Direct election\u00a0resulted in four women\u00a0gaining\u00a0membership of National Council for the next two years. They are Michelle Wood (NSW); Alice Crawford (Vic), Allison Henry (NSW) and Jessica Liddell (Vic)\u00a0who will fill four of the 10 spots\u00a0(the State and Territory convenors are\u00a0automatically members of the NC). Together with Youth Convenor, Charlotte Barclay from the ACT, they make up 45.5 percent of the 11 elected members. Charlotte was the only female nominee for Youth Convenor out of\u00a0five candidates. It was interesting to observe that\u00a0seven women\u00a0put themselves forward\u00a0for the 10 positions out\u00a0of a total of 27\u00a0candidates, so the success rate for female nominees was high; that a ticket of sorts operated for this election (for the first time) and\u00a0eight of the ten elected\u00a0were publicly supported by other candidates as part of a group. Most of those elected (and on the ticket) have close connections to the ALP, either currently or in the recent past as advisers\u00a0or party officials. There were four nominees who appeared to have non Anglo-Celtic backgrounds\u00a0with one\u00a0elected – Jason Yat Sen Li who has had\u00a0a high republican profile\u00a0since 1998. The other person elected was Allison Henry who has a prominent ARM profile as a\u00a0former National Director 2003-2006 and who\u00a0has\u00a0served on NC in several roles\u00a0almost continuously since then. This election was also\u00a0remarkable for the fact that two leaders of other republic groups stood\u00a0– Peter Consandine from the Republican Party and Daniel White, Convenor of Labor for the Republic –\u00a0but neither was successful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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