Greens candidates Amanda Stone,Edward Crossland,Sophie Wade and Gabrielle de Vietri outside Fitzroy Town Hall on Friday.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
Two socialists and two independents were also elected – wiping out Labor in what is a major blow to the party in their former heartland.
Socialist Stephen Jolly has already put himself forward to be mayor,a vote to be decided by councillors later this month. He was elected with more than a quarter of the vote in his ward.
Stephen Jolly was the only candidate to clear the quota to be elected without preferences in Yarra.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
Cr Jolly was the only candidate elected in Yarra without having to rely on preferences.
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He was elected to the council for a fifth time,and said it showed"campaigning for and with public housing tenants,campaigning against reckless development and for a community that includes poor people ... will be rewarded".
"I think this is a lesson for the left,that they need to get involved in the real world,get out of their ivory towers and get involved in the real world."