| Milad El-Halabi | |
| Office: | Councillor of the City of Moreland for North-West Ward |
| Termend1: | 10 February 2022 |
| Termstart1: | 17 November 2020 |
| Predecessor1: | John Kavanagh |
| Successor1: | Monica Harte |
| Termend2: | 29 November 2008 |
| Termstart2: | 26 November 2004 |
| Predecessor2: | Ward created |
| Successor2: | Enver Erdogan |
| Party: | Independent Labor |
| Otherparty: | Labor (suspended in 2022) |
Milad El-Halabi JP is an Australian former politician. He was a councillor on the City of Moreland (now known as the City of Merri-bek) in Victoria from 2004 until 2008, and again from 2020 until 2022.[1]
In February 2022, El-Halabi resigned as a councillor after being charged with conspiracy to cheat and defraud for allegedly tampering with the council election in his ward.[2] It was later found that he had been unduly elected.[3]
El-Halabi was first elected to the City of Moreland in North-West Ward at the 2004 local elections. He was defeated in 2008, receiving 4.13% of the vote.[4]
He unsuccessfully contested the 2012 and 2016 local elections, receiving 3.22% and 3.78% of the vote respectively.[5]
At the 2020 local elections, El-Halabi returned to the council as the fourth councillor elected in North-West Ward.[1]
On 10 February 2022, El-Halabi was being charged by Victoria Police with conspiracy to cheat and defraud for allegedly tampering with the election in his ward.[2] He was suspended as a member of the Labor Party, then resigned as a councillor.[2] He was replaced via countback the following month by Socialist Alliance's Monica Harte.[6]
El-Halabi, his wife Dianna and his daughter Tania, were alleged to have stole multiple ballot papers and lodged them with the Victorian Electoral Commission, therefore prejudicing the election result.[7]
On 31 March 2023, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) found that El-Halabi was unduly elected, but the election of the 3 other councillors to North-West Ward was not affected by the inclusion of fraudulent ballots in the count.[3] El-Halabi continues to deny all allegations.[8]