2002 Victorian local elections

2002 Victorian local elections
16 March 2002
Registered560,000+
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
Leader None N/A N/A
Party Independents Labor Liberal
Last election 131[a] 22[a] 3[a]
Seats before 129 23 3
Seats won 124 19 5
Seat change Decrease 5 Decrease 4 Increase 2
Popular vote 443,889 56,771 20,804
Percentage 81.76% 10.20% 3.74%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
SOC
SA
Leader No leader No leader No leader
Party Greens Socialist Socialist Alliance
Last election 0[a] 0 Did not exist
Seats before 1 0 0
Seats won 6 0 0
Seat change Increase 5 Steady Steady
Popular vote 17,951 988 714
Percentage 3.22% 0.18% 0.13%
Swing Increase 0.18 Increase 0.13

The 2002 Victorian local elections were held on 16 March 2002 to elect the councils of 17 of the 78 local government areas in Victoria, Australia.[1]

Until 2008, local elections in Victoria were conducted periodically, meaning 53 councils were not up for election in 2002.[2] The City of Melbourne was initially scheduled to hold its election in 2002, but it was instead brought forward to 22 July 2001 following a change to its electoral structure.[3]

All elections were conducted by the Victorian Electoral Commission with the exception of the City of Moreland, which conducted its own election.[4]

27 candidates were elected unopposed across the state, 24 of which were independents.[1]

Results

Council votes

Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independents 455,160 81.76 124 Decrease 7
  Labor 56,771 10.20 19 Decrease 4
  Liberal 20,804 3.74 5 Increase 2
  Greens 17,951 3.22 6 Increase 6
  Independent Labor 4,328 0.77 1 Increase 1
  Socialist 988 0.18 +0.18 0 Steady
  Socialist Alliance 714 0.13 +0.13 0 Steady
 Total 556,725 100.0 155
 Informal votes
 Turnout

Council control

Party Councils
Number Change
  Independent 14 Decrease 1
  No overall control 1 Increase 1
  Labor 2 Steady

Aftermath

Labor retained control of the City of Darebin and gained control of the City of Moreland, but lost control of the City of Yarra as a result of Greens, Independent Labor and independent gains.[1]

In addition to retaining two wards in Boroondara, the Liberal Party gained two seats in Greater Bendigo − Greg Williams (Eppalock) and Kevin Gibbins (Whipstick).[5][6] A fifth Liberal councillor (Geoff White in Glenelg) was re-elected unopposed.[7]

Following the elections, the amount of LGAs expanded from 78 to 79 when the Shire of Delatite was split into the Rural City of Benalla and the Shire of Mansfield.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d This only includes the 17 councils up for election in 2002, not councillors in the remaining 53 councils.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Local council election results timeline". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 2017-03-03.
  2. ^ "VOTING METHOD FOR THE 2008 COUNCIL ELECTIONS" (PDF). City of Melbourne. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-02.
  3. ^ "Council, mayor and lord mayor history". City of Melbourne.
  4. ^ "Election Results". Trove. Moreland City Council.
  5. ^ "Bendigo councillor to seek Liberal federal preselection". ABC News.
  6. ^ "Councillor Kevin Gibbins mourned". The Bendigo Advertiser.
  7. ^ "Tracking Victorian Crs who are members of a political party". The Mayne Report.
  8. ^ Royce Millar & Jason Dowling (25 April 2004). "Kennett's blitz a decade on". The Age. theage.com.au.
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