| Junction Ward | |
|---|---|
| Council | Boroondara |
| Created | 1996 |
| Councillor | Di Gillies |
| Namesake | Camberwell Junction[1] |
| Electors | 10,663 (2020)[2] |
| Area | 4.77 km2 |
Junction Ward is a Victorian Electoral Commission electoral division in the City of Boroondara.[3] The ward was proclaimed at the time of Boroondara's return to democratic government in 1996 and covers parts of Hawthorn, Camberwell and Canterbury.
Councillors
| 1996—2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Di Gillies | Independent | 2020-present | |
| Jack Wegman | Independent | 2002—2020 | |
| Martina Hayes | Independent | 1999—2002 | |
| Lilian Weinberg | Independent | 1996—1999 | |
Electoral results
Main article: Electoral results for Junction Ward
| Boroondara council election, 2016: Junction[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
| Independent | Jack Wegman | 3,831 | 40.76 | -20.70 | |
| Independent | Ashley Wah | 1,854 | 19.73 | +19.73 | |
| Liberal | Michael Anthony Burge[5] | 1,083 | 11.52 | +11.52 | |
| Independent | Greg Deakin | 2,630 | 27.98 | +27.98 | |
| Total formal votes | 9,398 | 97.62 | +1.23 | ||
| Informal votes | 229 | 2.38 | -1.23 | ||
| Turnout | 9,627 | 68.16 | +0.34 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Independent | Jack Wegman | 5,619 | 59.79 | -1.67 | |
| Independent | Greg Deakin | 3,779 | 40.21 | +40.21 | |
References
- ↑ City of Boroondara. 'History of Ward Names'. https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/our-city/history/ward-names, accessed: 21 February 2017
- ↑ Victorian Electoral Commission. Boroondara City Council election results 2020. November 2020. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/results/2020-council-election-results/boroondara-city-council, accessed: 5 February 2021
- ↑ Victorian Electoral Commission. Boroondara City Council profile. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/ElectoralBoundaries/boroondaraprofile.html, accessed: 15 January 2017
- ↑ Victorian Electoral Commission. Boroondara City Council 2016 Election. http://web.archive.org/web/20160823002210/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/BoroondaraElection/, accessed: 21 February 2017 (Archived from the original)
- ↑ 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: 21 February 2017