2001 Victorian local elections
17 March 2001
Registered181,108
Turnout78.48%
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
Leader N/A N/A N/A
Party Independents Labor Liberal
Last election [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 1]
Seats won 23 2 2
Popular vote 118,987 8,718 8,578

The 2001 Victorian local elections were held on 17 March 2001 to elect the councils of 3 of the 78 local government areas in Victoria, Australia.[1]

Elections occurred in the City of Greater Geelong, Borough of Queenscliffe and Surf Coast Shire. Queenscliffe and Surf Coast remained entirely independent-held, while Greater Geelong ended up under no overall control.[1]

Until 2008, local elections in Victoria were conducted periodically, meaning 75 councils were not up for election in 2001.[2]

Results

Council votes

Party Votes  % Swing Seats Change
  Independents 118,987 85.94 23
  Labor 8,718 6.30 2
  Liberal 8,578 6.20 2
  Independent Liberal 2,169 1.56 1 Increase 1
 Total formal votes 138,452 97.42
 Informal votes 3,673 2.58
 Total 142,125 100.0 28
 Registered voters / Turnout 181,108 78.48

By-elections

Eight separate by-elections, the majority conducted by the Victorian Electoral Commission, were held for various LGAs throughout 2001.[1]

Council Ward Before Change Result after preference distribution
Councillor Party Cause Date Date Party Candidate %
Glenelg Grant Riding 20 January 2001 Independent Robert Halliday 55.24
Independent Don Ward 44.76
Macedon Ranges Campaspe 24 February 2001 Independent Marty Evans 55.71
Independent Ronda Walker 44.29
Moira Unsubdivided 21 April 2001 Independent Bary Franklin N/A
Elected unopposed
Kingston Patterson River 25 August 2001 Independent Trevor Shewan 55.26
Independent Jennifer Wilcox[lower-alpha 2] 25.16
Yarra Nicholson Ray Thomas Labor Resignation July 2001 6 October 2001 Greens Gurm Sekhon 59.37
Labor Magnus Beugelaar 40.63
Moreland Hoffman Andy Ingham Independent Death 22 July 2001 October 2001 Labor Joe Caputo
Maroondah Clocktower 1 December 2001 Independent Paul Denham 66.21
Independent Paul MacDonald 33.79
Greater Bendigo Whipstick 15 December 2001 Independent Julian Hood 55.71
Independent Bob Hynes 44.29

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 This only includes the 3 councils up for election in 2001, not councillors in the remaining 75 councils.
  2. ↑ Second-placed out of three candidates as the by-election did not require full preference distribution.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.
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