Item 03: New South Wales election campaign records for Local Elections and Local By-elections, 1990-2012

MLMSS 9709/Boxes 28-29

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1990-2012

Textual Records, Clippings, Photographs, Ephemera

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0.32 metres of textual material (2 boxes) - typescript; printed ; - manuscript

New South Wales election campaign records for Local Government Elections and Local Government By-elections, 1990 to 2012.

Documentation covers pre-selection, employment of staff, campaign committee meetings and communications, strategy, preference deliberations, fundraising and budget, organisation and training of volunteers, media releases, media coverage, campaign leaflets, signage, advertising, how-to-vote cards, and results, reports after polling day.

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Local Government By-election, 1990.

Folder 1: Sue Stock ran in Leichhardt as a Community Independent but with endorsement of the Sydney Greens and beat the Labor candidate. She is not considered, however, to have been a strictly 'Green' candidate.

Local Government election, 1991.

Folder 1: Bruce Welch was elected in Marrickville, and thus became the first NSW 'Greens' Councillor.

Folder 2: Community independents.

Local Government election, 1995

Folder 1: 16 Greens candidates were elected.

Local Government election, 1999.

Folder 1: Pursuant to these elections there were 24 Greens Councillors.

Local Government By-election, 2000.

Folder 1: South Sydney by-election. Contested by the Inner Sydney Greens.

Folder 2: Challenge to an application to register a "Democratic Green Party".

Local Government election, 2004.

Folder 1: The Greens NSW emerged from these elections with 57 Councillors and 2 Mayors elected across 33 Councils. Pre-selection process, lists of candidates.

Folder 2: Pictures of candidates.

Folder 3: Registration of How To Vote.

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Folder 4: Registration of How To Vote lodged.

Folder 5: Registration of How To Vote.

Folder 6: Issues, survey responses, policies.

Folder 7: Training and support of candidates.

Folder 8: Local Government Campaign Committee minutes.

Folder 9: Local Government Campaign Committee correspondence.

Folder 10: Budget.

Folder 11: Leaflet production.

Folder 12: Media.

Folder 13: Record of voting.

Folder 14: Declaration of political contributions.

Folder 15: Summary of outcomes, evaluations.

Local Government election, 2008.

Folder 1: The Greens NSW emerged from these elections with 75 Councillors. Greens were elected to 11 councils. Pre-selection process, How to Vote, and organisation.

Local Government election, 2012.

Folder 1: These elections were good for the Liberals and bad for Labor and the Greens. The Greens vote fell a lot less than the Labor vote, but the Greens lost far more Councillors. Pre-selection process, How to Vote, and organisation.

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