1996 Melbourne City Council election explained
| Country: | Melbourne |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 16 March 1996 |
| Next Election: | 1999 Melbourne City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
| Image1: | MF |
| Leader1: | Ivan Deveson |
| Party1: | Melbourne First |
| Lord Mayor |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent Lord Mayor |
| After Election: | Ivan Deveson |
| After Party: | Melbourne First |
The 1996 Melbourne City Council election was held on 16 March 1996 to elect nine councillors to the City of Melbourne. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Victoria, Australia.[1]
Melbourne was composed of four single-member wards using preferential voting, as well as a five-member council-wide ward using proportional representation, totalling nine councillors.[2] This system, knnown as "dual voting", existed only in Melbourne at the time and was considered by the state government to be a "special arrangement".[3]
Ivan Deveson led the business-supported "Melbourne First" group and was successful at getting elected.[4] Future lord mayor Peter Costigan ran unsuccessfully on the group's ticket.[5]
At the time, the position of Lord Mayor of Melbourne was not directly elected, and Devson was elected to the position by a vote of fellow councillors following the election.
Notes and References
- Web site: Penberthy . Jefferson . Welcome to Kennett Town . Australian Financial Review . 3 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240903104128/https://www.afr.com/companies/welcome-to-kennett-town-19960308-k6uhq . 3 September 2024 . 8 March 1996.
- Web site: 1996: New electoral arrangements for local government . City of Melbourne . 3 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240903103742/https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/council-mayor-and-lord-mayor-history . 3 September 2024.
- Web site: Burdess . Neil . O'Toole . Kevin . Elections and Representation in Local Government: A Victorian Case Study . ResearchGate.net . Australian Journal of Public Administration . 3 September 2024 . https://archive.today/20240903110157/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/251218026_Elections_and_Representation_in_Local_Government_A_Victorian_Case_Study . 3 September 2024 . June 2004.
- Web site: Crowded field for a golden prize . The Age . 3 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240903112217/https://www.theage.com.au/opinion/crowded-field-for-a-golden-prize-20041117-gdz0ea.html . 3 September 2024 . 17 November 2004.
- Web site: Placella . Laura . Melbourne’s 100th lord mayor Ivan Deveson dies, aged 90 . Herald Sun . 3 September 2024 . https://archive.today/20240902085653/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/melbournes-100th-lord-mayor-ivan-deveson-dies-aged-90/news-story/fbd7fffd6d9eae186e6c2e76d3f5a962?amp&nk=d5e70b3611355d05a958e03ad7d9e5f9-1725267422 . 2 September 2024 . 2 September 2024.
