EXCLUSIVE: Kingborough councillor Gideon Cordover resigned from the party in July.
Tasmanian Greens councillor Gideon Cordover has confirmed to 6 News he has resigned from the party after accepting a new job in the technology sector.
Cordover, who was elected to Kingborough Council at a recount in 2019 and re-elected at the 2022 local elections, resigned from the party and as an advisor to Greens senator Nick McKim on 31 July this year.
He has also been a Greens candidate at House of Assembly and Legislative Council elections.
Amanda Midgley remains as a Greens councillor in Kingborough, and the party currently has eight other local government representatives.
"I am now fully independent," he told 6 News.
Cordover says he resigned "because I accepted a new job in the technology sector working for a company whose clients include political parties and some politicians".
"I was asked by my prospective new employer to step away from overtly party-political activities, which I accepted," he added.
In his resignation letter to the Greens, Cordover says he was "immensely proud of the work the Greens have achieved on Kingborough Council. Amanda [Midgley] and I have championed important changes like bringing forward our Council’s target for net zero emissions from 2050 to 2035, opposing all new pokies in Kingborough pubs and clubs, funding the groundwork for a street tree strategy, and endorsing free public transport to name but a few wins. In that time, we have also protected Kingborough’s trees on private property, funded sustainability initiatives like a giant wormfarm for the Taroona Neighbourhood Garden and defended neighbours and community members from short-sighted, profit-driven greed".
Cordover says that in his resignation from the Greens, "I am changing my job, but not changing my values".
The next Tasmanian local government elections will be held in October 26. Both Labor and the Liberals did not endorse any candidates at the 2022 local elections.