It remains a marginal seat, however, and was strongly contested by Greens candidate, Kathleen Maltzahn, at the state election in 2010.
In 1996 he stood unsuccessfully as a Greens candidate for the Australian Senate.
The absence of a Greens candidate saw all candidates increase their share of the primary vote.
He was preselected as the Greens candidate for Cunningham in the 2007 federal election, but failed to regain the seat from Bird.
He stood as the Greens candidate in the Kaikōura electorate.
Harris was an unsuccessful Greens candidate in the 2012 Sydney by-election.
At the 1990 federal election, Margetts stood as a Greens candidate for the seat of Swan.
This was enough for Greens candidate Sarah Hanson-Young winning the remaining seat.
Greens candidates have run in every federal election since 1984, when a single candidate ran in the federal Division of Sydney.
Dianne is currently the Australian Greens candidate for the federal Division of Sydney.
