AMANDA Cohn has created history on two fronts in being elected to Albury Council.
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The 26-year-old doctor is the first Greens candidate voted on to the council and the youngest female to win a spot.
The youngest Albury councillor was the legendary Cleaver Bunton, who was 22 when elected in 1925.
The recently retired Patricia Gould was in her late 30s when she was elected to council in 1974.
Dr Cohn contested the recent federal election for the Greens and has lived permanently in Albury since 2013 after doing parts of her training at Broken Hill, Wilcannia, Deniliquin and Sydney.
"Based on the count coming in so far, the Albury Greens have had a fantastic result," she said.
"We're a real up-and-coming force locally.
"It's a huge privilege to have likely been elected as the first Green to represent our community in local government.
"I'm really excited to stand up for the issues that matter in Albury, like careful planning to preserve our natural environment and our public health, better public transport, and inclusion of our increasingly diverse community.
"I'm also really pleased to see our community embrace greater diversity on council by electing a young woman."
There was little time for celebrating as Dr Cohn was back on the job at Wodonga hospital on Sunday.
She studied at at the UNSW Rural Medical School in Albury and is an Albury SES volunteer.
"I will be cutting back my medical work next year to part time so that I can give community work and advocacy the time and attention it merits," she said.
"Working as a doctor is very busy and I hope that my medical colleague John Stuchbery, who has also likely been elected to council, has considered a similar arrangement."
She has 13.34 per cent of the votes counted to date and her strong showing could be the saviour to Cr David Thurley's councillor career given she preferenced him second.
Meanwhile, Liberal Farrer MP Sussan Ley was spotted handing out how-to-vote cards for independent candidate Alice Glachan.
"Alice, and her family, have been long time friends,” Ms Ley said.
“Labor and the Greens chose to form political tickets for this poll.
"I guess the results will determine whether that was the right decision."