[2] Hodgins-May founded the Vivien Hodgins Foundation in honour of her mother's commitment to education, and raised over $40,000 to assist disaster relief efforts for Samoa.

In a three cornered contest between the Greens, Labor and Liberal, Hodgins-May secured 23.79% of the primary vote.

[9] The results of the election remained uncertain, with Hodgins-May closing in on the incumbent, Michael Danby with a strong preference flow.

Hodgins-May was eliminated at that point, and her preferences allowed Danby to prevail in the final count over the Liberal candidate, Owen Guest.

[12] The event was co-sponsored by Zionism Victoria (ZV) and The Australian Jewish News (AJN).

After initially accepting the invitation, Hodgins-May declined due to event co-sponsor Zionism Victoria calling the United Nations a “nuisance and sham organisation”.

While campaigning for the election, Hodgins-May secured the endorsement of Gillian Triggs, who was the Australian human rights commissioner until 2017.

She has argued that government inaction has caused Australia to become a global pariah when it came to issues around the environment.