Milad El-Halabi | |
|---|---|
| Councillor of the City of Moreland for North-West Ward | |
| In office 17 November 2020 –10 February 2022 | |
| Preceded by | John Kavanagh |
| Succeeded by | Monica Harte |
| In office 26 November 2004 –29 November 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Ward created |
| Succeeded by | Enver Erdogan |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labor (suspended in 2022) |
Milad El-Halabi is an Australian former politician. He was a councillor on the City of Moreland in Victoria from 2004 until 2008,and again from 2020 until 2022. [1]
In February 2022,El-Halabi resigned as a councillor after being charged with conspiracy to cheat and defraud for allegedly tampering with the council election in his ward. [2] It was later found that he had been unduly elected. [3]
El-Halabi was first elected to the City of Moreland in North-West Ward at the 2004 local elections. He was defeated in 2008,receiving 4.13% of the vote. [4]
He unsuccessfully contested the 2012 and 2016 local elections,receiving 3.22% and 3.78% of the vote respectively. [5]
At the 2020 local elections,El-Halabi returned to the council as the fourth councillor elected in North-West Ward. [1]
On 10 February 2022,El-Halabi was being charged by Victoria Police with conspiracy to cheat and defraud for allegedly tampering with the election in his ward. [2] He was suspended as a member of the Labor Party,then resigned as a councillor. [2] He was replaced via countback the following month by Socialist Alliance's Monica Harte. [6]
El-Halabi,his wife Dianna and his daughter Tania,were alleged to have stole multiple ballot papers and lodged them with the Victorian Electoral Commission,therefore prejudicing the election result. [7]
On 31 March 2023,the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) found that El-Halabi was unduly elected,but the election of the 3 other councillors to North-West Ward was not affected by the inclusion of fraudulent ballots in the count. [3] El-Halabi continues to deny all allegations. [8]