Zed Seselja (born 27 March 1977) is a Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 Australia

Australia

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n politician. He has been a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

The Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory...

 since 2004. He has been the territory's 12th Opposition Leader

Leader of the Opposition (Australian Capital Territory)

The Leader of the Opposition of the Australian Capital Territory is an official role usually occupied by the leader of the second largest party or coalition in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly...

 since December 2007, when he was appointed to the position following the resignation of Bill Stefaniak

Bill Stefaniak

William George "Bill" Stefaniak is an Australian Liberal Party politician. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Capital Territory after succeeding in a leadership challenge against former leader Brendan Smyth on 16 May 2006. He is a former Major in the Australian Army Reserve and...

. Seselja is of Croatian descent.

2008 election

At the 2008 election

Australian Capital Territory general election, 2008

Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday, 18 October 2008. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Jon Stanhope, was challenged by the Liberal Party, led by Zed Seselja. Candidates were elected to fill three multi-member electorates using a single...

, Seselja received a quota of 1.49 and was elected first in the seven member Molonglo electorate

Molonglo electorate

The Molonglo electorate is one of the three electorates for the unicameral 17-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It has seven seats, and is the largest of the electorates in terms of population.-History:...

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Both major parties saw a decrease in their vote, with a surge to the Greens. Labor won 7 seats, the Liberals won 6 seats, while the Greens won 4 seats, giving them the balance of power

Balance of power (parliament)

In parliamentary politics, the term balance of power sometimes describes the pragmatic mechanism exercised by a minor political party or other grouping whose guaranteed support may enable an otherwise minority government to obtain and hold office...

, and negotiated with both major parties for the formation of a minority government

Minority government

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. After almost two weeks of deliberations, the Greens chose to support a minority Labor government.