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2024 Victorian Local Elections
The 2024 Victorian local elections will be held in October 2024 to elect the councils of 78 of the 79 local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria, Australia. No election will be held for Moira Shire after the council was dismissed in March 2023 and a panel of administrators was appointed. The next election for Moira is scheduled to be held in October 2028. New councillors will be elected in Casey and Whittlesea for the first time since 2016 after the councils were dismissed in February and March 2020 respectively. 39 councils are set to be affected as a result of the Local Government Act 2020, which will see a large number of multi-member wards replaced with single-member wards. Background In February 2022, Labor councillor Milad El-Halabi resigned from Moreland City Council after being charged with conspiracy to cheat and defraud for allegedly tampering with the council elections. He was replaced via countback in March 2022 by Socialist Alliance's Monica Harte. On 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government Areas Of Victoria (state)
This is a list of local government in Australia, local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, sorted by region. Also referred to as municipalities, the 79 Victorian LGAs are classified as cities (34), shires (38), rural cities (6) and boroughs (1). In general, an urban or suburban LGA is called a city and is governed by a city council, while a rural LGA covering a larger rural area is usually called a shire and is governed by a shire council. Local councils have the same administrative functions and similar political structures, regardless of their classification. Melbourne, Greater Melbourne Regional Victoria Barwon South West Grampians (region), Grampians Gippsland Hume (region), Hume Loddon Mallee (Victoria), Mallee See also *Government of Australia *Australian Local Government Association *Municipal Association of Victoria References External links *Victorian Local Governance Association {{Politics of Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
