The Belco Party has announced its latest candidates for October’s ACT election: jazz and blues singer Angela Lount (Ginninderra) and former jockey Greg Burke (Yerrabi).

Ms Lount stood for the Belco Party in Ginninderra in 2020, and will stand in that electorate alongside Bill Stefaniak, the party’s founder and co-convenor (and Canberra Weekly columnist), and Alan Tutt.

A former Labor voter, Ms Lount joined the Belco Party because she felt the ACT Labor government was no longer listening.

“Angela is a born-and-bred Canberran, like Alan and myself,” Mr Stefaniak said. “Indeed, Angela has lived most of her life in Belconnen, except for a short stint in Nicholls and Gungahlin. Angela works at the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, and is a carer, wife, mother, and grandmother. She lives in Fraser, and, until 2020, had always voted Labor, coming from a good Labor family.

“Angela is a highly practical, sensible, pleasant and experienced lady with huge doses of commonsense and life experience. Angela would make a great member for Ginninderra, and it’s unfortunate that due to family and work reasons she has not been able to put her hand up until now.”

Mr Burke will run in Yerrabi, on a ticket with party co-convenor and ex-policeman Jason Taylor. Mr Burke has been involved in the racing industry for four decades

“Greg grew up and was educated in Cessnock, before taking the opportunity in the late 1980s to make the move to Canberra where he runs a successful jockey management business,” Mr Stefaniak said.

“Greg is passionate about ensuring the ACT Greens don’t destroy racing in Canberra, and is very supportive of the local racing clubs’ plans for Thoroughbred Park.

“Greg has seen first-hand the issues that impact the residents of Yerrabi the most – for instance, the cost of living, law and order, basic maintenance of suburban infrastructure (roads, potholes, grass cutting), as well energy price increases, to name but a few. This is why he is standing, as a change is required. If elected, he’ll be a tough little battler for his local community.”