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The candidates below are those who have publicly announced their candidacy. | The candidates below are those who have publicly announced their candidacy or officially announced on the [https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/voting/2020-local-council-election/elections/boroondara-city-council/nominations VEC website]. | ||
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| rowspan=" | | rowspan="3"| [[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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| 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]] || ''Felicity Sinfield'' || | | [[Cotham Ward|Cotham]] || ''Felicity Sinfield'' || | ||
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| rowspan=" | | rowspan="3"| [[Gardiner Ward|Gardiner]] || Catherine Diggins || | ||
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| Greg ? || | | Greg ? || | ||
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| rowspan=" | | Simon Denton || | ||
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| rowspan="5"| [[Glenferrie Ward|Glenferrie]] || Florence Edwards || | |||
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| Henry Kerr || | |||
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| Luke Balasingam || | |||
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| ''Steve Hurd'' | | ''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> | | 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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| Susan Biggar || | | Susan Biggar || | ||
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| rowspan="2"| [[Solway Ward|Solway]] || Alan Jane | | rowspan="2"| [[Solway Ward|Solway]] || Alan Jane || | ||
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| ''Garry Thompson'' || | | ''Garry Thompson'' || | ||
Revision as of 09:31, 18 September 2020
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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 new ward will be created at this election.[1] It will be the first election since Boroondara's establishment in 1996 that Boroondara will have 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
- 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.[3] To date, no changes have been made to the election schedule.
Candidates
The candidates below are those who have publicly announced their candidacy or officially announced on the VEC website.
| Ward | Candidate name | Party (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|
| Bellevue | Astrid Judge | Greens[4] |
| Alex Sawyer | ||
| Sienna Watson | Animal Justice Party[5] | |
| Cotham | Felicity Sinfield | |
| Gardiner | Catherine Diggins | |
| Greg ? | ||
| Simon Denton | ||
| Glenferrie | Florence Edwards | |
| Henry Kerr | ||
| Luke Balasingam | ||
| Steve Hurd | ||
| Wes Gault | Greens[6] | |
| Junction | Di Gillies | |
| Lynden | ||
| Maling | James Danches | Liberal[7] |
| Maranoa | Cynthia Watson | |
| Riversdale | Emily Kusay | |
| Paul Dipnall | ||
| Susan Biggar | ||
| Solway | Alan Jane | |
| Garry Thompson | ||
| Studley | Nick Stavrou |
Incumbent councillor indicated in italics
References
- ↑ Victorian Electoral Commission. Becoming a candidate. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/CandidatesAndParties/BecomingCouncilCandidate.html, accessed: 5 July 2019
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Australian Greens. Astrid Judge. https://greens.org.au/vic/person/astrid-judge, date accessed: 9 August 2020
- ↑ Animal Justice Party. Sienna Watson Boroondara 2020. https://www.ajpvic.org.au/siennawatsonboroondara2020, date accessed: 9 August 2020
- ↑ Australian Greens. Wes Gault. https://greens.org.au/vic/person/wes-gault, date accessed: 11 August 2020
- ↑ Facebook. James Damches for Maling Ward Boroondara. https://web.archive.org/web/20200829105222/https://www.facebook.com/james4boroondara/, accessed: 29 August 2020 (archived from the original)