View source for Electoral results for Solway Ward

{{Under construction}}

This is a list of '''electoral results for [[Solway Ward]]''' in [[Boroondara City Council|Boroondara]] local elections.

==Councillors for Solway==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | 1996—2016
|-
!colspan="2"|Member!!Party!!Term
|-
| {{Australian political party colours/Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| [[Garry Thompson]] 
| [[Wikipedia:Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| 2008—2016
|-
| {{Australian political party colours/Australian Labor Party}}|&nbsp;
| [[Kevin Chow]] 
| [[Wikipedia:Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| 2008—2016
|-
| {{Australian political party colours/Australian Labor Party}}|&nbsp;
| [[Mary Halikias-Byrnes]]<ref>Higgins ALP. ''A Labor Party for the 21st Century''. http://web.archive.org/web/20161113091557/https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/54116580/21st-century, accessed: 13 November 2016 <small>(Archived from the original)</small></ref>
| Labor
| 2004—2008
|-
| {{Australian political party colours/Independent}}|&nbsp;
| [[Keith Walter]]
| Independent
| 1996—2004
|}

==Election results==
===Elections in the 2010s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[Boroondara council election, 2016]]: Solway<ref name="VEC2016">Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Boroondara City Council 2016 Election''. http://web.archive.org/web/20160823002210/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/BoroondaraElection/, accessed: 23 August 2016 <small>(Archived from the original)</small></ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Garry Thompson
|party = Liberal
|votes = 4,471
|percentage = 45.76
|change = +10.64
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Brendan Eager
|party = Independent
|votes = 3,029
|percentage = 31.00
|change = +31.00
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Michael Doyle<ref name="BRAG2016Survey">[[Boroondara Residents Action Group]]. ''Results for Survey of Candidates for Council 2016''. 11 October 2016. http://web.archive.org/web/20161106011830/http://www.marvellousmelbourne.org.au/moodle/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=239, accessed: 6 November 2016</ref>
|party = Liberal
|votes = 2,271
|percentage = 23.24
|change = +23.24
}}
{{Election box formal|
|votes = 9,771
|percentage = 97.83
|change = +0.23
}}
{{Election box informal|
|votes = 217
|percentage = 2.17
|change = -0.23
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,988
|percentage = 79.60
|change = +2.73
}}
{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Garry Thompson
|party = Liberal
|votes = 5,685
|percentage = 58.18
|change = +8.50
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Brendan Eager
|party = Independent
|votes = 4,086
|percentage = 41.82
|change = +41.82
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[Boroondara council election, 2012]]: Solway<ref>Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Boroondara City Council election results 2012''. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/BoroondaraResult2012.html, accessed: 28 August 2016</ref><ref name="BoroondaraReview2012">Boroondara Review. ''Meet the candidates''. pp.12-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20160828114340/https://issuu.com/theweeklyreview.com.au/docs/boroondarareviewlocal171012, accessed: 28 August 2016 <small>Archived from the original</small></ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Kevin Chow<ref name="SolwayBoroondaraReivew2012">Administrator. ''Friendly fire for Solway ward''. [[Boroondara Review]]. 24 September 2012. http://web.archive.org/web/20150402164332/http://www.theweeklyreviewstonnington.com.au/story/354449/friendly-fire-for-solway-ward/?cs=12, accessed: 13 November 2016 <small>(Archived from the original)</small></ref>
|party = Labor
|votes = 3,267
|percentage = 35.12
|change = +1.32
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Garry Peter Thompson
|party = Liberal
|votes = 2,433
|percentage = 26.15
|change = +26.15
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Andrew Lockwood
|party = Independent
|votes = 1,071
|percentage = 11.51
|change = +11.51
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Roslyn Kelleher<ref name="SolwayBoroondaraReivew2012" />
|party = Labor
|votes = 836
|percentage = 8.99
|change = +8.99
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Erika Luise Wilke
|party = Independent
|votes = 695
|percentage = 7.47
|change = +7.47
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Will Stoltz
|party = Liberal
|votes = 529
|percentage = 5.69
|change = +5.69
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Maree Williams<ref>No author. ''Williams, Maree''. National Library of Australia. http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/737072?c=people, accessed: 13 November 2016</ref>
|party = Labor
|votes = 472
|percentage = 5.07
|change = +5.07
}}
{{Election box formal|
|votes = 9,303
|percentage = 97.60
|change = +0.04
}}
{{Election box informal|
|votes = 229
|percentage = 2.40
|change = -0.04
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,532
|percentage = 76.87
|change = +0.97
}}
{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Kevin Chow
|party = Labor
|votes = 4,681
|percentage = 50.32
|change = -10.64
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Garry Peter Thompson
|party = Liberal
|votes = 4,622
|percentage = 49.68
|change = +49.68
}}
{{Election box end}}

== References ==
<references />

{{Electoral Results of Boroondara Wards}}