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Clifford Hayes (born 13 August 1951) is an Australian politician.
He has been a Sustainable Australia member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 2018, representing Southern Metropolitan Region.
Film career
Before entering politics, Hayes worked as a television and film editor. In 1979, he and Tony Paterson jointly won the AFI Award for Best Editing for their work on the film Mad Max.
Political career
Local government (2005–2012)
In 2005, Hayes was elected as a councillor for the City of Bayside council representing the single-councillor ward of Were, winning 37.91% of the first preference vote. 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%. He was the Mayor of Bayside from 2009 to 2010. In 2012, he failed to be re-elected after his first preference vote percentage almost halved to 11.26%.
State government (2018–present)
In 2018, Hayes stood as the leading candidate for Sustainable Australia for the Southern Metropolitan Region. Owing to the party's involvement in Glenn Druery's Minor Party Alliance, he was elected to the Legislative Council with a quota that included a first preference vote of only 1.32%.