Indian Candidates in Australian Federal Elections 2013 and the Results

Indian Candidates in Australian Federal Elections 2013

Manoj Kumar

Labor Candidate to contest from Menzies in Victoria . Manoj is an electronics engineer with a MBA and is currently working for an environmental equipment manufacturer. Manoj has lived in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne with his family for many years.

The Division of Menzies is located in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. It covers an area of approximately 125 sq km from Bulleen in the west to Wonga Park in the east. The main suburbs include Bulleen, Croydon Hills, Croydon North (part), Doncaster, Doncaster East, Donvale, Park Orchards, Ringwood North (part), Templestowe, Templestowe Lower, Warrandyte, Warrandyte South, Warranwood (part) and Wonga Park (part).

The Division is currently a safe Liberal seat, and won by Kevin Andrews in 2010

2013 Election results for Menzies – Manoj Kumar Lost

ANDREWS, KevinTwo candidate preferred: 63.69%	58.33% WINNER PROJECTED
	KUMAR, ManojTwo candidate preferred: 36.31%	26.60%
	CRANSTON, Richard	8.44%
	GUARDIANI, Agostino	2.58%
	Others	4.05

Jag Chuga

Jag Chuga is the liberal candidate for the Victorian seat of Scullin . He holds qualifications of Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Commerce and Masters of Laws. Jag is a practicing lawyer for over 15 years and is currently Senior Counsel at a top 100 ASX listed company.

The Division of Scullin is located north-east of Melbourne. It covers an area of approximately 169 sq km from Epping in the west to Wattle Glen and Hurstbridge in the east. The main suburbs include Diamond Creek, Epping, Lalor, Mill Park, Plenty, Watsonia North, Wattle Glen, Yarrambat and parts of Bundoora, Greensborough, Hurstbridge, South Morang, Thomastown and Wollert.

The Division has been a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party since its inception. The Division has been held by two generations of the Jenkins family. Harry Jenkins, Sr. was the Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 1983 to 1986. His son Harry Jenkins was Deputy Speaker from 1993–1996, second Deputy Speaker from 1996–2007 and was Speaker from 2007 until 2011.

http://vic.liberal.org.au/team/JagChugha

2013 Election Results for Scullin Victoria – Jag Chuga Lost

Party	Candidate	Primary Vote
	GILES, AndrewTwo candidate preferred: 65.03%	51.38% WINNER PROJECTED
	CHUGHA, JagTwo candidate preferred: 34.97%	28.54%
	LJUBICIC, Rose	7.45%
	COOPER, Peter Rex	6.62%
	GRECO, Domenic	1.14%
	Others	4.87%

Shilpa Hegde

Shilpa Hegde is the liberal candidate for the Victorian seat of Wills.

Shilpa was born and raised in India and migrated to Australia in 2001. Shilpa studied a Bachelor of Engineering at NMAM Institute of Technology before going on to gain further qualifications in IT.Shilpa is currently an IT consultant for global company DWS. She has also worked for major telecommunications and finance companies.

The Division of Wills is located in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. It covers an area of approximately 57 sq km from Fawkner and Glenroy in the north to Brunswick in the south and also includes Essendon Airport. The main suburbs include Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park, Pascoe Vale, Brunswick and parts of Coburg, Fawkner and Strathmore.

This is a traditional ALP Strong Hold currently held by Kelvin Thomson MP

Thomson, K (ALP) 1996–

Cleary, P R (IND) 1993–1996

Hawke, R J L (ALP) 1980–1992

Bryant, G M (ALP) 1955–1980

Bryson, W G (ALP) 1949–1955

http://vic.liberal.org.au/team/ShilpaHegde

2013 Elections Results for Wills, Victoria – Shilpa Hegde Lost

Party	Candidate	Primary Vote
	THOMSON, KelvinTwo candidate preferred: 71.29%	46.23% WINNER PROJECTED
	HEGDE, ShilpaTwo candidate preferred: 28.71%	22.59%
	READ, Tim	21.36%
	MURRAY-DUFOULON, Anne Marie	2.38%
	Others	7.44%

Vashil Sharma

Vashil Sharma is the candidate for Palmer United Party (PUP ) for the seat of FREMANTLE in Western Australia.

Fremantle covers an area of approximately 199 sq km from the Swan River in the north to Jandakot Airport in the east and Wattleup in the south. It also includes Rottnest Island. The main suburbs include Atwell, Banjup, Beaconsfield, Beeliar, Bibra Lake, Bicton, Coogee, Coolbellup, East Fremantle, Hamilton Hill, Hilton, Jandakot, North Fremantle, Palmyra, Samson, South Fremantle, South Lake, Spearwood, Success, Wattleup, White Gum Valley, Willagee, Yangebup, and the City of Fremantle.

Fremantle Member of Parliaments over the years

Parke, M (ALP) 2007–

Lawrence, C (ALP) 1994–2007

Dawkins, J S (ALP) 1977–1994

Beazley, K E (ALP) 1945–1977

Curtin, J (FLP/ALP) 1934–1945

Fremantle is a historically safe Labor seat, though the Greens WA have polled well in recent times. Labor held the seat from 1924 until a 2009 by-election which was lost to Greens candidate Adele Carles. Carles quit the party in the following year, sitting as an independent for the remainder of her term. The seat returned to Labor at the 2013 election.

2013 Election Results for Fremantle, WA – Vasil Sharma – Lost

Party	Candidate	Primary Vote
	PARKE, MelissaTwo candidate preferred: 53.84%	41.60% WINNER PROJECTED
	HANSSEN, MatthewTwo candidate preferred: 46.16%	37.53%
	STEELE-JOHN, Jordon Alexander	11.62%
	SHARMA, Vashil Vimal	4.18%
	McNAUGHT, Richard	1.17%
	Others	3.90%

Vimal Sharma

Vimal Sharma is Palmer United Party’s candidate for the seat of Cowan in Western Australia.

Cowan covers an area of approximately 180 sq km from Banksia Grove in the north to Malaga in the south. The division covers parts of three Local Government areas – the City of Joondalup, the City of Wanneroo and the City of Swan. It includes the suburbs of Alexander Heights, Ashby, Ballajura, Banksia Grove (part), Cullacabardee, Darch, Girrawheen, Gnangara, Greenwood, Hocking, Jandabup, Kingsley, Koondoola, Landsdale, Madeley, Malaga, Marangaroo, Mariginiup (part), Pearsall, Sinagra, Tapping, Wangara, Wanneroo, Warwick and Woodvale.

Members for Cowan Until now

Simpkins, L (LP) 2007–

Edwards, G (ALP) 1998–2007

Evans, R (LP) 1993–1998

Jakobsen, C A (ALP) 1984–1993

It is a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party. At the 2007 election, the retirement of popular sitting member Graham Edwards made Cowan a key seat. Liberal candidate Luke Simpkins narrowly defeated Labor candidate Liz Prime.

2013 Elections result for Cowan, WA – Vimal Sharma Lost

Party	Candidate	Primary Vote
	SIMPKINS, LukeTwo candidate preferred: 57.14%	49.41% WINNER PROJECTED
	COCKMAN, TristanTwo candidate preferred: 42.86%	32.87%
	COLLINS, Adam	7.73%
	SHARMA, Vimal Kumar	5.26%
	Others	4.73%

Avtar Gill

Avtar Gill is the Palmer United Party Candidate for the Victorial seat of Isaac.

A Justice of the Peace for the past twenty one years and a business professional within the Security arena, Gill knows the importance of protecting Australia and its citizens. He feels strongly about improving policy for Australia’s border protection unit, and increasing funding for public school, in particular for disadvantages children.

The Division of Isaacs is located in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs. It covers an area of approximately 166 sq km on the eastern side of Port Phillip Bay from Mentone to Carrum then inland to Skye and up to Noble Park. The main suburbs include Aspendale, Aspendale Gardens, Bonbeach, Braeside, Carrum, Carrum Downs (part), Chelsea, Chelsea Heights, Dandenong South, Edithvale, Keysborough, Lyndhurst (part), Mentone (part), Mordialloc, Noble Park (part), Parkdale, Patterson Lakes, Skye (part) and Waterways.

Recent Memebers for the seat of Isaac

Dreyfus, M (ALP) 2007–

Corcoran, A (ALP) 2000–2007

Wilton, G S (ALP) 1996–2000

Atkinson, R A (LP) 1990–1996

Charles, D E (ALP) 1980–1990

Burns, W G (LP) 1977–1980

2013 Elections Results for Isaac, Victoria – Avtar Gill Lost

Party	Candidate	Primary Vote
	DREYFUS, MarkTwo candidate preferred: 54.21%	42.04% WINNER PROJECTED
	SPENCER, GarryTwo candidate preferred: 45.79%	40.25%
	MILES, Sandra	7.18%
	GILL, Avtar Singh	3.15%
	Others	7.38%

Bill Gupta

Bill Gupta is the candidate for the Victorian Seat of Batman fielded by 21^st Century Australia Party .

The Division of Batman is located in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. It covers an area of approximately 66 sq km from Thomastown/Bundoora in the north to Clifton Hill in the south, with Merri Creek providing the vast majority of the western boundary and Darebin Creek, parts of Macleod and Plenty Road Bundoora providing the eastern boundary. The suburbs of Alphington, Bundoora (part), Clifton Hill, Coburg North (part), Fairfield, Kingsbury, Macleod (part), Northcote, Preston, Reservoir, Thomastown (part) and Thornbury are in this division.

On these boundaries it was one of the safest seats in Australia for the Australian Labor Party, which has held the seat for all but six years since 1910. However, at the 2010 election the Greens overtook the Liberals on preferences and came second against Labor, reducing the seat to a “fairly safe” Labor seat

Bill Gupta – Lost

Binoy Kampmark and Suresh Rajan, who will contest from Victoria and western Australia, respectively, as senate candidates for the Wikileaks Party of Julian Assange, have an Indian background.

Binoy Kampmark

Dr Binoy Kampmark teaches core legal courses within the Legal and Dispute Studies program for the Bachelor of Social Science at RMIT University. He has written extensively on these topics in both refereed journals and more popular media. Binoy holds a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge. He also holds a Masters degree in history, and honours degrees in Arts and Law from the University of Queensland. Binoy’s research and teaching interests lie in the intersections of law, international relations and history.

Suresh Rajan

Suresh Rajan has had a distinguished career in economics as well as having been a vigorous advocate for ethnic communities and people with disabilities. He served for several years as head of the Ethnic Communities Council of WA and is currently the President of the National Ethnic Disability Alliance, the peak body for the CaLD Disability organisations in Australia. Suresh holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a double major (Management and Accounting) and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Western Australia, and is a regular commentator on television and radio in his role as a financial planner and economist.

Alex Bathal

Alex Bathal is Greens candidate for the seat of Batman. Alex Bhathal is a social worker with longstanding involvement in community building, social justice and human rights advocacy, and environmental activism.She lives in South Preston, in the geographic heart of the electorate of Batman, with her two young sons and husband. Alex has been a member of the Australian Greens since 2001. She has served as Welfare Spokesperson for the Greens in Victoria and as National Climate Campaigner during 2011. Alex also served as Australian Greens International Co-Secretary in 2012, helping to coordinate Australia’s contribution to the success of the third Global Greens Congress in Dakar, Senegal.

Web: http://alexbhathal.com.au

2013 Elections Results for Batman, VIC – Alex Bathal Lost

Party	Candidate	Primary Vote
	FEENEY, DavidTwo candidate preferred: 61.80%	42.18%

WINNER

PROJECTED

BHATHAL, Alexandra KaurTwo candidate preferred: 38.20%26.96%SOURIS, George21.56%GUARDIANI, Franco2.53% Others6.77%

Nihal Samara

Nihal Samara is the liberal candidate for the seat of Lalor.

Nihal Samara grew up in Footscray where he lived with his family. After high school Nihal went on to complete a Bachelor of Science, Masters of Public Health and Juris Doctor (Laws) at Monash University. Nihal has worked for a number of local charities and is currently the General Counsel & Legal Director of Kaizen Synergy. In this role, he has provided advice to health and educational institutions covering just about every legal issue. Having been a part of the Western Suburbs electorate all of his life, Nihal understands what issues concern local residents and will fight to get more things for Lalor. In particular, Nihal will fight for local businesses and jobs and to ease the burden on families by abolishing the carbon tax. Nihal is also determined to work hard to secure more funding for roads, health and education. With the support of his wife Monique and his family, Nihal believes that he has the skills, experience and dedication to represent the Local people both locally and in Canberra.

The Division of Lalor is located to the south-west of Melbourne. It covers an area of approximately 546 sq km. Lalor is a rapidly expanding area extending from Port Phillip Bay inland. The main suburbs include part of Altona Meadows and Truganina and all of Hoppers Crossing, Laverton, Laverton North, Little River, Point Cook, Seabrook, Tarneit, Werribee, Werribee South, Williams Landing and Wyndham Vale. Rural areas of Eynesbury (part), Mount Cottrell (part), Quandong, Mambourin and Cocoroc are also included.

Web: http://vic.liberal.org.au/team/NihalSamara

http://nihalsamara.com.au/

2013 Election Results for Lalor – Nihal Lost

Party	Candidate	Primary Vote
	RYAN, JoanneTwo candidate preferred: 62.10%	45.95% WINNER PROJECTED
	SAMARA, NihalTwo candidate preferred: 37.90%	28.90%
	SHEFFIELD-BROTHERTON, Beck	5.95%
	ZAPPIA, Joe	5.89%
	Others	13.31%

Bhupinder Chibber

ALP has chosen Bhupinder Chhibber for the Senate elections from NSW. His name features in M column on No: 6 with Hon Bob Carr, Foreign Minister of Australia and Hon Doug Cameron, Senator of NSW on Number 1&2 respectively. Bhupinder Chhibber, a Mechanical Engineer by profession, has been active in community service at various levels and associated with various organisations ever since he migrated to Australia in 2004.

Result – Bhupinder Chibber is unlikely to make it to the Senate this time

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