2012 Melbourne City Council election

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2012 Melbourne City Council election
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  2008 27 October 2012 (2012-10-27) 2016  

Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne
All 9 seats on the City of Melbourne
Registered108,434
Turnout64,996 Decrease2.svg 2.32%
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Candidate Robert Doyle Alison Parkes Gary Singer
Deputy candidateSusan RileyDavid CollisJohn So Jr.
Voting ticket Independent Greens Independent
First round25,3429,1979,714
First round (%)40.76%14.79%15.63%
Final round32,58915,58313,997
Final round (%)52.42%25.07%22.51%

Lord Mayor of Melbourne before election

Robert Doyle
Independent

Elected Lord Mayor

Robert Doyle
Independent

Elections to the City of Melbourne were held via postal ballot in October 2012 to elect 9 councillors to the council, as well as the direct election of the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne. The incumbent Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle, and Deputy Lord Mayor, Susan Riley, were re-elected for a second four-year term.

Contents

At the 2012 election, the number of council seats increased from 7 to 9.

Results

Mayoral election

2012 City of Melbourne mayoral election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Robert Doyle
Susan Riley
25,34240.76+14.65
Independent Gary Singer
John So Jr.
9,71415.63+5.19
Greens Alison Parkes
David Collis
9,19714.79−0.26
Independent Gary Morgan
John D. Elliot
7,03911.32+3.52
Independent Brian Shanahan
Judy Katz
4,1876.73+6.73
Independent David Nolte
Connie Paglianti
2,6704.29+4.29
Independent Berhan Ahmed
Sunny Lu
1,5232.45+2.45
Independent Keith Rankin
Grace Han
1,4382.31+2.31
Independent Joseph Toscano
Jean Ely
1,0591.70+0.29
Total formal votes62,16995.65+0.32
Informal votes2,8274.35−0.32
Turnout 64,99659.94−2.32
After distribution of preferences
Independent Robert Doyle
Susan Riley
32,58952.42−1.66
Greens Alison Parkes
David Collis
15,58325.07+25.07
Independent Gary Singer
John So Jr.
13,99722.51+22.51
Independent hold Swing N/A

The VEC distributed preliminary preferences until an electoral ticket exceeded 50 per cent of the vote, in this case Independent candidates Robert Doyle and Susan Riley. [1]

Councillor election

#CouncillorParty
1Kevin Louey Independent
2Cathy Oke Greens
3Ken Ong Independent
4 Arron Wood  Independent
5 Beverley Pinder-Mortimer  Independent
6Richard Foster Independent
7Jackie Watts Independent
8 Stephen Mayne  Independent
9Rohan Leppert Greens
2012 City of Melbourne councillor election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 6,367
Independent 1. Kevin Louey (elected 1)
2. Arron Wood (elected 4)
3. Beverley Pinder-Mortimer (elected 5)
4. Carl Jetter
5. Harvard Shen
6. Fiona Sweetman
7. Hope Wei
23,86437.48+17.46
Greens 1. Cathy Oke (elected 2)
2. Rohan Leppert (elected 9)
3. Lachlan Rhodes
4. Jennifer Podesta
5. Philip Thiel
9,94215.62−2.82
Independent 1. Ken Ong (elected 3)
2. Carlo Pagano
3. Sally Hewitt
4. Leona Smith
8,30413.04+1.45
Independent 1. Jackie Watts (elected 7)
2. Michael Kennedy
3. Marie Kinsella
4. Sue O'Brien
6,1149.60+0.15
Independent 1. Richard Foster (elected 6)
2. Emily Lee D'Cruz
3. Mark Dattilo Rubbo
4. Wendy Syme
5. Jason Edwards
3,9536.21+6.21
Independent 1. Stephen Mayne (elected 8)
2. Michele Anderson
3,8286.01+6.01
Independent 1. Kevin Chamberlin
2. Roshena Dutta
3. Nick Parisi
4. Alex Macdonald
3,6865.79+5.79
Independent 1. Luke S. Downing
2. David Cragg
1,9293.02+3.02
Independent 1. Luke S. Downing
2. David Cragg
1,2671.99+1.99
Independent 1. Gerard Anderson
2. Maree Norris
5280.83+0.83
Ungrouped1. Moti Visa
2. David Loh
3. Anthony van der Craats
2490.39+0.39
Total formal votes63,66497.84+0.48
Informal votes1,4072.16−0.48
Turnout 65,07160.01−2.25

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Melbourne City Council election results 2012". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020.