Aidan McLindon made the comments while addressing his latest parliamentary campaign.
The mayor of Whittlesea in Melbourne's north has not ruled out forming a new political party, after announcing that he will run in a state parliamentary by-election.
Aidan McLindon, who was elected in October 2024 as a councillor for Kirrip Ward with a primary vote of 54.5%. He was elected as mayor by a vote of councillors shortly after, and is now contesting the Werribee by-election on February 8 as an independent.
Werribee, located in Melbourne's west, is around one hour's drive away from Whittlesea.
"The issues that face Whittlesea are just as common as the issues that face Werribee," he told 6 News. "It's not a tale of two cities, it's a tale of two cities with very very common themes".
McLindon joined the Queensland Liberal Party in 1996 but left to join the Queensland Nationals in 2004. He joined the Liberal Nationals after the parties merged in 2008, and was elected as the member for Beaudesert at the 2009 state election.
Once in parliament, McLindon left the LNP to form The Queensland Party, then joined Katter's Australian Party. He lost his seat at the 2012 state election, ran for Family First in the Senate in 2013, briefly joined the Australian Federation Party in 2021, and then served as the deputy leader of the Freedom Party of Victoria from 2022 until attempting to seek Victorian Liberal Party membership in 2023. He is not currently a member of any political party.
At the 2024 Victorian local government elections, McLindon led a "Community Independents" team, which won two seats on Whittlesea City Council. Labor won four seats, independent candidates won five seats, while the Greens, Victorian Socialists and an Independent United Australia candidate were unsuccessful.
"Will I start another party? I can't say no, I can't say yes," he said.
"If the objective comes to the point where a vehicle needs to start...I'm not going to rule that out".