The City of Greater Bendigo is a local government area in Victoria,Australia,located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi) and,in August 2021,had a population of 121,470. It includes the city of Bendigo and the towns of Axedale,Elmore,Heathcote,Marong,Raywood and Strathfieldsaye. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the former City of Bendigo with the Borough of Eaglehawk,Shire of Strathfieldsaye,Shire of Huntly and parts of the Rural City of Marong and Shire of McIvor. It is the state's third largest economy base and is considered a service and infrastructure centre for north central Victoria. The city is surrounded by 40,000 hectares of regional,state and national parkland.
The Victorian Greens,officially known as the Australian Greens Victoria,is the Victorian state member party of the Australian Greens,a green political party in Australia.
The 2010 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,27 November 2010,was for the 57th Parliament of Victoria. The election was to elect all 88 members of the Legislative Assembly and all 40 members of the Legislative Council. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party government,led by John Brumby,was defeated by the centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition,led by Ted Baillieu. The election gave the Coalition a one-seat majority in both houses of parliament.
Local government in the Australian state of Victoria consists of 79 local government areas (LGAs). Also referred to as municipalities,Victorian LGAs are classified as cities (34),shires (38),rural cities (6) and boroughs (1). In general,an urban or suburban LGA is called a city and is governed by a City Council,while a rural LGA covering a larger rural area is usually called a shire and is governed by a Shire Council. Local councils have the same administrative functions and similar political structures,regardless of their classification.
A by-election was held for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Melbourne on 21 July 2012. This was triggered by the resignation of former minister and state Labor MP Bronwyn Pike which she announced on 7 May 2012.
Lisa Marie Chesters is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2013,representing the Division of Bendigo. Prior to her election to parliament she worked as a union organiser for United Voice.
A by-election for the seat of Gippsland South in the Victorian Legislative Assembly was held on 14 March 2015. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of former state National Party leader and Deputy Premier,Peter Ryan. Ryan had been a member of the Victorian parliament for over 22 years,and last retained the seat at the 2014 election on a 65.7 percent two-party vote,with a negative 6.9 percentage point swing. The election was contested on the same boundaries used at the previous state election.
The Victorian Socialists (VS) is an Australian political party based in the state of Victoria. The party's stated aims are "to put politicians on a worker's wage so they live like the rest of us" and "to get socialists into parliament who will fight to make workers richer and billionaires poorer".
Stephen Jolly is an Australian politician,socialist activist,author and construction worker. He currently serves as the mayor of Yarra and has been a councillor of the City of Yarra since 2004,initially representing Langridge Ward before being elected to MacKillop Ward in 2024.
Jackson George Taylor is an Australian politician and former local government councillor. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018,representing the electorate of Bayswater.
Clifford Hayes is a former Australian politician. He was a Sustainable Australia member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2018 and 2022,representing Southern Metropolitan Region. He was not re-elected at the 2022 state election.
This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 2018 state election.
The 2024 Victorian local elections were held on 26 October 2024 to elect the councils of 78 of the 79 local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria,Australia. The elections were conducted by the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC),with voting taking place via post throughout October to elect 647 councillors across the state.
This is a list of results for the 2024 Victorian local elections in the Grampians region.
This is a list of results for the 2024 Victorian local elections in the Inner Melbourne region.
This is a list of results for the 2024 Victorian local elections in the Northern Melbourne region.
This is a list of results for the 2024 Victorian local elections in the Loddon Mallee region.
Andrea Metcalf is an Australian politician who has served as the Mayor of the City of Greater Bendigo since 2021 and as a councillor since 2016.
Margaret O'Rourke is an Australian former politician who served as Mayor of the City of Greater Bendigo from 2016 to 2020 and as a councillor from 2016 to 2024.
