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==Election results==
==Election results==
===Elections in the 2010s===
===Elections in the 2010s===
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|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>
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{{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 |
{{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>
|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>

Revision as of 19:39, 13 November 2016

This is a list of electoral results for Solway Ward in Boroondara local elections.

Councillors for Solway

1996—2016
Member Party Term
  Garry Thompson Liberal 2008—2016
  Kevin Chow Labor 2008—2016
  Mary Halikias-Byrnes[1] Labor 2004—2008
  Keith Walter Independent 1996—2004

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Boroondara council election, 2016: Solway[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Garry Thompson 4,471 45.76 +10.64
Independent Brendan Eager 3,029 31.00 +31.00
Liberal Michael Doyle[3] 2,271 23.24 +23.24
Total formal votes 9,771 97.83 +0.23
Informal votes 217 2.17 -0.23
Turnout 9,988 79.60 +2.73
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Garry Thompson 5,685 58.18 +8.50
Independent Brendan Eager 4,086 41.82 +41.82


Boroondara council election, 2012: Solway[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Kevin Chow[6] 3,267 35.12 +1.32
Liberal Garry Peter Thompson 2,433 26.15 +26.15
Independent Andrew Lockwood 1,071 11.51 +11.51
Labor Roslyn Kelleher[6] 836 8.99 +8.99
Independent Erika Luise Wilke 695 7.47 +7.47
Liberal Will Stoltz 529 5.69 +5.69
Labor Maree Williams[7] 472 5.07 +5.07
Total formal votes 9,303 97.60 +0.04
Informal votes 229 2.40 -0.04
Turnout 9,532 76.87 +0.97
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Chow 4,681 50.32 -10.64
Liberal Garry Peter Thompson 4,622 49.68 +49.68


References

  1. ↑ 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 (Archived from the original)
  2. ↑ 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 (Archived from the original)
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ Victorian Electoral Commission. Boroondara City Council election results 2012. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/BoroondaraResult2012.html, accessed: 28 August 2016
  5. ↑ 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 Archived from the original
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 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 (Archived from the original)
  7. ↑ No author. Williams, Maree. National Library of Australia. http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/737072?c=people, accessed: 13 November 2016


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