2016 Melbourne City Council election

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2016 Melbourne City Council election
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  2012 22 October 2016 (2016-10-22) 2018 by-election  
Registered133,801
Turnout73,795 Decrease2.svg 4.79%
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Candidate Robert Doyle Olivia Ball Phil Cleary
Deputy candidate Arron Wood Roxane IngletonJunxi Su
Voting ticket Independent Greens Independent
First round31,74315,1317,745
First round (%)44.62%21.72%10.89%
Final round36,97418,48115,682
Final round (%)51.98%25.98%22.04%

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 2016 to elect 9 councillors to the council, as well as the direct election of the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne. Independent Robert Doyle was re-elected as Lord Mayor for a third term.

Contents

Following the resignation of councillor-elect Brooke Wandin, a full recount of councillor ballots was ordered by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal on 14 March 2017. [1]

Results

Leadership Team

2016 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Leadership Team) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Team Doyle Robert Doyle
Arron Wood
31,74344.62+3.86
Greens Olivia Ball
Roxane Ingleton
15,13121.27+6.48
Phil Cleary Means Business Phil Cleary
Junxi Su
7,74510.89+10.89
Together Melbourne Ken Ong
Sue Morphet
7,39110.39+10.39
Team Morgan - A City That Works Gary Morgan
Michael O'Brien
4,8306.79−4.53
Strengthening Melbourne Ron Hunt
Doone Clifton
2,5483.58+3.58
The Light On The Hill Team Anthony van der Craats
Yunli Han
1,7492.46+2.46
Total formal votes71,13796.40+0.75
Informal votes2,6583.60−0.75
Turnout 73,79555.15−4.79
Team Doyle Robert Doyle
Arron Wood
36,97451.98−0.44
Greens Olivia Ball
Roxane Ingleton
18,48125.98+0.91
Phil Cleary Means Business Phil Cleary
Junxi Su
15,68222.04+22.04
Team Doyle hold Swing N/A

Councillors

#CouncillorParty
1Kevin Louey Independent
2Rohan Leppert Greens
3 Nicholas Reece  Independent
4Cathy Oke Greens
5Tessa Sullivan Independent
6Philip Le Liu Independent
7Jackie Watts Independent
8Nicolas Frances Gilley Independent
9Susan Riley Independent
2016 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Councillors) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,240
Team Doyle 1. Kevin Louey (elected 1)
2. Nicholas Reece (elected 3)
3. Tessa Sullivan (elected 5)
4. Susan Riley (elected 9)
5. Beverley Pinder-Mortimer
6. Sue Stanley
7. Hope Wei
27,11637.45−0.03
Greens 1. Rohan Leppert (elected 2)
2. Cathy Oke (elected 4)
3. Apsara Sabaratnam
4. Jenny Pitts
5. Ben Curnow
14,59320.16+4.54
Together Melbourne 1. Philip Le Liu (elected 6)
2. Tony Penna
3. Barbara Yerondais
4. Alice Poon
6,5789.09+9.09
Phil Cleary Means Business 1. Michael Caiafa
2. Suzanne Vale
3. Sebastian Saggio
5,6677.83+7.83
Stephen Mayne T.I.A.E. 1. Stephen Mayne
2. Johanna Maxwell
3,6665.06−0.95
Team Morgan - A City That Works 1. Jackie Watts (elected 7)
2. Michael Kennedy
3. Farida Fleming
3,5574.91−4.69
Strengthening Melbourne 1. Robin Matthews
2. Wesa Chau
3. Roger Smith
1,9052.63+2.63
Animal Justice 1. Bruce Poon
2. Fiona Creedy
1,7702.44+2.44
Listening To Locals 1. Richard Foster
2. Bridie Walsh
1,7182.37+2.37
An Indigenous Voice On Council 1. Brooke Wandin
2. Nicolas Frances Gilley (elected 8)
1,5342.12+2.12
Serving Melbourne With Integrity 1. Marcus Fielding
2. Sallyann Wilson
1,5192.10+2.10
The Light On The Hill Team 1. Jim Ward
2. Sergey Sizenko
9601.33+1.33
The Heritage Agenda 1. Adam Munro Ford
2. Luke Downing
8161.13+1.13
Melburnian Voice 1. Joseph Sarraf
2. Miroslav Zverina
8081.12+1.12
Science Luke James820.11
Independent Neil Pringle570.11
Independent Jing Li620.07
Total formal votes72,39898.04+0.2
Informal votes1,4511.96−0.2
Turnout 73,84955.19−4.82

Aftermath

On 8 November, councillor-elect Brooke Wandin stood down from her position amid an investigation by the Local Government Investigations and Compliance Inspectorate into her eligibility. [3] Wandin and former councillor Richard Foster were later charged with electoral fraud, with prosecutors alleging Wandin did not live at the Kensington address she had nominated when registering for election. [4] Both parties plead guilty to charges of electoral fraud; Foster received a 12-month good behaviour bond, while Wandin was placed onto a diversion program. [5]

As a result of Wandin standing down from the council, on 5 December 2016 the Municipal Electoral Tribunal ordered a countback of votes cast. The Victorian Electoral Commission appealed this decision to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, seeking a full recount. On 14 March 2017, the Tribunal ruled in the Commission's favour. [1] A full recount elected Nicolas Frances Gilley and Susan Riley as the eighth and ninth councilors respectively, displacing Michael Caiafa who would have been retained in a vote countback. [1] Gilley and Riley were sworn into council on 21 March 2017.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Scanlan, Shane (22 March 2017). "Caiafa booted off council. Riley back". CBD News. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Melbourne City Council election results 2016". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  3. "Indigenous Melbourne City Councillor Brooke Wandin stands down amid questions about eligibility". ABC News. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  4. "Melbourne Council candidates Brooke Wandin, Richard Foster charged with electoral fraud". ABC News. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. Younger, Emma (19 April 2018). "Former Melbourne councillor avoids conviction over illegal nomination". ABC News. Retrieved 3 May 2020.