Editing Clive Hamilton (section)

==Political candidate==
[[File:Clive Hamilton campaigning in higgins.jpg|right|thumb|Hamilton campaigning in the seat of Higgins in 2009]]
On 23 October 2009, Hamilton was announced as the [[Australian Greens]] candidate for the [[2009 Higgins by-election|by-election]] in the federal seat of [[Division of Higgins|Higgins]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Greens announce candidate for Higgins | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/23/2722213.htm | work=ABC News | date=23 October 2009 | access-date=23 October 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026154644/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/23/2722213.htm | archive-date=26 October 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He ran against nine others for the seat, and came second, receiving 32.40 percent of primary votes and 39.77 percent of preferred votes.<ref>[http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-14358-215.htm Australian Electoral Commission: Higgins By-election results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208102729/http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-14358-215.htm |date=8 December 2009 }}</ref> The Australian Labor Party did not run a candidate in the election.