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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.
The '''2020 Boroondara council election''' will be held on 24 October 2020. As per previous elections, it will be conducted by mail-out ballots. Following changes made by the Victorian Government to the electoral boundaries, a [[Riversdale Ward|new ward]] will be 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 will be the first election since Boroondara's establishment in 1996 that Boroondara will have an odd number of wards.


==Key dates==
==Key dates==
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* '''8 October 2020''' - Ballot pack mailout ends
* '''8 October 2020''' - Ballot pack mailout ends
* '''23 October 2020''' - Voting closes at 6pm
* '''23 October 2020''' - Voting closes at 6pm
* '''6 November 2020''' - Provisional results released on VEC website
* '''13 November 2020''' - Results declared
* '''13 November 2020''' - Results declared


Due to the impact of lockdown restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been 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> To date, no changes have been made to the election schedule.
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==
==Candidates==
The candidates below are those who have publicly announced their candidacy.
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| rowspan="2"| [[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>  
| 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>
| 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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| [[Cotham Ward|Cotham]] ||  ||   
|  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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| [[Gardiner Ward|Gardiner]] ||   ||  
| rowspan="3"| [[Solway Ward|Solway]] || Alan Jane ||
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| [[Glenferrie Ward|Glenferrie]] || Wes Gault || Greens<ref>Australian Greens. ''Wes Gault''. https://greens.org.au/vic/person/wes-gault, date accessed: 11 August 2020</ref>
| ''Garry Thompson'' ||  Liberal<ref name="BurwoodLiberals" />
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| [[Junction Ward|Junction]] ||  || 
| Sam Fitchett ||
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| [[Lynden Ward|Lynden]] ||   ||  
| rowspan="7"| [[Studley Ward|Studley]] || Amelia Clark ||
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| [[Maling Ward|Maling]] ||  || 
| Ander Peterson || Liberal<ref name="BurwoodLiberals" />
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| [[Maranoa Ward|Maranoa]] || [[Cynthia Watson]] ||  
| Annabel Yates ||
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| [[Riversdale Ward|Riversdale]] ||  ||   
| Kym Sullivan ||
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| [[Solway Ward|Solway]] ||  || 
| Michele Agustin-Guarino ||
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| [[Studley Ward|Studley]] ||   ||  
| Nick Stavrou  || Liberal<ref name="BurwoodLiberals" />
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| Qiqi Chen || Greens
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<small>Incumbent councillor indicated in ''italics''</small>
==Wards and results==
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==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 18:17, 1 July 2021

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 new ward was created at this election.[1] It was the first election since Boroondara's establishment in 1996 with an odd number of wards.

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.[2]

  • 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.[3] No changes have been made to the election schedule as a result.

Candidates

Ward Candidate name Party (if applicable)
Bellevue Astrid Judge Greens[4]
Alex Sawyer
Austin King
Greg Ball
Jim Parke
Sienna Watson Animal Justice Party[5]
Cotham Bill Young
Felicity Sinfield Liberal[6]
Keiron Long Liberal (not endorsed)[7]
Gardiner Catherine Diggins Liberal[6]
Greg Selkirk
Simon James Denton
Terence Guthridge
Victor Franco
Glenferrie Florence Edwards
Henry Kerr Liberal[8][9][6]
Lindon Brian Parbery
Luke Balasingam
Steve Hurd
Wes Gault Greens[10]
Junction Di Gillies
Greg Deakin
Ralph Krien Liberal[6]
Rowan Story
Lynden Carl Le
Charlotte Wang
Lisa Hollingsworth Liberal[6]
Maling Anthony Robert Deicmanis
James Danches Liberal[11][6]
Jane Addis
Kristy Joy McIlvenna
Peter Barclay
Peter Campbell
Richard Wilson
Robert Dennis
Maranoa Bonnie Brown Liberal (not endorsed)[12]
Chris Pattas
Cynthia Watson Liberal[6]
Dennis Whelan
Helen Grace Tsoutsouvas
Mark Newlan
Yolanda Torrisi
Riversdale Emily Kusay Liberal (not endorsed)[13]
Paul Dipnall Liberal[6]
Nicholas Bieber Greens (not endorsed)[14]
Robert Bailleu
Sali Miftari Liberal[15][6]
Susan Biggar
Solway Alan Jane
Garry Thompson Liberal[6]
Sam Fitchett
Studley Amelia Clark
Ander Peterson Liberal[6]
Annabel Yates
Kym Sullivan
Michele Agustin-Guarino
Nick Stavrou Liberal[6]
Qiqi Chen Greens

Incumbent councillor indicated in italics

Wards and results

References

  1. ↑ Victorian Electoral Commission. Becoming a candidate. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/CandidatesAndParties/BecomingCouncilCandidate.html, accessed: 5 July 2019
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ Australian Greens. Astrid Judge. https://greens.org.au/vic/person/astrid-judge, date accessed: 9 August 2020
  5. ↑ Animal Justice Party. Sienna Watson Boroondara 2020. https://www.ajpvic.org.au/siennawatsonboroondara2020, date accessed: 9 August 2020
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 Burwood Liberals. Boroondara City Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20200923100522/https://www.burwoodliberals.org/boroondara-city-council, accessed: 23 September 2020
  7. ↑ 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
  8. ↑ 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
  9. ↑ Melbourne University Liberal Club. Home|MULC. https://web.archive.org/web/20200923101803/https://www.mulc.org/, accessed: 23 September 2020
  10. ↑ Australian Greens. Wes Gault. https://greens.org.au/vic/person/wes-gault, date accessed: 11 August 2020
  11. ↑ Facebook. James Danches for Maling Ward Boroondara. https://web.archive.org/web/20200829105222/https://www.facebook.com/james4boroondara/, accessed: 29 August 2020 (archived from the original)
  12. ↑ 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
  13. ↑ 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 (Archived from the original
  14. ↑ 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
  15. ↑ 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

See also

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