Members preselection ballots have been infrequent in the Victorian ALP since 1993. We have managed to uncover the nine listed below. Nine is definitely more than three, which is a recently cited number doing the rounds. However, nine is not many. Do you know of any more? Please tell.
We have only included the final two candidates after preferences.
We know of nine members preselection ballots in Victorian Labor preselections:
- Burke 2001 (O’Connor v Bromberg)
- Corio 2006 (Marles v G O’Connor)
- Isaacs 2006 (Dreyfus v Corcoran)
- Corangamite 2006 (Cheeseman v McMullen)
- Deakin 2006 (Symons v Lynch)
- Batman 2013, (Feeney v Thomas)
- Corangamite 2018 (Coker v Cheeseman)
- Latrobe 2016 (Curtis v _ )
- Wills 2016 (Khalil v Mehmet Tillem (Anna Maria Arabia, Josh Funder, Lambros Tapinos, Meaghan Hopper)
Please tell us if you know of more members preselection ballots,
Related readings
Supreme Court cases challenging the Victorian ALP intervention – Aug 2021
The ALP must repair trust between leadership & members – by James Button, Open Labor, Oct 2020
12 steps to Labor reform – a petition from Open Labor & the Independents – Sept 2020
Stop the shadowy preselections: 150 people call for change – by James Button, Open Labor, Aug 2021
Thinking about Labor reform – many stories from Open LaborOpen Labor
Janet McCalman says
Wills – Kahlil