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DAREBIN INDEPENDENT OBSERVER

CANDIDATES

See the end of the page for the key to the codes F2016, NCI2020 etc.

NORTH WEST WARD

Adam Bottomley - Victorian Socialists
Gaetano Greco - Independent (former Labor)
Sofia Kotanadis - Labor members for Darebin - SL from Darebin Ethnic Communities Council
Douglas Leitch - Labor - SL (former Reason) - NCI2020
Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins - Reason
Alec Wilmot - Greens

NORTH EAST WARD

Bryony Edwards - Save the Planet
Steven Chang - Victorian Socialists
Greg Chiminello - NCI2020
Adam Cursio - Independent (conservative)
Tim Laurence - Labor members for Darebin - SL
David Lee - Greens
Kush Singh - NCI2020
Lutvi Tair - F2016 & NCI2020

NORTH CENTRAL WARD

Seb Evans - Victorian Socialists
Monique Keel - Greens
Louise Kenney-Shen - Labor - U
Alice Maddenini - F2016 & NCI2020
Benny Pascuzzi - NCI2020
Jessica Sullivan - Independent (centre)
Melanie Triantafillidis - F2016 & NCI2020
Julie Williams - Labor Members for Darebin - SL (former Independent)

WEST WARD

Samuel Fontana (son of former councillor Vince Fontana) - NCI2020
Isabel Jackson - Labor members for Darebin - SL
George Kanjere - Victorian Socialists
John Mercuri - F2016 & NCI2020
Susanne Newton - Greens
Vasilios Tsalkos - Independent

CENTRAL WARD

Brendan Cameron - Independent (alignment unknown)
Peter Gonis - Labor members for Darebin - SL
Jim Shen - Independent (Labor member)
Omar Hassan - Victorian Socialists
Esther Kennedy - Greens
Lina Messina - Independent (centre)
Nalliah Suriyakumaran - from Darebin Ethnic Communities Council (see statement here)
Craig Walters - formerly with DADA, former Greens, running on a ‘de-growth’ platform.

SOUTH WEST WARD

Ali Hogg - Victorian Socialists
Archibald Maclean - Liberal Democrats
Trent McCarthy - Greens
Nick McCubbin late addition to the Labor Members for Darebin (R) ticket, (member of DADA, stood without ALP support in 2016)
Brian Sangahan - Independent (former Labor, and former Greens)
Adrian Whitehead - Save the Planet (former Greens)

SOUTH CENTRAL WARD

Ross Dabscheck - F2016 & NCI20
Harriet De Kok - Greens
Agapi Pashos - Independent (alignment unknown)
Susan Rennie - Independent (progressive), formerly with DADA
Roz Ward - Victorian Socialists
Peter Willis - Labor members for Darebin
Ash Verma - Labor members for Darebin - U
Kathy Zisiadis - Independent (alignment unknown)

SOUTH EAST WARD

Emily Dimitriades - Labor members for Darebin - SL
Jess Lenehan - Victorian Socialists
Julie O’Brien - Greens
Philip Sutton - Save the Planet
Oliver Walsh - Independent (Liberal Party)

SOUTH WARD

Zac Galbally - NCI2020
Tom Hannan - Greens
Chiara Lawry - Labor members for Darebin - SL
Hugh Morris-Dalton - Independent
Liam Ward - Victorian Socialists

ALP factional alignments: “SL” = Socialist Left, “R” = Right, “U” = Unaligned. The factional alignments are to the best of my knowledge - please let me know if any need to be corrected. Note that no ALP members have been formally endorsed by their party.

F2016 - is a note for candidates who fed their preferences to predominantly ALP candidates in the 2016 election. They did not participate in any public meetings and their campaign material was minimal.

NCI2020 - is a note for candidates who have not provided contact information with their nomination and/or for whom I can’t find a campaign website or Facebook page. Potentially a feeder candidate.

Party affiliations will be listed in circumstances where membership is current, and as “former” where the person is believed to have stood for election while a member of that party.

VEC Contact information for candidates can be found here.

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