a power sharing arrangement to allow the Labor Party to once again form minority government. [7]

The agreement gave Shane Rattenbury the ministerial portfolios of Ageing; Housing; Corrections; and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, as well as Territory and Municipal Services in the Second Gallagher Ministry and the First Barr Ministry.

2016–2020 Assembly

Shane Rattenbury retained a seat in the expanded Legislative Assembly at the 2016 ACT election, and held the ministerial portfolios of Climate Change and Sustainability; Corrections and Justice Health; Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety; and Mental Health. Caroline Le Couteur was also reelected, after losing her seat in 2012. The Greens maintained their position in the balance of power for a third consecutive term, and the ACT Greens and ACT Labor parties signed another parliamentary agreement setting out the terms of their power-sharing arrangement in government. [8]

2020–2024 Assembly

On 10 November 2023, member of the Greens Johnathan Davis was stood down from his duties as an MLA and referred to police by the ACT Greens after allegations he had sexual relationships with a boy under the legal age of consent (16-years old in the ACT) and a teenager who was a legally still a child, under 18 at the time. [9] [10]

Davis resigned from parliament and as a member of the Greens on 12 November 2023. [11]

Leader

Party leaders

No.Leader
(birth–death)		PortraitElectorateTook officeLeft officeTermChief Minister (term)
1 Kerrie Tucker
(1948–)		 Kerrie Tucker portrait.jpeg Molonglo 21 February 199816 October 20046 years, 238 days Carnell (1995–2000)
Humphries (2000–2001)
Stanhope (2001–2011)
2 Deb Foskey
(1949–2020)		 Deb Foskey portrait (cropped).jpeg 16 October 200418 October 20084 years, 2 days
3 Meredith Hunter
(1962–)		 ACT Greens Parliamentary Convenor Meredith Hunter.JPG Ginninderra 18 October 200820 October 20124 years, 2 days
Gallagher (2011–2014)
4 Shane Rattenbury
(1971–)		 Shane Rattenbury 2020 (cropped).jpg Molonglo
(2008–2016)		20 October 2012present11 years, 161 days
Barr (2014–)
Kurrajong
(2016–)

Electoral results

State

Legislative Assembly
Election year# of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		# of
overall seats won		+/–Position
1995 14,9679.1 (#3)
2 / 17
 Crossbench
1998 16,4179.1 (#4)
1 / 17
Decrease2.svg 1
2001 17,3699.1 (#3)
1 / 17
Steady2.svg
2004 18,9979.3 (#3)
1 / 17
Steady2.svg
2008 33,05715.6 (#3)
4 / 17
Increase2.svg 3 Crossbench (supporting ACT Labor government)
2012 23,77310.7 (#3)
1 / 17
Decrease2.svg 3 Coalition government
2016 25,10910.3 (#3)
2 / 25
Increase2.svg 1
2020 36,30713.5 (#3)
6 / 25
Increase2.svg 4

Federal

ElectionACT House seatsACT Senate seats
Votes %Seats+/–Votes %Seats+/–
2001 14,3357.1
0 / 2
14,8257.2
0 / 2
2004 22,44010.8
0 / 2
Steady2.svg 034,57516.4
0 / 2
Steady2.svg 0
2007 29,42413.2
0 / 2
Steady2.svg 048,38421.5
0 / 2
Steady2.svg 0
2010 42,94219.2
0 / 2
Steady2.svg 052,54622.9
0 / 2
Steady2.svg 0
2013 32,35613.4
0 / 2
Steady2.svg 047,55319.3
0 / 2
Steady2.svg 0
2016 38,12915.1
0 / 2
Steady2.svg 041,00616.1
0 / 2
Steady2.svg 0
2019 44,80416.9
0 / 3
Steady2.svg 047,85517.71
0 / 2
Steady2.svg 0
2022 40,00818.6
0 / 3
Steady2.svg 014,03210.5
0 / 2
Steady2.svg 0

Members of Parliament

Current Legislative Assembly members

Kerrie Tucker and Lucy Horodny Kerry Tucker and Lucy Horodny.jpg
Kerrie Tucker and Lucy Horodny

Previous Legislative Assembly members

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