Former Blacktown City Councilor Running For The Federal Seat Of McMahon - Geoege Bilic!

Well surprise, surprise! Former Blacktown Liberal Councillor for Ward 4, George Bilic is running as a Liberal Federal candidate for McMahon - against well known Labor Member, Chris Bowen.

George, ran as a candidate for the NSW State Election in 2007 as liberal Party candidate against then member Richard Amery and here were his results:

	Labor	Richard Amery	25,317	64.0	-2.0
	Liberal	George Bilic	7,752	19.6	+1.6
	Christian Democrats	Dave Vincent	2,908	7.4	+1.5
	Greens	Debbie Robertson	2,040	5.2	+1.5
	AAFI	John Newton	1,523	3.9	+1.4
Total formal votes			39,540	95.5	0.0
Informal votes			1,877	4.5	0.0
Turnout			41,417	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Richard Amery	27,201	75.4	-1.4
	Liberal	George Bilic	8,892	24.6	+1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.4

And here is his results for the  Blacktown 2008 Local Government Results:

10 candidates contesting 3 vacancies

Group	Candidate	Party	Election Night
			%	FP Votes
A	Group Votes		24	5,640
	BILIC, George	LP	3	728
	PRIEST, Venus	LP	1	145
	HOLMES, Mark	LP	0	51
B	Group Votes		52	12,211
	BALI, Stephen	ALP	3	656
	ATALLA, Edmond	ALP	1	152
	CLAPHAM, Peter	ALP	0	70
C	Group Votes		12	2,831
	NICOLAIDIS, George	IND	2	452
	DAY, Peter	IND	0	56
	WICKS, Graham	IND	0	28
Ungrouped
	McINTYRE, Joan	IND	1	256
Total Formal Votes Counted				23,276
Total Informal Votes				2,232
Progressive Total Ordinary Votes				25,508

STEPHEN BALI was declared elected to position 1 on 23 September 2008
GEORGE BILIC was declared elected to position 2 on 23 September 2008
EDMOND ATALLA was declared elected to position 3 on 23 September 2008