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<small>Incumbent councillor indicated in ''italics''</small>
<small>Incumbent councillor indicated in ''italics''</small>

Revision as of 13:29, 19 September 2020


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
Austin King
Sienna Watson Animal Justice Party[5]
Cotham Bill Young
Felicity Sinfield
Gardiner Catherine Diggins
Greg Selkirk
Simon Denton
Glenferrie Florence Edwards
Henry Kerr
Luke Balasingam
Steve Hurd
Wes Gault Greens[6]
Junction Di Gillies
Greg Deakin
Lynden Carl Le
Charlotte Wang
Lisa Hollingsworth
Maling James Danches Liberal[7]
Jane Addis
Peter Campbell
Maranoa Cynthia Watson
Riversdale Emily Kusay
Paul Dipnall
Robert Bailleu
Susan Biggar
Solway Alan Jane
Garry Thompson
Sam Fitchett
Studley Nick Stavrou
Qiqi Chen Greens

Incumbent councillor indicated in italics

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. Australian Greens. Wes Gault. https://greens.org.au/vic/person/wes-gault, date accessed: 11 August 2020
  7. 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)

See also