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2 Candidates  



2.1  Team Clover  





2.2  Labor  





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2004 Sydney City Council election

← 1999 (Sydney)
2000 (South Sydney)
27 March 2004 2008 →
  First party Second party Third party
 
Clover Moore in May 2012.jpg
Candidate Clover Moore Michael Lee Shayne Mallard
Party Team Clover Labor Liberal

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 

IND

Candidate Chris Harris John Fowler Peter Collins
Party Greens Sydney Inds Ind. Liberal

Lord Mayor before election

Lucy Turnbull
Living Sydney

Subsequent Lord Mayor

Clover Moore
Team Clover

Councillors

All 10 seats on the City Council (including the lord mayor)
5 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Team Moore Clover Moore 4 +4
Labor Michael Lee 3
Liberal Shayne Mallard 1 +1
Greens Chris Harris 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2004 Sydney City Council election was held on 27 March 2004 to elect nine councillors and a lord mayor to the City of Sydney. The election was held as part of the statewide local government electionsinNew South Wales, Australia.[1][2]

The election followed the amalgamation of Sydney with the neighbouring City of South Sydney. Independent MP Clover Moore was elected lord mayor, becoming the first popularly elected female Lord Mayor of Sydney.[3][4]

Background[edit]

In 2002, parts of the City of South Sydney and Leichhardt were proposed to be merged with the City of Sydney. In 2003, Potts Point, Elizabeth Bay, Kings Cross, Darlinghurst, Chippendale, Ultimo and parts of Rushcutters Bay, Camperdown and Darlington were transferred from South Sydney to the City of Sydney. As the financial viability of the residual City of South Sydney was under threat as a result, the City of Sydney and the City of South Sydney were combined by proclamation on 6 February 2004.[5] The 2003 merger was perceived as an attempt to bring more working class Labor Party voters into the City of Sydney.[6][7]

Candidates[edit]

A total of 67 candidates stood for election, including 14 lord mayoral candidates.[8]

Lord mayoral candidates are listed in the order they appeared on the ballot:[9]

Party Candidate Background
  Liberal Shayne Mallard Former South Sydney councillor
  Democrats Spencer Wu Former Ashfield councillor who ran in the 1999 state election as leader of the Voice of the People Party[10][11]
  Independent Dixie Coulton Sydney councillor
  Independent Liberal Peter Collins Former Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales[12]
  Socialist Alliance Susan Price Unionist[13]
  Independent Phillip Daley
  Greens Chris Harris
  Sydney Independents John Fowler Former South Sydney mayor[10]
  Independent Tony Spanos Ferrymaster[14]
  Labor Michael Lee Former federal MP
  Independent Beverly Baker Former NSW Parents and Citizens Association president[15]
  Team Clover Clover Moore Independent MP for Bligh[16]
  Independent Ormond McDermott
  Independent Matt Laffan Lawyer and disability advocate[17]

Team Clover[edit]

On 24 February 2004, independent MP Clover Moore announced she would run for lord mayor, labelling the council's sacking a "cynical grab for power." Despite her ideological differences with Turnbull, she also sharply denounced the sacking of a democratically elected mayor.[18]

Moore formed the Clover Moore Independent team, which included six other candidates.[19]

Labor[edit]

Former federal MP Michael Lee contested as Labor's lord mayoral candidate. He officially announced his candidacy on 3 March 2004.[20]

Liberal[edit]

Former South Sydney councillor Shayne Mallard contested the election as the first-ever endorsed Liberal Party lord mayoral candidate.[21]

Others[edit]

The Greens contested the lord mayoralty for the first time, with Chris Harris as their candidate.[22] The Australian Democrats and Socialist Alliance both endorsed candidates.[23][24]

Incumbent Sydney councillor Dixie Coulton, a former Living Sydney and Sydney Independents member, was one of six independent candidates.[25][26]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Local Government Areas". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 27 March 2004.
  • ^ "Local Government Mayoral Election Results". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 27 March 2004.
  • ^ "Clover, the maverick mayor". Sydney Morning Herald. 28 March 2004. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  • ^ "2004 Elections Detailed results". New South Wales Electoral Commission.
  • ^ "Records of Councils Absorbed by Sydney City Council". City of Sydney. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  • ^ The Guardian Archived 3 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Communist Party of Australia. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  • ^ O'Rourke, C. Costly loss for South Sydney as court rules on council turf war, Sydney Morning Herald, 21 August 2001.
  • ^ "Ted Mack defends Moore over mayoral salary". Sydney Morning Herald.
  • ^ "Sydney Council" (PDF). New South Wales Electoral Commission.
  • ^ a b "They all want a piece of this". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 5 April 2024.
  • ^ "Electoral Matters: Ashfield Council". Parliament of Australia. 7 March 2001.
  • ^ "Libs unhappy with former leader's council tactics". ABC News. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016.
  • ^ "A preliminary observation on the NSW local government elections". marxist.org. 29 March 2004. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023.
  • ^ "Hawke's water hazard". Sydney Morning Herald.
  • ^ "Ted Mack defends Moore over mayoral salary". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 February 2004. Archived from the original on 5 April 2024.
  • ^ Webber, Graeme; Emma, Ambler (28 February 2004). "Independent MP is Sydney mayor". The Age. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
  • ^ "'Inspirational' disability activist Matt Laffan dies". ABC News. 2 March 2009.
  • ^ "Clover Moore tips the odds". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 February 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
  • ^ Webber, Graeme; Emma, Ambler (28 February 2004). "Independent MP is Sydney mayor". The Age. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
  • ^ "Former ALP Federal Minister Michael Lee launched his campaign for the Lord Mayorship of Sydney at the Redfern Town Hall on 3 March 2004". Nine Publishing.
  • ^ "Cars must park underground, says Liberal mayoral hopeful". Sydney Morning Herald.
  • ^ "Greens announce first ever Lord Mayor nominee for Sydney". AAP. 14 February 2004. Retrieved 2008-06-20.[dead link]
  • ^ "Inside party's plot to destroy Clover". Sydney Morning Herald.
  • ^ "A preliminary observation on the NSW local government elections". marxist.org. 29 March 2004. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023.
  • ^ "Now Deputy Dixie pulls the mayor's chains". 15 September 2003. Archived from the original on 5 April 2024.
  • ^ "Dixie Coulton latest: she's still Living". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 5 April 2024.

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