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SCG 2020 Victorian Local Government Election Analysis 2020 Victorian Local Government Election Results and Analysis 10 November 2020 spence-consulting.com 2020 Victorian Local Government Election Results and Analysis Analysis by Gavin Mahoney, 10 November 2020 At the close of nominations for the 2020 Local Government elections there were 2,187 candidates, an increase of 52 candidates from the 2016 elections. 76 of Victoria’s 79 Councils went to election in October 2020, South Gippsland Shire and the Cities of Casey and Whittlesea remained governed by Administrators having been dismissed. 183 incumbent councillors chose not to re-contest. 17 Mayors chose not to recontest whilst another 7 were defeated. 431 incumbent councillors contested with 314 being re-elected. We observed that registered political parties increased their presence endorsing a number of candidates: » Greens Party - 88 candidates » ALP - 47 candidates » Liberal Democrats - 10 candidates » Animal Justice Party - 16 candidates » Victorian Socialists - 19 candidates » The Reason Party - 7 candidates » Sustainable Australia Party - 6 candidates There were a number of former and past councillors trying to make comebacks, and thank you to everyone in Local Government land who assisted us in identifying these people our listing can be found at : https://www.spence-consulting.com/blog/2020/9/29/2020-victorian-council-elections-ex- councillors-seeking-re-election With the Victorian Electoral Commission now having listed all results, Spence Consulting Group has developed an accurate listing of all newly elected councillors. Index: » Re-elected councillors are listed first » # denotes unsuccessful councillor » Italicised are newly elected councillors Alpine Shire Gwenda Allgood Daniel Moloney # Wayne Phillips Sarah Nicholas # Bernadine Des Hudson # Craig Langdon Ron Janas Atkinson Ben Taylor Fiona Mitsinikos Tony Keeble William Waterston # Grant Tillett Elizabeth Nealy John Forsyth Bob Sanders # Jim Rinaldi Peter Dimarelos # Darryl Pearce Henry Burridge Peter Eddy Alida McKern # Kitty Knappstein Rob Armstrong Tracey Hargreaves Kelli Prime Bass Coast Shire Charlie Vincent Ballarat City Banyule City Brett Tessari Katarina Chalwell Samantha Alison Champion Les Larke McIntosh Mark Di Pasquale Michael Whelan Ararat Rural City Mark Harris Peter Castaldo Clare Le Serve Jo Armstrong Belinda Coates Rick Garotti Bruce Kent Peter Beales Amy Johnson Tom Melican # Julian Brown # Geoff Ellis Susan Biggar Casey City East Gippsland Rochelle Halstead Administrators Shire Leticia Laing Brimbank City Noelene Duff John White Ron Bauer Victoria Borg Miguel Belmor Mark Reeves David Rooks Sam David Cameron # Dick Ellis Virginia Tachos Boardman Mendy Urie Baw Baw Shire Bruce Lancashire Sonia Buckley Joe Gauci # Duyen Anh Pham Next election Trevor Stow Danny Goss # Janev Aziz scheduled October Jane Greacen Tricia Jones # Kim Thien 2024. Arthur Allen Peter Kostos Truong Kirsten Van Darren Wallace # Margaret Giudice Central Goldfields Diggele Michael Leaney # Georgina Shire Tom Crook # Keith Cook Papafotiou *Gerard Murphy Jazmin Tauru Sarah Branton *Geoff Lovett Frankston City Ben Lucas Thuy Dang *Chris Meadows- Kris Bolam Annemarie Jasmin Nguyen Taylor # Colin Hampton McCabe Trung Luu Anna De Villiers # Michael O’Reilly Jae Papalia Grace La Vella # Glenn Aitken Bayside City Ranka Rasic Wayne Sproull # Steve Toms Clarke Martin Maria Kerr Liesbeth Long Nathan Conroy Laurence Evans David Asker Sonia Castelli Buloke Shire *Part of previously Suzette Tayler Alex del Porto Carolyn Stewart dismissed Council Steven Hughes # Rob Grinter Daryl Warren Sue Baker # James Long Graeme Milne Colac-Otway Brad Hill # Michael David Pollard Shire Claire Harvey Heffernan Bronwyn Simpson Kate Hanson Liam Hughes Jo Samuel King David Vis Stephen Hart Fiona Stitfold Alan Getley Joe McCracken Gannawarra Shire Hanna El Chris Potter Charlie Gillingham Mouallem Campaspe Shire Graham Costin # Steve Tasker Adrian Weston Jamie Bell # Jenny Fawcett Benalla Rural City Daniel Mackrell Margaret White Garner Smith Danny Claridge John Zobec Ross Stanton Peter Davis Leanne Pentreath Corangamite Kelvin Burt Don Firth # Kirsten Munro Shire Travis Collier Bernie Hearn # Vicki Neele Jo Beard Jane Ogden # Willie Van Tony Marwood Ruth Gstrein Keith Link Wersch Robert Amos Geraldine Justin King Christine Weller Conheady Glen Eira City Gail O’Brien Colleen Gates Kate Makin Margaret Esakoff Punarji Hewa Paul Jarman Nicholas Cole Tony Gunaratne Jamie Vogels Atanasopoulos Cardinia Shire Laurie Hickey Jim Magee Boroondara City Jeff Springfield Anne-Marie Cade Cynthia Watson Brett Owen Darebin City Neil Pilling Jim Parke Collin Ross Susan Rennie Sam Parasol Felicity Sinfield Carol Ryan Trent McCarthy Simone Zmood Lisa Hollingworth Graeme Moore Lina Messina David Zyngier Jane Addis Ray Brown Julie Williams Li Zhang Garry Thompson # Michael Schilling Suzanne Newton # Steve Hurd Jack Kowarzik Gaetano Greco Glenelg Shire Victor Franco Tammy Radford Tim Laurence Gilbert Wilson Wes Gault Stephanie Davies Emily Dimitriadis Anita Rank Di Gillies Tom Hannan Chrissy Hawker Nick Stavrou Karen Stephens # Geoff White Ron Nelson Penny Flynn Jude Dwight Scott Martin Eddy Kontelj Di Bell Sorina Grasso Michael Carr Sara Mansfield Robyn Gulline Meagan Baker Jayden Smith Peter Murrihy Ian Ross Susan Laukens # Pat Murnane Claudia Haenel Latrobe City Golden Plains Belinda Moloney David Bowe Dan Clancey Shire Dale Harriman Owen Sharkey Greater Hume City Darren Howe Les Rowe Shepparton City Carly Moore Kellie O’Callaghan Helena Kirby Seema Abdullah Joseph Haweil Graeme # Joanne Gilbert Kim O’Keefe Jodi Jackson Middlemiss # Nathan Hansford Fern Summer Jack Medcraft Bradley Law Brett Cunningham # Dinny Adem Naim Kurt Sharon Gibson Ian Getsom # Shelley Sutton Karen Sherry # Darrell White Gavin Gamble Robert Priestly # Drew Jessop # Alan McFarlane Clayton Whitfield Shane Sali # Ann Potter Tracie Lund Gregory James Jim Overend Melissa Ferguson Greater Bendigo Geoff Dobson Jarrod Bell City Anthony Brophy Trevor Dance Loddon Shire Rod Fyffe Sam Spinks Chris Hollow Neil Beattie Margaret O’Rourke Sam Misho Gavan Holt Jennifer Alden Hepburn Shire # Colleen Condliffe Andrea Metcalf Don Henderson Indigo Shire Dan Straub # George Flack # Licia Kokocinski Jenny O’Connor Wendy Murphy # Suzie Hawke # Fiona Robson Sophie Price Linda Jungwirth # Malcolm # John Cottrell Bernard Gaffney Pethybridge Brian Hood Larry Goldsworthy Macedon Ranges Gregory Penna Jen Bray Diane Shepheard Shire Matthew Evans Lesley Hewitt Peter Croucher Janet Pearce Vaughan Williams Tessa Halliday Roberta Horne Jennifer Anderson David Fagg Tim Drylie Bill West Julie Sloan Juliet Simpson Kingston City # Henry Bleeck Georgina Oxley # Natasha Gayfer Greater Hindmarsh Shire Tamsin Bearsley Mark Ridgeway Dandenong City Rob Gersch David Eden Rob Guthrie Jim Memeti Ron Ismay Steve Staikos Dominic Bonanno Angela Long Debra Nelson George Hua Anne Moore Sean O’Reilly # Ron Lowe # Rosemary West Annette Death Loi Truong Melanie Albrecht # Geoff Gledhill Geoff Neil Tim Dark Brett Ireland # Tamara Barth Sophie Tan (1x vacancy) Cameron Howe Manningham City # Zaynoun Melham By election to Tracey Davies Andrew Conlon # Maria Sampey occur Tim Cochrane Anna Chen Rhonda Garad Chris Hill Geoff Gough Bob Milkovic Hobsons Bay City Hadi Saab Michelle Kleinert Lana Formoso Peter Hemphill Jenna Davey- # Paul McLeish Eden Foster Tony Briffa Burns # Dot Haynes Richard Lim Jonathon Marsden # Mike Matt Tyler Knox City Zafiropoulos Greater Geelong Diana Grima Nicole Seymour Tomas Lightbody City Daria Kellander Marcia Timmers- Deirdre Diamante Stephanie Asher Pamela Sutton- Leitch Laura Mayne Jim Mason Legaud Lisa Cooper Carli Lange Trent Sullivan Darren Pearce Stephen Mayne Kylie Grzybek Horsham Rural # Peter Lockwood Anthony Aitken City # John Mortimore Mansfield Shire Bruce Harwood Les Power Yvonne Allred Paul Sladdin # Harry Ashleigh Moonee Valley Paul Mercurio Westendorp Vandenberg City Kerri McCafferty James Tehan Julie Shannon Samantha Byrne Debra Mar Mark Holcombe John Sipek Rohan Webb Mildura Rural City Cam Nation Mount Alexander Steve Rabie Glenn Milne Narelle Sharpe Shire Jason Modica # Andrea Surace Christine Maribyrnong City Helen Healy # 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