ACT Greens

The ACT Greens is a green political party located in the Australian Capital Territory, and a member of the federation of the Australian Greens.

ACT Greens
LeaderShane Rattenbury
Founded1992
Headquarters85 Northbourne Ave,
Turner ACT 2612
IdeologyGreen politics
National affiliationAustralian Greens
Colours     Green
Legislative Assembly
2 / 25
House of Representatives
0 / 3
(ACT seats)
Senate
0 / 2
(ACT seats)
Website
act.greens.org.au

As of the 2008 election, the ACT Greens hold the balance of power in the 17-member Legislative Assembly, with four members, to Labor's seven and the Liberals with six.[1][2][3] After almost two weeks of deliberations with both the Labor and Liberal parties, the Greens chose to support a Labor minority government.[4][5][6]

The Greens and the ALP signed a 'Parliamentary Agreement' to formalize the arrangement. Under the agreement, the Greens secured a range of policy outcomes in the areas of schools and education, health service provision, housing, public transport and gay rights. It also ensures that the Greens will Chair three of the Assembly's key committees. In exchange, the Greens agreed to maintain confidence in Chief Minister Jon Stanhope.[7] The Greens also secured Government support for the nomination of Shane Rattenbury as Speaker of the Assembly.[8]

The Greens have required the Government to report on progress against the measures outlined in the agreement on an annual basis. The first joint communiqué on the progress of the agreement was issued in July 2008.[9]

Following the 2012 ACT election, Shane Rattenbury was the only ACT Greens MLA to retain his seat in the Legislative Assembly.,[10] however he entered into a power sharing arrangement to allow the Labor Party to form minority government.

Rattenbury retained a seat in the expanded Legislative Assembly at the 2016 ACT election. Caroline Le Couteur was also reelected after losing her seat in 2012. The Greens maintained their position in the balance of power for a third consecutive term. Rattenbury retained his place in the ministry and the two parties signed another parliamentary agreement setting out the terms of their power-sharing arrangement in government.[11]

Election results
Legislative Assembly
Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Government
1995 14,967 9.1 (#3)
2 / 17
1998 16,417 9.1 (#4)
1 / 17
 1
2001 17,369 9.1 (#3)
1 / 17
 0
2004 18,997 9.3 (#3)
1 / 17
 0
2008 33,057 15.6 (#3)
4 / 17
 3
2012 23,773 10.7 (#3)
1 / 17
 3
2016 25,109 10.3 (#3)
2 / 25
 1
Federal House of Representatives Senate
2001 7.1%[12] 7.22%
2004 10.8%[13] 16.36%
2007 13.2%[14] 21.47%
2010 19.2%[15] 22.92%
2013 13.4%[16] 19.27%
2016 15.09%[17] 16.1%
2019 16.85% 17.71%

Candidates from the ACT Greens have not been elected to either the Senate or the Lower House of federal parliament.

Current Legislative Assembly members

Previous Legislative Assembly members
Kerrie Tucker and Lucy Horodny

References
  1. "ACT 2008 – ABC elections". Abc.net.au. 18 October 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  2. Williams, George (25 October 2008). "Case for a new umpire: Canberra Times 25/10/2008". Canberratimes.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  3. "Greens take extra seat in ACT election: ABC News 25/10/2008". Abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  4. "Labor to form minority government in ACT: The Age 31/10/2008". News.theage.com.au. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  5. Stockman, David (1 November 2008). "Greens' nod sees Stanhope keep job: Canberra Times 1/11/2008". Canberratimes.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  6. Labor-Greens parliamentary agreement PDF Archived 25 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Parliamentary Agreement for the Seventh Legislative Assembly for the ACT (2008) Archived 25 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ABC News (2008) Rattenbury Elected Assembly Speaker. 5 November 2009
  9. ACT Government Joint Communiqué on the ACT Parliamentary Agreement (2008) Archived 13 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  10. "Bourke dumped for Rattenbury". ABC News. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  11. "Labor, Greens Parliamentary Agreement 2016". ABC News. 30 October 2016.
  12. Commission, corporateName=Australian Electoral. "AEC: When: Past Electoral Events". aec.gov.au. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  13. Commission, Australian Electoral. "First Preferences By Party". aec.gov.au. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  14. Commission, Australian Electoral. "First Preferences By Party". aec.gov.au. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  15. Commission, Australian Electoral. "First Preferences By Party". aec.gov.au. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  16. Commission, Australian Electoral. "First Preferences and Two Party Preferred By Division". aec.gov.au. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  17. 26, scheme=AGLSTERMS.AglsAgent; corporateName=Australian Electoral Commission; address=50 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra, ACT 2600; contact=13 23. "First preferences by party". aec.gov.au. Retrieved 30 December 2016.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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