Solway Ward - Revision history

Philip: Updated councillor

2026-04-09T02:25:56Z

Updated councillor

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	\| created = 1996		\| created = 1996
	\| cr = [[~~Garry Thompson~~]]~~<ref name="TimSmithFacebook">Tim Smith MP, Member for Kew. https://web.archive.org/web/20171013034215/https://www.facebook.com/TimSmithKew/posts/1836402893260281, accessed: 21 February 2017</ref>~~		\| cr = [[John Friend-Pereira]]
	\| cr-party = Liberal		\| cr-party = Liberal
	\| namesake = Named for locality and local post office south-east of Camberwell<ref name="WardNameHistory">City of Boroondara. ''History of Ward Names''. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312070925/https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/our-city/history/ward-names, accessed: 13 October 2017</ref>		\| namesake = Named for locality and local post office south-east of Camberwell<ref name="WardNameHistory">City of Boroondara. ''History of Ward Names''. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312070925/https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/our-city/history/ward-names, accessed: 13 October 2017</ref>
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	!colspan="2"\|Member!!Party!!Term		!colspan="2"\|Member!!Party!!Term
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			\| {{Australian political party colours/Australian Greens}}\|
			\| [[John Friend-Pereira]]
			\| [[Wikipedia:Australian Greens\|Greens]]
			\| 2024—present
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	\| {{Australian political party colours/Liberal}}\|		\| {{Australian political party colours/Liberal}}\|
	\| [[Garry Thompson]]		\| [[Garry Thompson]]
	\| [[Wikipedia:Liberal Party of Australia\|Liberal]]<ref name="BRAG2016Survey">[[Boroondara Residents Action Group]]. ''Results for Survey of Candidates for Council 2016''. 11 October 2016. http://web.archive.org/web/20161106011830/http://www.marvellousmelbourne.org.au/moodle/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=239, accessed: 6 November 2016</ref>		\| [[Wikipedia:Liberal Party of Australia\|Liberal]]<ref name="BRAG2016Survey">[[Boroondara Residents Action Group]]. ''Results for Survey of Candidates for Council 2016''. 11 October 2016. http://web.archive.org/web/20161106011830/http://www.marvellousmelbourne.org.au/moodle/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=239, accessed: 6 November 2016</ref><ref name="TimSmithFacebook">Tim Smith MP, Member for Kew. https://web.archive.org/web/20171013034215/https://www.facebook.com/TimSmithKew/posts/1836402893260281, accessed: 21 February 2017</ref>
	\| ~~2016—present~~		\| 2016—2024
	\|-		\|-
	\| {{Australian political party colours/Australian Labor Party}}\|		\| {{Australian political party colours/Australian Labor Party}}\|

Philip: Updated electors

2021-02-05T10:23:24Z

Updated electors

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	\| cr-party = Liberal		\| cr-party = Liberal
	\| namesake = Named for locality and local post office south-east of Camberwell<ref name="WardNameHistory">City of Boroondara. ''History of Ward Names''. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312070925/https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/our-city/history/ward-names, accessed: 13 October 2017</ref>		\| namesake = Named for locality and local post office south-east of Camberwell<ref name="WardNameHistory">City of Boroondara. ''History of Ward Names''. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312070925/https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/our-city/history/ward-names, accessed: 13 October 2017</ref>
	\| electors = 12,~~547~~		\| electors = 11,198
	\| electors_year = ~~2016~~		\| electors_year = 2020
	\| electors_footnotes = <ref>Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Boroondara City Council election results ~~2016~~''. November ~~2016~~. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/~~Results~~/~~Council2016~~/~~BoroondaraResult.html~~, accessed: ~~13 October 2017~~</ref>		\| electors_footnotes = <ref name="VEC2020electionresults">Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Boroondara City Council election results 2020''. November 2020. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/results/2020-council-election-results/boroondara-city-council, accessed: 5 February 2021</ref>
	\| area = 6.03<ref name="VEC2015SubdivisionReport">Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Final Report - 2015 Boroondara City Council Subdivision Review''. October 2015. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/files/RepReviews/BoroondaraFinalReport2015.pdf, accessed: 13 October 2017</ref>		\| area = 6.03<ref name="VEC2015SubdivisionReport">Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Final Report - 2015 Boroondara City Council Subdivision Review''. October 2015. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/files/RepReviews/BoroondaraFinalReport2015.pdf, accessed: 13 October 2017</ref>
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	! colspan="4" \| ~~1996—2017~~		! colspan="4" \| 1996—2020
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	!colspan="2"\|Member!!Party!!Term		!colspan="2"\|Member!!Party!!Term

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{{Infobox ward
| name = Solway
| council = bor
| image =
| image_upright =
| image_alt =
| caption =
| created = 1996
| cr = [[Garry Thompson]]<ref name="TimSmithFacebook">Tim Smith MP, Member for Kew. https://web.archive.org/web/20171013034215/https://www.facebook.com/TimSmithKew/posts/1836402893260281, accessed: 21 February 2017</ref>
| cr-party = Liberal
| namesake = Named for locality and local post office south-east of Camberwell<ref name="WardNameHistory">City of Boroondara. ''History of Ward Names''. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312070925/https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/our-city/history/ward-names, accessed: 13 October 2017</ref>
| electors = 12,547
| electors_year = 2016
| electors_footnotes = <ref>Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Boroondara City Council election results 2016''. November 2016. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/Council2016/BoroondaraResult.html, accessed: 13 October 2017</ref>
| area = 6.03<ref name="VEC2015SubdivisionReport">Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Final Report - 2015 Boroondara City Council Subdivision Review''. October 2015. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/files/RepReviews/BoroondaraFinalReport2015.pdf, accessed: 13 October 2017</ref>
| class =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Solway Ward''' is a [[wikipedia:Victorian Electoral Commission|Victorian Electoral Commission]] electoral division in the City of Boroondara.<ref>Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Boroondara City Council profile''. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/ElectoralBoundaries/boroondaraprofile.html, accessed: 13 October 2017</ref> The ward was proclaimed at the time of Boroondara's return to democratic government in 1996 and covers [[Ashburton]] and part of [[Glen Iris]].

==Councillors==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | 1996—2017
|-
!colspan="2"|Member!!Party!!Term
|-
| {{Australian political party colours/Liberal}}| 
| [[Garry Thompson]]
| [[Wikipedia:Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]<ref name="BRAG2016Survey">[[Boroondara Residents Action Group]]. ''Results for Survey of Candidates for Council 2016''. 11 October 2016. http://web.archive.org/web/20161106011830/http://www.marvellousmelbourne.org.au/moodle/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=239, accessed: 6 November 2016</ref>
| 2016—present
|-
| {{Australian political party colours/Australian Labor Party}}| 
| [[Kevin Chow]]
| [[Wikipedia:Australian Labor Party|Labor]]<ref>Boroondara Weekly Review. ''Friendly Fire for Solway Ward''. 24 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402164332/http://www.theweeklyreviewstonnington.com.au/story/354449/friendly-fire-for-solway-ward/?cs=12, accessed: 13 October 2017</ref>
| 2008—2016
|-
| {{Australian political party colours/Australian Labor Party}}| 
| [[Mary Halikias-Byrnes]]<ref>Higgins ALP. ''A Labor Party for the 21st Century''. http://web.archive.org/web/20161113091557/https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/54116580/21st-century, accessed: 13 November 2016 <small>(Archived from the original)</small></ref>
| Labor
| 2004—2008
|-
| {{Australian political party colours/Independent}}| 
| [[Keith Walter]]
| Independent
| 1996—2004
|}

==Electoral results==
{{Main|Electoral results for Solway Ward}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[Boroondara council election, 2016]]: Solway<ref name="VEC2016">Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Boroondara City Council 2016 Election''. http://web.archive.org/web/20160823002210/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/BoroondaraElection/, accessed: 13 October 2017 <small>(Archived from the original)</small></ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Garry Thompson<ref name="BRAG2016Survey" />
|party = Liberal
|votes = 4,471
|percentage = 45.76
|change = +19.61
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Brendan Eager
|party = Independent
|votes = 3,029
|percentage = 31.00
|change = +31.00
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Michael Doyle<ref name="BRAG2016Survey" />
|party = Liberal
|votes = 2,271
|percentage = 23.24
|change = +23.24
}}
{{Election box formal|
|votes = 9,771
|percentage = 97.83
|change = +0.23
}}
{{Election box informal|
|votes = 217
|percentage = 2.17
|change = -0.23
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,988
|percentage = 79.60
|change = +2.73
}}
{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Garry Thompson
|party = Liberal
|votes = 5,685
|percentage = 58.18
|change = +8.50
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Brendan Eager
|party = Independent
|votes = 4,086
|percentage = 41.82
|change = +41.82
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
<references />

{{Boroondara wards}}
{{City of Boroondara}}