Gibson, Sharon

Current roles

1. Councillor, Latrobe City. Two terms as Mayor, four as Deputy.  Dec 2018 to present.
2. Consultant, Sharon Gibson Consulting.  Local Government Advisory. Potential conflict with her councillor role, or double dipping - getting paid for matters that she should handle in her role as councillor.  Nov 2018 to present.
3. Presenter, Valley Talks program 1100 to 1300 on Tuesdays, Gippsland FM.  Also guest on Hansford's The Breakfast Show Tuesday's 0730 to 0900, usually on air after Ling.
4. Latrobe City Council delegate to the Municipal Association of Victoria.

(1) Home Page | Sharon Gibson DipBus, DipGrief, DipCourt, MANZMHA

(2) Sharon Gibson | LinkedIn

(3) Gippsland FM 104.7 - Program Guide

Certifications

1. Dip. Business.  Unverified - unlikely this qualification is real.
2. Dip. Grief.  Unverified.  Unable to find any official qualification of this name from any learning institution in Aus.  Likely to be made up.
3. Dip. Court.  Unverified.  Not sure what what this is?  Should it be Dip. Justice, or Dip. of Court Operations?  Unverified, and subsequently unlikely to be real.
4. MANZMHA or Member of the ANZ Mental Health Association.  Zero hurdle to entry.  Join here.

The above qualifications were removed a while ago from LinkedIn and are only available on Gibson's website.

Election history

1. 2008 - Individual councillor wards. Won in Merton Ward. Entered LCC on 35% of the primary vote. Result after preferences Gibson, Sharon 2721 / Dixon, Peter 1975.  
2. 2012 - Change to multi councillor wards.  Won in West Ward on 33% of the primary vote, along with Gibbons, Peter (24% of the primary vote)
3. 2016 - Multi councillor wards.  Won in West Ward on 28% of the primary vote, along with Law, Brad (50% of the primary vote).  Lambden, Guss enters the race against Gibson and receives 9% of the primary vote.
4. 2020 - Multi councillor wards.  Won in West Ward on 36% of the primary vote, along with Law, Brad (27% of the primary vote)
5. 2024 - Return to individual councillor wards.  Won in Newborough Ward.  Gibson was elected unopposed.

Previous roles

1. Independent candidate for State parliament.
2. Chairperson, Gippsland FM.  See below.
3. Chair of the Clinical Advisory Panel for Plowman Retreat - venture focused on adolescent men.  Hogan was Program Director.

(1) Community and Corporate Involvement | Sharon Gibson DipBus, DipGrief, DipCourt, MANZMHA

(3) https://www.sharongibson.com.au/community-consultation/ and https://www.facebook.com/.../Plowman.../100078343710595/. Website https://plowmanretreat.com/disappeared a while back.

Relationships

1. Harriman, Dale
2. Andrews, Damian
3. Ling, Taylah
4. Hansford, Greg
5. Elkington, Richard
6. Hogan, Jaime

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Timeline

26 May 2025 - Gibson trashes community feedback and changes Governance Rules to remove checks and balances, and to allow fraudulent e-petitions.  Backed by Harriman, Pugsley and Barnes.  Campbell notably absent.

16 May 2025 - MAV votes on motion to denounce misinformation spread by Council Watch Inc and to support those councillors that are the victims of this abuse. Gibson is the LCC delegate.  [image 1040 - Gibson Hurlston].

24 Mar 2025 - During the council meeting, Gibson casts deciding vote to provide Harriman with $9,500 of ratepayer funds to go on a "European vacay".

24 Feb 2025 - Hansford uses a photo of him and Gibson to promote his Breakfast Show on Gippsland FM [image: 1037 - Gibson and Hansford].

2 Feb 2025 - Gibson attends Nuclear Power promo night, presented by Grace Stanke.  Harriman also in attendance.

16 Sep 2024 - MAV publishes article that includes Gibson receiving her 15 year service medal from MAV.

21 May 2024 - Article in the LV Express on circumstances surrounding her arrest and release without charge.

13 May 2024 - ABC publish a story of Gibson's brush with VicPol over the Traralgon letter drop.  Related Facebook post by ABC Gippsland.

10 Oct 2023 - Gibson on air with Renee Heath MLC on Gippsland FM criticising Dan Andrews for planning Commonwealth games in the regions.

19 Aug 2023 - Gibson joins the Gippsland Peoples Council closed Facebook group [image: 1035 - Gibson]

12 Jul 2023 - Gibson attends and supports timber rally organised by the Gippsland Peoples Council, and the Traralgon Community Development Association in the forecourt of GPAC.  Right-wing extremists like Richardson and Bergwerf also attend.  Subsequently, LCC close GPAC and institute tighter security at council meetings.

18 Mar 2023 - Gibson joins Traralgon MyPlace [image: Gibson - 1036]

11 Nov 2022 - Launch of the "I'm going for Gibbo" campaign as an independent in the state seat of Morwell.

6 Oct 2022 - Gibson declares she is running in the 2022 State election as an independent.

5 May 2022 - Gibson is found to have engaged in misconduct, failing to treat council staff with “dignity, fairness, objectivity, courtesy, and respect".  Herald Sun calls Gibson "...a rude councillor".

2021 - Gibson continues as a Director and becomes Chairperson of Gippsland FM, serving alongside Hansford (Secretary) and Hogan (Treasurer).  Gibson, Hansford and Hogan disappear from the board the following year.

2020 - Gibson becomes a Director of Gippsland FM

6 Dec 2010 - Gibson elected Latrobe City Council Deputy Mayor.

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