ultimately forced to pay back the travel allowance that he was not entitled to. On 7 January 2009, Olexander appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates' Court, accused of driving on the CityLink tollway three times without a pass. Magistrate Sharon Cure ordered Olexander pay a $100 fine on each of the three counts of using an unregistered vehicle on a tollway plus $40 in court costs. Expulsion from the Liberal party Following the car accident in 2004, the Liberal party considered expelling Olexander, however in late July the executive decided against expelling him. However, he was expected to regularly report to the state director, the only member of the Liberal's parliamentary party that was expected to do so. In late 2005, the question of expelling Olexander was raised again. Following his failed preselection bid, he publicly aired a series of attacks aimed at the party and its leader, Robert Doyle. Olexander claimed that the party had not earned the right to re-election, accused the party of being taken over by homophobic extremists. It was also claimed that he failed to show up to parliament and party room meetings. Olexander claimed that he was being silenced by the party leadership, and that Doyle wanted to remove him from the party because he would support an opponent in a leadership spill, but the party said that the motion to expel Olexander was because he brought the party into disrepute. On 29 November Olexander was expelled from the Liberal party, although some, including Ted Baillieu, a potential challenger to Doyle voted against the expulsion. The Age commented on the expulsion that "Mr Olexander must have known it would end like this... [he] should have accepted his party's verdict with grace, acknowledging it as both inevitable and just. Instead, he lashed out, accusing the Liberals of bigotry and homophobia." Olexander served out the remainder of his term in the Legislative Council sitting on the cross benches. After his parliamentary career ended, Olexander joined Australian Greens. References 1965 births Gay politicians Independent members of the Parliament of Victoria LGBT legislators in Australia LGBT conservatism Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Living people Politicians from Geelong Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Australian people of Hungarian descent Australian people of Ukrainian descent 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century LGBT people