2008 Australian Capital Territory election

none April 2022 March 2024 2008 Australian Capital Territory election Australian Capital Territory parliamentary no Primary 2004 Australian Capital Territory election 2004 2012 Australian Capital Territory election 2012 All 17 seats of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly 9 18 October 2008 90.4 ( 2.4 pp) 2008 Australian Capital Territory election#Polling JonStanhope2006.jpg 135 130 170 5 5 center Jon Stanhope 19 March 1998 Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch) Ginninderra 9 seats 7 2 79,126 37.4% 9.4 Zed Seselja.jpg 130 130 170 5 0 center Zed Seselja 13 December 2007 Liberal Party of Australia (A.C.T. Division) Molonglo 7 seats 6 1 66,855 31.6% 3.2 ACT Greens Parliamentary Convenor Meredith Hunter.JPG 130 130 170 5 0 center Meredith Hunter October 2008 ACT Greens Ginninderra 1 seat 4 3 33,057 15.6% 6.3 2008 Australian Capital Territory Election Map.svg 300px Results by electorate Chief Minister Resulting Chief Minister Jon Stanhope Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch) Jon Stanhope Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch) Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday, 18 October 2008. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Jon Stanhope, was challenged by the Liberal Party, led by Zed Seselja. Candidates were elected to fill three multi-member electorates using a single transferable vote method, known as the Hare-Clark system. The result was another hung parliament with Labor winning seven seats, the Liberals six seats and the Greens finishing with four seats, giving the Greens the balance of power in the 17-member unicameral Assembly. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/29/2404885.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090328191833/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/29/2404885.htm dead 28 March 2009 ACT election officially declared ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation 29 October 2008 16 July 2010 http://www.abc.net.au/elections/act/2008/ ACT 2008 - ABC elections Australian Broadcasting Corporation 18 October 2008 16 July 2010Williams, George http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/case-for-a-new-umpire/1343284.aspx Case for a new umpire The Canberra Times Fairfax Media 25 October 2008 16 July 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102807/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/case-for-a-new-umpire/1343284.aspx July 6, 2011 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/25/2401247.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20081027115812/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/25/2401247.htm dead 27 October 2008 Greens take extra seat in ACT election ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation 25 October 2008 16 July 2010 On 31 October 2008, after almost two weeks of deliberations, the Greens chose to support a Labor minority government. http://news.theage.com.au/national/labor-to-form-minority-government-in-act-20081031-5fea.html Labor to form minority government in ACT The Age Fairfax Media 31 October 2008 16 July 2010Stockman, David http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/political/greens-nod-sees-stanhope-keep-job/1349315.aspx Greens' nod sees Stanhope keep job The Canberra Times Fairfax Media 1 November 2008 16 July 2010 dead https://archive.today/20110811012328/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/political/greens-nod-sees-stanhope-keep-job/1349315.aspx 11 August 2011 http://act.greens.org.au/sites/greens.org.au/files/alp-greens-agreement.pdf Parliamentary Agreement for the 7th Legislative Assembly for the ACT 31 October 2008 16 July 2010 Consequently, Labor was re-elected to a third consecutive term of government in the ACT. Stanhope was elected Chief Minister at the first sitting of the seventh Assembly on 5 November 2008. http://www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/2009/week01/4.htm Legislative Assembly for the ACT - Week 1 ACT Hansard ACT Legislative Assembly 5 November 2008 8 August 2010 The election was conducted by the ACT Electoral Commission. Key dates http://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/2008/timetable_08.html Election timetable ACT Legislative Assembly election - 2008 ACT Electoral Commission 2008 8 August 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090930004902/http://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/2008/timetable_08.html September 30, 2009 Last day to lodge applications for party register: 30 June 2008 Party registration closed: 11 September 2008 Pre-election period commenced and nominations opened: 12 September 2008 Rolls closed: 19 September 2008 Nominations closed: 24 September 2008 Nominations declared and ballot paper order determined: 25 September 2008 Pre-poll voting commenced: 29 September 2008 Polling day: 18 October 2008 Scrutiny completed: 25 October 2008 Poll declared: 29 October 2008 Legislative Assembly formed: 5 November 2008 Overview The incumbent centre-left Labor Party, led by Chief Minister Jon Stanhope, attempted to win re-election for a third term after coming to power in 2001. They were challenged by the opposition centre-right Liberal Party, led by Zed Seselja, who assumed the Liberal leadership in December 2007. A third party, the ACT Greens, held one seat in the Assembly through retiring MLA Deb Foskey. The election saw all 17 members of the Assembly face re-election, with members being elected by the Hare-Clark system of proportional representation. The Assembly is divided into three electorates: five-member Brindabella (including Tuggeranong and parts of the Woden Valley) and Ginninderra (including Belconnen and suburbs) and seven-member Molonglo (including North Canberra, South Canberra, Gungahlin, Weston Creek, and the remainder of the Woden Valley). Election dates are set in statute to occur once every four years; the government has no ability to set the election date. Following the 2004 election outcome, Labor held 9 seats, becoming the first majority government in the territory's history. The opposition Liberal Party held 7 seats, with the Greens holding a further one. The Liberal numbers in the Assembly dropped to six in December 2007 when former Shadow Treasurer Richard Mulcahy was expelled from the party and began sitting as an independent. The opposition thus would have needed to win a further three seats, on top of regaining Mulcahy's seat, to hold government in its own right. The Liberal campaign suffered early problems in February 2008 when a number of prominent Liberal Party and business figures, including popular former Chief Minister Kate Carnell and high-profile businessman and former party finance director Jim Murphy, relaunched the 250 Club, previously a Liberal fundraising group, as the independent Canberra Business Club. The new organisation pledged to support minor party and independent pro-business candidates in the election, citing their disillusion with both major parties and the need for a third political force in the Assembly.Alexander, Cathy Business gives up on ACT Liberals The Canberra Times 27 January 2008 Fairfax Media http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/business-gives-up-on-act-liberals/285420.aspx?storypage=0 8 October 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111109220314/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/business-gives-up-on-act-liberals/285420.aspx?storypage=0 November 9, 2011 At the same time, their best prospect for winning Mulcahy's seat of Molonglo, the Liberal candidate for Fraser in the previous Federal election, Troy Williams, withdrew.August 2010 Polling Conducted by Patterson Market Research, and published in The Canberra Times, polling released on 4 October suggested the Green vote had doubled to tripled since the last election, at the expense of Labor, with the Liberal vote relatively unchanged. Commentators predicted the Greens would hold the balance of power and decide who forms government. The Greens stated they were willing to court both major parties.McLennan, David http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/stanhope-will-need-greens-to-hold-power/1325254.aspx Stanhope will need Greens to hold power The Canberra Times Fairfax Media 4 October 2008 16 July 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091027145634/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/stanhope-will-need-greens-to-hold-power/1325254.aspx October 27, 2009 McLennan, David http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/poll-results-no-comfort-to-labor-or-liberals/1325259.aspx Poll results no comfort to Labor or Liberals The Canberra Times Fairfax Media 4 October 2008 16 July 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091027145520/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/poll-results-no-comfort-to-labor-or-liberals/1325259.aspx October 27, 2009 McLennan, David http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/political/stanhope-slumps/1325512.aspx Stanhope Slump The Canberra Times Fairfax Media 5 October 2008 16 July 2010 dead https://archive.today/20110807060009/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/political/stanhope-slumps/1325512.aspx 7 August 2011 Scanning of ballot papers In the 2001 and 2004 elections, after the first manual count of paper ballots the preferences were data entered for distribution. For the 2008 election, paper ballots were scanned and character recognition software used to identify preferences. Any preferences that could not be identified by the software were entered manually.http://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/BallotPaperScanning.html Scanning of ballot papers ACT Electoral Commission dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081021051628/http://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/BallotPaperScanning.html October 21, 2008 Candidates Sitting members at the time of the election are listed in bold. Tickets that elected at least one MLA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).http://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/2008/candidates_08.html 2008 Election Candidate list ACT Electoral Commission 2008 8 August 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090930004843/http://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/2008/candidates_08.html September 30, 2009 Retiring members Labor Wayne Berry (Ginninderra) Alexander, Cathy Labor Member to quit politics The Canberra Times 24 January 2008 Fairfax Media Karin MacDonald (Brindabella) Alexander, Cathy Labor to reveal ACT poll hopefuls The Canberra Times 4 March 2008 Fairfax Media Liberal Bill Stefaniak (Ginninderra) http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/26/2346611.htm https://archive.today/20121231061047/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/26/2346611.htm dead 31 December 2012 Stefaniak quits politics ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation 26 August 2008 16 July 2010 Greens Deb Foskey (Molonglo) Rudra, Natasha Foskey moving to greener pastures The Canberra Times 31 May 2008 Fairfax Media Brindabella Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesGreens candidatesMotorist candidatesCAP candidates    Joy Burch* Mick Gentleman John Hargreaves* Tracey Macket Wayne SieversSteve Doszpot* David Morgan Steve Pratt Audrey Ray Brendan Smyth*Amanda Bresnan* Sue EllermanBen Doble Burl Doble Brian McLachlan Geoff Rake Bruce Ritchie Val Jeffery James Sizer Ginninderra Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesGreens candidatesMotorist candidatesCAP candidatesUngrouped candidates      Chris Bourke Adina Cirson Mary Porter* Dave Peebles Jon Stanhope*Alistair Coe* Vicki Dunne* Jacqui Myers Andrea Tokaji Matthew WattsJames Higgins Meredith Hunter*Deborah Hannigan Chris Seddon Andrew Simmington Denis Walford Wayne WhitingMike Crowther Roger Nicoll Jane Tullis Harold Hird (Ind) Cathy McIlhoney (Ind) Mark Parton (Ind) Adam Verwey (Ind) Darren Churchill (-) Eddie Sarkis (-) Barry Smith (Ind) Molonglo Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Greens were defending one seat. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesGreens candidatesMotorist candidatesCAP candidates     Andrew Barr* Eleanor Bates Simon Corbell* Louise Crossman Katy Gallagher* Mike Hettinger David MathewsBelinda Barnier Jacqui Burke Jeremy Hanson* Giulia Jones Gary Kent Zed Seselja* Clinton WhiteElena Kirschbaum Caroline Le Couteur* Shane Rattenbury*David Cumbers Kim Evans Stuart Green Angus Laburn Darren O'Neil Stephen Rowland Anthony SeddonAlvin Hopper Owen Saddler Nancy-Louise Scherger Norvan VogtMulcahy candidatesLDP candidatesPangallo candidatesUngrouped candidates  Joanne Allen Richard Mulcahy Ben O'NeillDavid McAlary David PinkertonLuciano Lombardo Frank Pangallo Phil ThompsonHelen Cross (Ind) Tony Farrell (Ind) Greg Tannahill (-) Kerri Taranto (Ind) Results Results of the Australian Capital Territory election, 2008 File:2008 ACT Legislative Assembly.svg 243471 8370 2.4 1.1 Labor 79126 9.45 7 2 Liberal 66855 2.58 6 1 Greens 33057 6.32 4 3 #cd5c5c Motorists 10553 New 0 New #e0922e Community Alliance 7730 New 0 New Independents 6961 1.44 0 0 Pangallo Independents 4252 New 0 New Others Mulcahy Canberra Party 2341 New 0 New Liberal Democratic Party 774 0.94 0 0 https://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections_and_voting/past_act_legislative_assembly_elections/2008_election/elections_results/results_by_electorate_and_by_party 2008 Election results 6 January 2015 Elections ACT 25 August 2018 + Results by electorate Brindabella Ginninderra Molonglo Party Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Labor 23,123 36.5 2 24,119 40.2 2 31,884 36.1 3 Liberal 22,364 35.3 2 16,683 27.8 2 27,808 31.5 2 Greens 8,600 13.6 1 8,350 13.9 1 16,107 18.2 2 Motorist Party 4,418 7.0 0 3,684 6.1 0 2,451 2.8 0 Community Alliance 4,829 7.6 0 1,897 3.2 0 1,004 1.1 0 Independent — — — 5,316 8.9 0 1,645 1.9 0 Pangallo Independents — — — — — — 4,252 4.8 0 Mulcahy Canberra Party — — — — — — 2,341 2.7 0 Liberal Democrats — — — — — — 774 0.9 0 Electorate Seats held Brindabella           Ginninderra           Molonglo               At the close of counting on election night 18 October 2008, with 82.1 per cent of the vote counted Labor had obtained 37.6 per cent of the vote across the ACT, with the Liberals at 31.1 per cent and the Greens at 15.8 per cent. Swings were recorded against both the Labor (-9.3 per cent) and Liberal (-3.7 per cent) parties with a +6.6 per cent swing towards the Greens. Labor won 7 seats, the Liberals won 6 seats, while the Greens won 4 seats, giving them the balance of power, and negotiated with both major parties for the formation of a minority government. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/act/2008/ 2008 Australian Capital Territory Election Australian Broadcasting Corporation 18 October 2008 16 July 2010 After almost two weeks of deliberations, the Greens chose to form a minority government with Labor. The ACT Electoral Commission determined and announced the election's final results on 25 October 2008 after distribution of preferences.http://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/2008/elected_08.html 2008 Election List of elected candidates ACT Electoral Commission 2008 8 August 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090930004936/http://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/2008/elected_08.html September 30, 2009 In Brindabella, Labor lost one of its three seats to Greens candidate Amanda Bresnan. Government minister John Hargreaves was re-elected, but Labor backbencher Mick Gentleman was beaten by another Labor candidate, Joy Burch. For the Liberal Party, former leader Brendan Smyth was re-elected, but shadow minister Steve Pratt lost his seat to party colleague Steve Doszpot. Labor also lost a seat in Ginninderra, where Greens candidate Meredith Hunter was elected. Chief Minister Jon Stanhope and Labor MLA Mary Porter were both re-elected, and on the Liberal ticket sitting MLA Vicki Dunne was joined by Alistair Coe, who replaced retiring Bill Stefaniak. In seven-member Molonglo, the Liberals lost one seat to the Greens. Labor ministers Katy Gallagher, Andrew Barr and Simon Corbell all won re-election, as did Liberal leader Zed Seselja. Sitting MLA Jacqui Burke lost to Jeremy Hanson for the second Liberal seat. The Greens increased their representation in this seat to two, electing new MLAs Shane Rattenbury and Caroline Le Couteur, the latter at the expense of Liberal-turned-Independent MLA Richard Mulcahy. See also Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, 2008–2012 References External links List of candidates for the 2008 ACT Legislative Assembly election ACT Legislative Assembly - List of Members (1989 - 2008) ACT Electoral Commission - 2008 ACT Legislative Assembly election https://web.archive.org/web/20121023001001/http://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections_and_voting/past_act_legislative_assembly_elections/2008_election 23 October 2012 Category:2008 elections in Australia 2008 Category:October 2008 in Australia Category:2000s in the Australian Capital Territory