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Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday, 18 October 2008. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Jon Stanhope, was challenged by the Liberal Party, led by Zed Seselja. Candidates were elected to fill three multi-member electorates using a single transferable vote method, known as the Hare-Clark system. The result was another hung parliament with Labor winning seven seats, the Liberals six seats and the Greens finishing with four seats, giving the Greens the balance of power in the 17-member unicameral Assembly.[1][2][3][4] On 31 October 2008, after almost two weeks of deliberations, the Greens chose to support a Labor minority government.[5][6][7] Consequently, Labor was re-elected to a third consecutive term of government in the ACT. Stanhope was elected Chief Minister at the first sitting of the seventh Assembly on 5 November 2008.[8] The election was conducted by the ACT Electoral Commission.
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- ^ "ACT 2008 - ABC elections". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 October 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ Williams, George (25 October 2008). "Case for a new umpire". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ "Greens take extra seat in ACT election". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 25 October 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ "Labor to form minority government in ACT". The Age. Fairfax Media. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ Stockman, David (1 November 2008). "Greens' nod sees Stanhope keep job". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ "Parliamentary Agreement for the 7th Legislative Assembly for the ACT" (PDF). 31 October 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ "Legislative Assembly for the ACT - Week 1". ACT Hansard. ACT Legislative Assembly. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
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