The ACT Greens is a

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located in the

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(ACT), and a member of the federation of the Australian Greens. Both parties were formed in 1992, three years after the ACT achieved self-government in 1989. Since its formation the ACT Greens has had a significant presence in the

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, having formed minority or coalition governments with the ACT Labor Party since 2008.

History

1995–1998 Assembly Two Greens candidates, Lucy Horodny and Kerrie Tucker, were successful at the 1995 election, the first to be run under the Hare-Clark system. The election resulted in a hung parliament, but the Liberal Party was able to form government with two independents. 1998–2001 Assembly Kerrie Tucker was left as the only Greens member during this assembly, in which the Liberal Party again formed government with the help of independents. 2001–2004 Assembly Kerrie Tucker was once again the only Greens member during this assembly, in which the Labor Party formed a minority government with her support and that of Australian Democrat Roslyn Dundas. There was no formal parliamentary agreement between the three governing parties for this assembly. 2004–2008 Assembly This was the first ACT election since the enactment of a fixed four-year term. Deb Foskey was the sole Greens member of the assembly, in which the Labor Party held the majority. 2008–2012 Assembly Following the 2008 election, the ACT Greens held the balance of power in the 17-member Legislative Assembly, with four members (Amanda Bresnan, Meredith Hunter, Shane Rattenbury and Caroline Le Couteur), to

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's seven and the Liberals with six. After deliberations with both the Labor and Liberal parties, the Greens chose to support a Labor

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. 2012 - 2016 Assembly Following the 2012 ACT election,

Shane Rattenbury Shane Stephen Rattenbury (born 25 August 1971), is the Attorney-General of the ACT and former Speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly, and a member of the multi-member district unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly repr ...

was the only ACT Greens MLA to retain his seat in the Legislative Assembly., and entered into a power sharing arrangement to allow the Labor Party to once again form minority government. The agreement gave Shane Rattenbury the ministerial portfolios of Ageing; Housing; Corrections; and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, as well as Territory and Municipal Services in the

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and the

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. 2016–2020 Assembly Shane Rattenbury retained a seat in the expanded Legislative Assembly at the 2016 ACT election, and held the ministerial portfolios of Climate Change and Sustainability; Corrections and Justice Health; Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety; and Mental Health.

Caroline Le Couteur Caroline Le Couteur (born 1952) is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Molonglo for the ACT Greens at the 2008 election and defeated at the 2012 elec ...

was also reelected, after losing her seat in 2012. The Greens maintained their position in the balance of power for a third consecutive term, and the ACT Greens and ACT Labor parties signed another parliamentary agreement setting out the terms of their power-sharing arrangement in government. 2020–2024 Assembly

Electoral results

State

Federal

Members of Parliament

Current Legislative Assembly members

(2008–current) * Rebecca Vassarotti (2020–current) * Emma Davidson (2020–current) * Andrew Braddock (2020–current) * Jo Clay (2020–current) * Johnathan Davis (2020–current)

Previous Legislative Assembly members

* Lucy Horodny (1995–1998) *

Kerrie Tucker Kerrie Robyn Tucker (born 15 September 1948), former Australian politician, environmental and human rights activist, was a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the multi-member electorate of ...

(1995–2004) *

Deb Foskey Deborah Jane Foskey (12 November 1949 – 1 May 2020) was an Australian politician with the ACT Greens. Early life Foskey was born at Terang in rural Western Victoria, the second of a family of four. Her father worked for the Victorian Departm ...

(2004–2008) * Amanda Bresnan (2008–2012) * Meredith Hunter (2008–2012) *

(2008–2012, 2016–2020)

References

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