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== Wards and results ==
== Wards and results ==
{|class="wikitable"
|-style="text-align:center"
| rowspan="2" | '''Ward'''
| colspan="4" | '''Pre-1988'''
| rowspan="2" | '''Swing'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Electoral results'''
| colspan="4" | '''Post-1988'''
|-style="text-align:center"
| colspan="2" | '''Party'''
| '''Councillor'''
| '''Margin'''<ref name="TheAge8Aug1988">The Age. ''Council results''. 8 August 1988. Melbourne. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EEARAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fZYDAAAAIBAJ&dq=podgor%20camberwell&pg=4464,5206340, accessed: 6 March 2017</ref>
| '''Margin'''
| '''Councillor'''
| colspan="2" | '''Party'''
|-
| [[Centre Ward|Centre]]
|
| Unknown
| [[L. Wegener]]
| style="text-align:right;"| ''Unknown''
| style="text-align:right;"| ''Unknown''
| [[Electoral results for Centre Ward|Results]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 11.15
| [[M. Jacombs]]
| {{Australian political party colours/Camberwell-Hawthorn Planning Watch}}
| [[Camberwell-Hawthorn Planning Watch]]<ref name="TheAge8Aug1988FrontPage"> McAsey, Jennifer. ''Podgor plan in doubt''. 8 August 1988. The Age: Melbourne. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EEARAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fZYDAAAAIBAJ&dq=podgor%20camberwell&pg=4464,5206340, accessed: 4 March 2017</ref>
|-
| [[North East Ward|North East]]
|
| Unknown
| [[Jim Rumpf]]
| style="text-align:right;"| ''Unknown''
| style="text-align:right;"| ''Unknown''
| [[Electoral results for North East Ward|Results]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 3.48
| [[J. Harrison]]
| {{Australian political party colours/Camberwell-Hawthorn Planning Watch}}
| [[Camberwell-Hawthorn Planning Watch]]<ref name="TheAge8Aug1988FrontPage" />
|-
| [[North West Ward|North West]]
|
| Unknown
| [[Wayne Bunte]]
| style="text-align:right;"| ''Unknown''
| style="text-align:right;"| ''Unknown''
| [[Electoral results for North West Ward|Results]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.65
| [[E. Tucker]]
| {{Australian political party colours/Camberwell-Hawthorn Planning Watch}}
| [[Camberwell-Hawthorn Planning Watch]]<ref name="TheAge8Aug1988FrontPage" />
|-
| [[South Ward|South]]
|
| Unknown
| [[M. Anderson]]
| style="text-align:right;"| ''Unknown''
| style="text-align:right;"| ''Unknown''
| [[Electoral results for South Ward|Results]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.66
| [[J. Jenner]]
| {{Australian political party colours/Camberwell-Hawthorn Planning Watch}}
| [[Camberwell-Hawthorn Planning Watch]]<ref name="TheAge8Aug1988FrontPage" />
|}
<small>† - election not held</small>
<small>‡ - incumbent councillor did not nominate for re-election</small>


== Campaign ==
== Campaign ==
The election was dominated by the approval of the controversial [[Podgor development]] in [[Camberwell]] in May. A local residents group, [[Camberwell-Hawthorn Planning Watch]], ran candidates in all four positions up for election and successfully ousted all councillors with their terms expiring who had voted in favour of the lease agreement.<ref>McAsey, Jennifer. ''Podgor plan in doubt''. 8 August 1988. The Age: Melbourne. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EEARAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fZYDAAAAIBAJ&dq=podgor%20camberwell&pg=4464,5206340, accessed: 4 March 2017</ref>
The election was dominated by the approval of the controversial [[Podgor development]] in [[Camberwell]] in May. A local residents group, [[Camberwell-Hawthorn Planning Watch]], ran candidates in all four positions up for election and successfully ousted all councillors with their terms expiring who had voted in favour of the lease agreement.


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 19:43, 6 March 2017

The 1988 Camberwell council election was held in August 1988.

Key dates

Wards and results

Ward Pre-1988 Swing Electoral results Post-1988
Party Councillor Margin[1] Margin Councillor Party
Centre Unknown L. Wegener Unknown Unknown Results 11.15 M. Jacombs bgcolor="#FFB400" Camberwell-Hawthorn Planning Watch[2]
North East Unknown Jim Rumpf Unknown Unknown Results 3.48 J. Harrison bgcolor="#FFB400" Camberwell-Hawthorn Planning Watch[2]
North West Unknown Wayne Bunte Unknown Unknown Results 1.65 E. Tucker bgcolor="#FFB400" Camberwell-Hawthorn Planning Watch[2]
South Unknown M. Anderson Unknown Unknown Results 7.66 J. Jenner bgcolor="#FFB400" Camberwell-Hawthorn Planning Watch[2]

† - election not held ‡ - incumbent councillor did not nominate for re-election


Campaign

The election was dominated by the approval of the controversial Podgor development in Camberwell in May. A local residents group, Camberwell-Hawthorn Planning Watch, ran candidates in all four positions up for election and successfully ousted all councillors with their terms expiring who had voted in favour of the lease agreement.

References

  1. The Age. Council results. 8 August 1988. Melbourne. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EEARAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fZYDAAAAIBAJ&dq=podgor%20camberwell&pg=4464,5206340, accessed: 6 March 2017
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 McAsey, Jennifer. Podgor plan in doubt. 8 August 1988. The Age: Melbourne. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EEARAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fZYDAAAAIBAJ&dq=podgor%20camberwell&pg=4464,5206340, accessed: 4 March 2017

See also

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