The result was no consensus. No consensus for a particular outcome has occurred in this discussion. North America 1000 17:31, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
Suburban mayors elected by one-year rotation are not notable (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lambros Tapinos and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Larocca from the same council). Neither are unsuccessful candidates for office. The only other bit of coverage in the article was for speaking at a rally. The Drover's Wife ( talk) 01:10, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
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A MIGRANT whose family fled Sri Lankan riots for a better life has been elected Moreland’s first Greens mayor.
South Ward councillor Samantha Ratnam won the mayoral vote 6-5 over Labor candidate Cr Lita Gillies, bringing an end to the ALP’s stranglehold on the mayorship.
Cr Ratnam had been unsuccessful in the previous two mayoral votes, but secured the vote of independent councillor Helen Davidson, who had backed Labor candidates in previous mayoral votes.
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The ascension to mayor has capped an incredible personal journey for Cr Ratnam, who arrived in Australia with her family in 1989 having fled war-torn Sri Lanka and spent time in Europe and Canada.
Aged 6 at the time, Cr Ratnam said she remembered the 1983 riots in Colombo that gave rise to the country’s 30-year internal war, including her family being split as they took refuge when Sinhalese Sri Lankans burnt Tamil Sri Lankans’ homes.
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Her family left Sri Lanka in 1987 and Cr Ratnam said it wasn’t until she moved to Brunswick seven years ago that she felt at home.
She said her experiences fuelled her interest in social work and motivated her to take the program manager position at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.
The article notes:
Councillor Samatha Ratnam recently inaugurated the Recognize campaign in Coburg, Melbourne. It is a project funded by Reconciliation Australia and Moreland City Council. She called on those gathered to “arm themselves with information” and begin conversations with friends, family as well as unlikely people.
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Thus she edged her way to politics. First joining Labor and then moving to the Greens. She made her first move to run for a seat in 2010.
In 2012, her bid for a seat on the Moreland City Council as a Greens candidate was successful and she says that she has found her niche in this position.
The result was no consensus. No consensus for a particular outcome has occurred in this discussion. North America 1000 17:31, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
Suburban mayors elected by one-year rotation are not notable (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lambros Tapinos and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Larocca from the same council). Neither are unsuccessful candidates for office. The only other bit of coverage in the article was for speaking at a rally. The Drover's Wife ( talk) 01:10, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
— Petercmarshall ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
— 49.193.215.212 ( talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
The article notes:
A MIGRANT whose family fled Sri Lankan riots for a better life has been elected Moreland’s first Greens mayor.
South Ward councillor Samantha Ratnam won the mayoral vote 6-5 over Labor candidate Cr Lita Gillies, bringing an end to the ALP’s stranglehold on the mayorship.
Cr Ratnam had been unsuccessful in the previous two mayoral votes, but secured the vote of independent councillor Helen Davidson, who had backed Labor candidates in previous mayoral votes.
...
The ascension to mayor has capped an incredible personal journey for Cr Ratnam, who arrived in Australia with her family in 1989 having fled war-torn Sri Lanka and spent time in Europe and Canada.
Aged 6 at the time, Cr Ratnam said she remembered the 1983 riots in Colombo that gave rise to the country’s 30-year internal war, including her family being split as they took refuge when Sinhalese Sri Lankans burnt Tamil Sri Lankans’ homes.
...
Her family left Sri Lanka in 1987 and Cr Ratnam said it wasn’t until she moved to Brunswick seven years ago that she felt at home.
She said her experiences fuelled her interest in social work and motivated her to take the program manager position at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.
The article notes:
Councillor Samatha Ratnam recently inaugurated the Recognize campaign in Coburg, Melbourne. It is a project funded by Reconciliation Australia and Moreland City Council. She called on those gathered to “arm themselves with information” and begin conversations with friends, family as well as unlikely people.
...
Thus she edged her way to politics. First joining Labor and then moving to the Greens. She made her first move to run for a seat in 2010.
In 2012, her bid for a seat on the Moreland City Council as a Greens candidate was successful and she says that she has found her niche in this position.