26-482: Like Canberra was a political party registered for the 2016 Australian Capital Territory election . It was formally registered on 28 June 2016. It fielded two candidates in each of the five electorates. The party's views included support for a bullet train between Canberra and Sydney , an Independent Commission Against Corruption, waiving one parking fine per year, increased wages for nurses, childcare workers and teachers, and marriage equality. They initially opposed
52-702: A coalition with the ACT Greens . Originally a part of the New South Wales Labor Party , the ALP National Conference established an autonomous ACT Branch in 1973. There have been four Labor Chief Ministers since self-government in 1989. The most recent is the current Chief Minister, Andrew Barr , who has served since 2014. The ACT Labor has been in Government since 2001. The current ACT Labor Platform notes that
78-512: A fifth term over the main opposition Liberal Party , led by opposition leader Jeremy Hanson . On election night, ABC analyst Antony Green predicted that Labor would once again form a minority government with the support of the Greens, with Liberal leader Hanson saying in a speech it would be very difficult for the Liberals to win government. On 22 October, the final list of elected candidates
104-570: A lack of consultation around the intersection between the parties. The Like Canberra party was deregistered in 2018. 2016 Australian Capital Territory election Andrew Barr Labor–Greens Coalition Andrew Barr Labor–Greens Coalition A general election for the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly was held on Saturday, 15 October 2016. The 15-year incumbent Labor Party , led by Chief Minister Andrew Barr , won
130-656: A successful no-confidence motion was moved against the Liberal-Residents Rally Alliance Government. ACT Elections were held in February 1992 and Labor was returned to power with the number of MLAs increased from five to eight, only one short of majority Government. After the 1995 and 1998 elections Labor formed the Opposition to a minority Liberal government. Labor won back Government on 20 October 2001 and retained government at
156-549: The 2012 ACT election , the Canberra party having been deregistered on 13 August 2013. Both Bullet Train for Australia and Like Canberra were headed by Tim Bohm; however, they are not officially related. The relationship between the parties is disputed, with three disgruntled Bullet Train for Australia members raising concerns about the party's endorsement of Like Canberra, party expenditure on the Like Canberra campaign, and
182-614: The Australian Labor Party (ACT Branch) and commonly referred to simply as ACT Labor , is the Australian Capital Territory branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The branch is the current ruling party in the ACT and is led by Andrew Barr, who has concurrently served as chief minister since 2014. It is one of two major parties in the unicameral ACT Legislative Assembly , and is currently in
208-478: The Canberra's light rail project , labelling it a "trojan horse" for developers along Northbourne Avenue ; they now state "it is going to happen", and support an investigation of the process and scrutiny of the ongoing rollout. The Like Canberra party had overlapping membership and goals with the federally-registered Bullet Train for Australia party, which had grown from a party named Bullet Train for Canberra in
234-573: The Senate in the vacancy left by Kate Lundy . She was replaced by her deputy Andrew Barr on 11 December 2014. The opposition, the Liberal Party , also had a change in leadership. Zed Seselja , the leader of the party since 2007, stood down on 11 February 2013, to challenge Liberal Party pre-selection for the Senate at the 2013 federal election . Seselja eventually won his pre-selection bid, and
260-583: 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 ). These electorates, were redistributed following the increase in the size of the Assembly to 25 seats. At the end of May 2015, the following electorates were announced: Election dates are set in statute with four-year fixed terms, to be held on
286-513: The unicameral parliament which consisted of three multi-member electorates, Brindabella (five seats), Ginninderra (five seats) and Molonglo (seven seats), using a proportional representation single transferable vote method known as the Hare-Clark system . On 5 August 2014, the Assembly voted to increase the size of the Assembly to 25 members, elected from five electorates of five seats each. The Hare-Clark system continued. The election
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#1732787038221312-723: The ACT Branch was elected junior vice-president of the ALP in 1979, thereby becoming the first woman to hold a national office bearer post in the Labor Party. In 1983 Ryan became the first Labor woman Federal Minister. In 1987 Ros Kelly became the first Labor woman Federal Minister in the House of Representatives. In 1989, Rosemary Follett became the first woman Chief Minister or Premier of any State or Territory in Australia, and then
338-402: The Greens after the 2012 election , where Labor won 8 seats, Liberal 8 seats, Greens 1 seat. The Greens retained their balance of power in the election despite losing the majority of their 4-seat representation, with sole remaining representative Shane Rattenbury entering the cabinet to form a coalition government. Gallagher resigned as Chief Minister and Labor leader on 5 December 2014 to enter
364-495: The first elections the ALP won only 4 out of the 18 positions. The Federal Liberal government held a referendum on self-government in 1978. The referendum was conducted in such a way as to ensure a negative outcome. Following the referendum, the ACT House of Assembly was created which had similar advisory powers to the old Legislative Assembly. In the 1979 and 1982 elections Labor won 8 of the 18 positions. The House of Assembly
390-623: The first woman in Australia's history to attend the Premiers Conference. While Canberra has largely been an exclusively Federal concern it has nevertheless had a partial elected Advisory Council since 1930. The ALP has endorsed candidates to the different versions of this body since its inception. In 1974 the Advisory Council was replaced by a fully elected advisory body titled the Legislative Assembly . In
416-526: The formation of the ACT Trades and Labour Council. During the 1940s the party continued to grow. It met monthly in either the Civic or Kingston Hotels. The party lobbied for federal representation and in 1949, Canberrans elected their first federal member. Initially an independent was elected but shortly after Jim Fraser won the seat for the ALP. Fraser held the seat for 19 years until his death. However he
442-3047: The light rail project was the major issue of the campaign. The election saw the Labor government returned, with the party claiming the result as an endorsement of the project. Twelve parties were registered with the ACT Electoral Commission as eligible for the October 2016 election, ten of which nominated candidates for the election. Five seats were up for election. Joy Burch * Angie Drake Mick Gentleman * Karl Maftoum Taimus Werner-Gibbings Ed Cocks Annette Fazey-Southwell Nicole Lawder * Mark Parton * Andrew Wall * Johnathan Davis Michael Mazengarb Ben Murphy Sarah O'Brien Robyn Soxsmith Matt Donnelly Jacob Gowor Greg Renet Vera Saragih Matt Straschko Timothy Friel Richard Tuffin Steven Bailey Monique Shepherd Claude Hastir Melissa Kemp Andrew Holt (Ind) Joel McKay (Ind) Five seats were up for election. Yvette Berry * Chris Bourke Tara Cheyne * Kim Fischer Gordon Ramsay * Vicki Dunne * Denise Fisher Elizabeth Kikkert * Ignatius Rozario Paul Sweeney Jason Chappel Indra Esguerra Richard Merzian Beth Gooch Mick Kaye Geoff Kettle Gilbert Reilly Alan Tutt Naomi Gowor Guy Jakeman Richard Harriss Sam Huggins Geoff Buckmaster Martin Tye Bernie Brennan ( AJP ) Ian Coombes (Ind) Vijay Dubey (Ind) David Edwards (Ind) Emmanuel Ezekiel-Hart (Ind) Kim Huynh (Ind) Vanessa Jones (Ind) Leigh Watson (Ind) Lea Zangl (Ind) Five seats were up for election. Andrew Barr * Josh Ceramidas Leah Dwyer Richard Niven Rachel Stephen-Smith * Candice Burch Brooke Curtin Steve Doszpot * Elizabeth Lee * Peter McKay Shane Rattenbury * Jill Thomsen Rebecca Vassarotti Richard Farmer Mike Hettinger Lucinda Spier Mark Ellis Michael O'Rourke Hugh Upton Chris Bucknell Maryann Mussared John Haydon Oliver Tye Jeff Isaacs ( AJP ) Marea Fatseas (Ind) Peter Robinson (Ind) Graeme Strachan (Ind) Five seats were up for election. Bec Cody * Mark Kulasingham Brendan Long Jennifer Newman Chris Steel * Jessica Adelan-Langford Jeremy Hanson * Peter Hosking Paul House Giulia Jones * Emma Davidson Jennifer Faerber Caroline Le Couteur * Deborah Field Jessica Montagne Michael Lindfield Nancy-Louise Scherger Fergus Brown Brendan Cumpston Roman Gowor Tom Hamer Alexander Klinkon Shelley Dickerson Rod Vickers Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch) The ACT Labor Party , officially known as
468-773: The objective of the party is social justice and the pursuit of a fair, just and equitable society. In 1930, the first ACT ALP Branch was established as part of the NSW party . The first meeting was held at the Friendly Society's hall at Kingston . The party endorsed candidates for the Advisory Council and also for the Canberra Community Hospital Board. In 1931, the Branch called a meeting of trade union representatives which resulted in
494-669: The preselection, but this was later overturned by the NSW Branch. During this time the Australian National University was a major source of members of the party and various academics were active participants in its affairs. For example, in 1968 the Canberra City (North) Branch had 118 members of which 13 were undergraduates, 14 were postgraduate students and 10 were academics. In 1973 the ALP National Conference established an autonomous ACT Branch and
520-426: The present structure was established. The ACT electorate was divided into two electorates of Canberra and Fraser (after Jim Fraser not Malcolm) and two Senate positions were established in 1974. The women's movement has exerted a strong influence on the ACT Branch. In 1974 Susan Ryan was preselected for the Senate and the Branch has a history of electing women as its candidates and party officials. Joan Taggart from
546-596: The third Saturday of October every four years. The opposition Liberal Party opposed the Light rail in Canberra project, so did the Like Canberra and Sustainable Australia . In April 2015, the Liberal party announced it would cancel any contracts for the light rail if it won the 2016 ACT election. A year out from the poll, the light rail project was already predicted to be the election's major issue. As predicted,
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#1732787038221572-557: Was abolished in 1987 to make way for a self-governing body. A fully autonomous Legislative Assembly was finally established in 1989 and Labor captured 5 of the 17 positions. As Labor was the largest party, Rosemary Follett, the Labor Assembly Leader, was able to form the first government. Rosemary Follett held office for 7 months until a coalition of Liberals and others organised a spill. Labor re-took power in June 1991 after
598-466: Was conducted by the ACT Electoral Commission . Of the 25 elected members, 13 were women, representing the first female parliamentary majority in Australian history. The incumbent Labor Party led by Chief Minister Andrew Barr attempted to win re-election for a fifth term in the unicameral ACT Legislative Assembly . Labor, led by Katy Gallagher , formed a minority coalition government with
624-801: Was confirmed; the Labor Party winning 12 seats, the Liberal Party 11 seats and the Greens 2 seats. Labor and the Greens subsequently signed off on a formal Parliamentary Agreement, which outlined shared policy priorities and allowed Greens leader Shane Rattenbury to retain a seat in the Cabinet whilst mandating that the Greens not move or support any motion of no confidence in the Labor Government, except in instances of gross misconduct or corruption. Prior to this election, candidates were elected to fill all 17 Legislative Assembly seats in
650-503: Was elected Senator for the Australian Capital Territory at the federal election. He was replaced as leader of the Liberal Party by Jeremy Hanson . All members of the unicameral Assembly faced re-election, with members being elected by the Hare-Clark system of proportional representation . The Assembly was previously divided into three electorates: five-member Brindabella (including Tuggeranong and parts of
676-556: Was limited to voting only on Territorial matters until 1966. In 1951, a second ACT Branch was established in Jervis Bay . A South Canberra Branch was established in 1957 which led to the establishment of a Canberra Federal Electorate Council of the NSW Branch. 1968 saw a challenge to the preselection of Jim Fraser within the ALP. The issue was the Vietnam War and it involved a North-South split. The contender Gordon Walsh won
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