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The '''2020 Boroondara council election''' | The '''2020 Boroondara council election''' was held on 24 October 2020. As per previous elections, it was conducted by mail-out ballots. Following changes made by the Victorian Government to the electoral boundaries, a [[Riversdale Ward|new ward]] was created at this election.<ref name="VEC2019">Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Becoming a candidate''. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/CandidatesAndParties/BecomingCouncilCandidate.html, accessed: 5 July 2019</ref> It was the first election since Boroondara's establishment in 1996 with an odd number of wards. | ||
== Key dates == | ==Key dates== | ||
As per the ''Local Government Act 1989'', general council elections are held on the fourth Saturday of October every four years. Postal elections, such as those held in Boroondara, actually commence three weeks prior to polling day when ballot mailouts begin. | As per the ''Local Government Act 1989'', general council elections are held on the fourth Saturday of October every four years. Postal elections, such as those held in Boroondara, actually commence three weeks prior to polling day when ballot mailouts begin.<ref>Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Boroondara City Council''. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/voting/2020-local-council-election/elections/boroondara-city-council, accessed: 9 August 2020</ref> | ||
== References == | * '''28 August 2020''' - Electoral roll closes at 4pm | ||
* '''17 September 2020''' - Nominations open | |||
* '''22 September 2020''' - Nominations close at 12pm | |||
* '''23 September 2020''' - Lodgement of candidate statements, photos and questionnaires close at 12pm | |||
* '''6 October 2020''' - Ballot pack mailout begins | |||
* '''8 October 2020''' - Ballot pack mailout ends | |||
* '''23 October 2020''' - Voting closes at 6pm | |||
* '''6 November 2020''' - Provisional results released on VEC website | |||
* '''13 November 2020''' - Results declared | |||
Due to the impact of lockdown restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were calls to postpone elections until 2021.<ref>[[wikipedia:Municipal Association of Victoria|Municipal Association of Victoria]]. ''MAV renews call for State Government to defer local government elections''. 10 July 2020. https://www.mav.asn.au/news/mav-renews-call-for-state-government-to-defer-local-government-elections, accessed: 11 August 2020</ref> No changes have been made to the election schedule as a result. | |||
==Candidates== | |||
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! [[Wards of Boroondara|Ward]] !! Candidate name !! Party (if applicable) | |||
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| rowspan="6"| [[Bellevue Ward|Bellevue]] || Astrid Judge || Greens<ref>Australian Greens. ''Astrid Judge''. https://greens.org.au/vic/person/astrid-judge, date accessed: 9 August 2020</ref> | |||
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| Alex Sawyer || | |||
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| Austin King || | |||
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| Greg Ball || | |||
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| ''Jim Parke'' || | |||
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| Sienna Watson || Animal Justice Party<ref>Animal Justice Party. ''Sienna Watson Boroondara 2020''. https://www.ajpvic.org.au/siennawatsonboroondara2020, date accessed: 9 August 2020</ref> | |||
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| rowspan="3"| [[Cotham Ward|Cotham]] || Bill Young || | |||
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| ''Felicity Sinfield'' || Liberal<ref name="BurwoodLiberals">Burwood Liberals. ''Boroondara City Council''. https://web.archive.org/web/20200923100522/https://www.burwoodliberals.org/boroondara-city-council, accessed: 23 September 2020</ref> | |||
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| Keiron Long || Liberal (not endorsed)<ref>Liberal Party Victoria. ''Welcome to Victorian Liberals''. https://web.archive.org/web/20200923100848/https://abalinx.com/blog/welcome-to-victorian-liberals/, accessed: 23 September 2020</ref> | |||
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| rowspan="5"| [[Gardiner Ward|Gardiner]] || Catherine Diggins || Liberal<ref name="BurwoodLiberals" /> | |||
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| Greg Selkirk || | |||
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| Simon James Denton || | |||
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| Terence Guthridge || | |||
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| Victor Franco || | |||
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| rowspan="6"| [[Glenferrie Ward|Glenferrie]] || Florence Edwards || | |||
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| Henry Kerr || Liberal<ref>Farrago Magazine. ''#VicVotes Wrap Up''. 4 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200923101639/http://farragomagazine.com/2019/03/04/vicvotes-wrap-up/, accessed: 23 September 2020</ref><ref>Melbourne University Liberal Club. ''Home|MULC''. https://web.archive.org/web/20200923101803/https://www.mulc.org/, accessed: 23 September 2020</ref><ref name="BurwoodLiberals" /> | |||
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| Lindon Brian Parbery || | |||
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| Luke Balasingam || | |||
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| ''Steve Hurd'' || | |||
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| Wes Gault || Greens<ref>Australian Greens. ''Wes Gault''. https://greens.org.au/vic/person/wes-gault, date accessed: 11 August 2020</ref> | |||
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| rowspan="4"|[[Junction Ward|Junction]] || Di Gillies || | |||
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| Greg Deakin || | |||
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| Ralph Krien || Liberal<ref name="BurwoodLiberals" /> | |||
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| Rowan Story || | |||
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| rowspan="3"| [[Lynden Ward|Lynden]] || Carl Le || | |||
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| Charlotte Wang || | |||
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| ''Lisa Hollingsworth'' || Liberal<ref name="BurwoodLiberals" /> | |||
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| rowspan="8"| [[Maling Ward|Maling]] || Anthony Robert Deicmanis || | |||
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| James Danches || Liberal<ref>Facebook. ''James Danches for Maling Ward Boroondara''. https://web.archive.org/web/20200829105222/https://www.facebook.com/james4boroondara/, accessed: 29 August 2020 <small>(archived from the original)</small></ref><ref name="BurwoodLiberals" /> | |||
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| ''Jane Addis'' || | |||
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| Kristy Joy McIlvenna || | |||
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| Peter Barclay || | |||
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| Peter Campbell || | |||
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| Richard Wilson || | |||
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| Robert Dennis || | |||
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| rowspan="7"| [[Maranoa Ward|Maranoa]] || Bonnie Brown || Liberal (not endorsed)<ref>Jones, Warwick. ''Voters hit back as Treasurer defends right to deceive''. 31 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200923102749/https://wajones.press/portfolio/treasurer-of-australia-defends-his-right-to-deceive-his-constituents, accessed: 23 September 2020</ref> | |||
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| Chris Pattas || | |||
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| ''Cynthia Watson'' || Liberal<ref name="BurwoodLiberals" /> | |||
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| Dennis Whelan || | |||
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| Helen Grace Tsoutsouvas || | |||
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| Mark Newlan || | |||
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| Yolanda Torrisi || | |||
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| rowspan="6"| [[Riversdale Ward|Riversdale]] || Emily Kusay || Liberal (not endorsed)<ref>Facebook. ''Emily Kusay - Your Candidate for Riversdale Ward''. https://web.archive.org/web/20200923095527/https://www.facebook.com/emily.candidateforriversdale/posts/108859144265547?comment_id=125117292639732&reply_comment_id=126026022548859, accessed: 23 September 2020 <small>(Archived from [https://www.facebook.com/emily.candidateforriversdale/posts/108859144265547 the original]</small></ref> | |||
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| Paul Dipnall || Liberal<ref name="BurwoodLiberals" /> | |||
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| Nicholas Bieber || Greens (not endorsed)<ref>Boroondara Greens. ''Boroondara State Campaign Launch 2018''. https://web.archive.org/web/20200414085120/https://victoria.greens.org.au/nicholasbieber/boroondara_state_campaign_launch_2018, accessed: 23 September 2020</ref> | |||
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| Robert Bailleu || | |||
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| Sali Miftari || Liberal<ref>Miftari, Sali. ''Change the face of the Liberal Party? Change the (mostly male) faces''. The Age: Melbourne. 31 December 2018. https://www.smh.com.au/national/change-the-face-of-the-liberal-party-change-the-mostly-male-faces-20181228-p50oml.html, accessed: 23 September 2020</ref><ref name="BurwoodLiberals" /> | |||
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| Susan Biggar || | |||
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| rowspan="3"| [[Solway Ward|Solway]] || Alan Jane || | |||
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| ''Garry Thompson'' || Liberal<ref name="BurwoodLiberals" /> | |||
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| Sam Fitchett || | |||
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| rowspan="7"| [[Studley Ward|Studley]] || Amelia Clark || | |||
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| Ander Peterson || Liberal<ref name="BurwoodLiberals" /> | |||
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| Annabel Yates || | |||
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| Kym Sullivan || | |||
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| Michele Agustin-Guarino || | |||
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| Nick Stavrou || Liberal<ref name="BurwoodLiberals" /> | |||
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| Qiqi Chen || Greens | |||
|} | |||
<small>Incumbent councillor indicated in ''italics''</small> | |||
==Wards and results== | |||
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==References== | |||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
== See also == | ==See also== | ||
*[[Boroondara council election, 2016]] | *[[Boroondara council election, 2016]] | ||