Clifford Hayes
Clifford Hayes (born 13 August 1951)[1] is a former Australian politician.[2] He was a Sustainable Australia member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2018 and 2022, representing Southern Metropolitan Region.[3] He was not re-elected at the 2022 state election.
This article is about the Australian politician. For the American musician, see Clifford Hayes (musician).
Clifford Hayes
Northern
Were
13 August 1951
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sustainable Australia (since 2010)
Film editor
Film career[edit]
Before entering politics, Hayes worked as a television and film editor.[4] In 1979, he and Tony Paterson jointly won the AFI Award for Best Editing for their work on the film Mad Max.[5]
Political career[edit]
Local government (2005–2012)[edit]
In 2005, Hayes was elected as an independent councillor for the City of Bayside council representing the single-councillor ward of Were, winning 37.91% of the first preference vote.[6] In 2008, following electoral boundary changes, he was re-elected to the new Northern ward with a quota that included a first preference vote of 20.69%.[7] He was the Mayor of Bayside from 2009 to 2010. Hayes joined the Sustainable Australia Party in 2010.[8] In 2012, he failed to be re-elected after his first preference vote percentage almost halved to 11.26%.